For the 2024 NFL season, digital team reporter Terrin Waack will provide select stellar stats, obscure facts and notable quotes from the most recent game to show how the Atlanta Falcons are taking flight into the new week.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Atlanta Falcons won, 38-20, against the Carolina Panthers last Sunday in their Week 6 game at Bank of America Stadium in front of 70,884 ticketed fans.
STELLAR STATS
— The Falcons averaged 96.8 yards rushing entering Week 6. They finished with a season-high 198 yards rushing against the Panthers. It was Atlanta's second time with more than 100 yards rushing, the other being the Week 2 win against the Philadelphia Eagles that featured 152 yards rushing.
— The Falcons' 74 combined points from the last two games — 36 in Week 5 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 38 in Week 6 win against the Panthers — marks the highest two-game total for Atlanta since Weeks 14 and 15 of the 2016 season — 42 in a Week 14 win against the Los Angeles Rams and 41 in a Week 15 win against the San Francisco 49ers, which equates to 83 points.
— Falcons running back Tyler Allgeier finished with 105 yards rushing against the Panthers. He now has three career games in which he had at least 100 yards rushing. All three of those games were against NFC South opponents. The other two occurred in Week 15 of the 2022 season with 139 yards rushing in a loss to the New Orleans Saints and in Week 18 of the 2023 season with 135 yards rushing in a win against the Buccaneers.
— Falcons wide receiver Drake London scored on a 3-yard reception in the second quarter. It signified his fourth touchdown this season. Through just six games, that count already matches his single-season high, which he set as a rookie in 2022.
OBSCURE FACTS
— According to ESPN Stats and Info, last Sunday was the first time this season the Falcons won without trailing in the final minute of the fourth quarter.
— For the first time in his two-year career, Falcons running back Bijan Robinson scored more than one rushing touchdown in a single game. He scored on a 5-yard run in the first quarter and a 7-yard run in the second quarter.
— Kyle Pitts is the only tight end in the NFL this year with two receptions of 50 or more yards. He caught a 52-yarder in the second quarter against the Panthers and a 50-yarder in the second quarter of the Falcons' Week 5 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
— Atlanta is off to a 4-2 start for the first time since 2016.
QUOTING RAHEEM MORRIS
On cornerback Clark Phillips III's late-game interception and not making it a pick-six…
"There's a bunch of guys that's going to give him a bunch of stuff on the sideline for not scoring, but I tell you what, man, that is a young, heads-up play by a young man to end the football game right there and not put the defense back out there and allow so many yards to come up and be able to do those things and end the football game. You win games, and that is a smart play by a young football player, and I'm so proud of him."
QUOTING THE FALCONS
Tight end Charlie Woerner
On the run game working…
"That's how you win games, that's how you close the game. To go out there in a four-minute drill, especially late in the fourth quarter and run the clock out was awesome. They know it's coming, but the fact that you go get first downs still feels good."
Cornerback Clark Phillips III
On when he realized he shouldn't take his late-game interception all the way to the end zone…
"Really, right when I snagged it. I was already thinking before the play they were going to try to get to the sideline. When I take it, I need to make sure that I get down. After I made the quarterback miss, I was like ah, dang, I have to get down with it."
QUOTING THE OPPONENT
Panthers quarterback Andy Dalton
On the late-game interception by Falcons cornerback Clark Phillips III…
"If I would have let it go a little bit earlier, I think I probably could have had him, but he made a great play. I tried to get the ball down the field. If I could go back and do it again, I would have checked it down and kept that drive going. That was a big drive for us, and especially with the momentum that we had at that point. That one hurt us and set us back, and it's on me. I've got to make better decisions in that moment."
GAME LEADERS
Top 3 rushers
- Falcons: RB Tyler Allgeier | 18 carries for 105 yards and a touchdown
- Falcons: RB Bijan Robinson | 15 carries for 95 yards and two touchdowns
- Panthers: RB Chuba Hubbard | 18 carries for 92 yards
Top 3 receivers
- Panthers: WR Diontae Johnson | six receptions for 78 yards and a touchdown
- Falcons: WR Drake London | six receptions for 74 yards and a touchdown
- Falcons: TE Kyle Pitts | three receptions for 70 yards
Top 3 passers
- Falcons: QB Kirk Cousins | 19-30 for 225 yards and a touchdown
- Panthers: QB Andy Dalton | 26-38 for 221 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions
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Top 3 defenders
- Panthers: CB Troy Hill | nine total tackles, eight solo
- Panthers: S Xavier Woods | nine total tackles, seven solo (a pass breakup)
- Panthers: LB Trevin Wallace | nine total tackles, six solo (a forced fumble, a fumble recovery)
NEXT UP
The Falcons (4-2) host the Seattle Seahawks (3-3) on Sunday. The Week 7 game is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET and will air live on FOX from Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The Seahawks had played on "Thursday Night Football" in Week 6, losing at home to the 49ers, 36-24.
Get an inside look at the matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium during Week 6, presented by Grady.