"The team's extremely limited receiving options are forcing Robinson to dig into a bag that seems deeper than it once was, but is still prone to uselessness on third down. The direness of the personnel situation has Robinson leaning heavily on trickery, be it a short yardage toss or a 3rd and 8 screen, in the hopes of defeating Atlanta's innate lack of options."
"The Falcons largely abandoned the three tight end formations that helped them a week ago, returning to rolling out three wide receivers, and to the enormous credit of Sills, Pitts, and Woerner, they managed to run effectively. The problem was that the passing game, which was better than it had any right to be, still had massive problems largely caused by the receivers."
"Sills had his best game yet, but also a costly late drop. Mooney is the team's de facto #1 receiver but is playing like another practice squad elevation outside of last week's big effort; he had multiple drops and was barely a factor out there. The actual practice squad players, either current or former, had more grabs combined than Mooney easily, and that was with Drummond only catching one of three passes thrown his way. Hell, Thompkins looked interesting!"
Special teams failures were particularly conspicuous on Sunday. Atlanta abandoned the three-tight-end formations and reverted to three-wide sets while still running effectively, aided by Sills, Pitts, and Woerner. The passing game remained inconsistent largely because of receiver play, with Sills delivering his best performance but committing a costly late drop. Mooney, nominally the #1 receiver, suffered multiple drops and was barely involved, while practice-squad receivers combined for more catches than him. Limited receiving options forced Robinson to rely on trick plays and short-yardage designs because standard third-down options were unreliable. Drake London's return will only partially address the problems.
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