– by Adesina O. Koiki
A Lot of Sports Talk editor-in-chief
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CHARLOTTE — In the NFC South, things continue to point north for the Atlanta Falcons.
Bijan Robinson ran for two touchdowns as the Falcons went to the ground game a week after winning a shootout to defeat the Carolina Panthers 38-20 at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday afternoon, Atlanta’s third consecutive victory and all coming against each of the other members of the NFC South. Tyler Allgeier also ran for a score while churning out a team-leading 105 yards on the ground as Atlanta ran for 198 yards as a team.
One week after throwing for a franchise-record 509 yards in an overtime home win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kirk Cousins threw for a modest 225 yards on 19-of-30 passing and a second-quarter touchdown to Drake London from three yards out.
“We went out last week and they gave us a pass and we threw the ball a bunch. This week we got out and we got a chance to establish the run and we went out and did it,” Falcons head coach Raheem Morris said. “We did it with a nice one two punch with Tyler and Bijan. The O-Line really took a lot of credit, took a lot of pride in that. Drake London, being that sixth O-lineman so to speak and what he’s able to do in the run game and all those guys going out there and blocking. I think we just kind of take what they are giving us right now. And the guys are going out there and doing it.”
*Editor’s note: Above the byline is the photo gallery from Sunday afternoon’s game, with photos taken by DC-area photographer Michael R. Smith. After clicking on a photo to enlarge the picture, press the left and right arrow buttons on either side of the caption to scroll through the rest of the pictures that appear on the first page. Also, click on the numbers and/or arrow appearing immediately below the picture grid to load the next set of photos. There are 23 pictures in total.
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