The Atlanta Falcons' offense failed to score a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints. The Falcons survived, but they need more moving forward.

Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins didn’t have his best day, passing for 238 yards and one interception. After the game, Cousins expressed his disappointment in the offense’s performance. “I didn’t feel like we did our part on offense to give him a better opportunity but he bailed us out,

First, he decided to try and make a fair catch of the punt by Bradley Pinion inside the five. Maybe he thought the football was going to land and pin the Saints deep. Then, he failed to secure the football which bounced into the end zone where KhaDarel Hodge fell on it in a scramble for an Atlanta touchdown.

ATLANTA – Rashid Shaheed doesn’t normally field that punt. All-Pro returners, as Shaheed has been, certainly don’t try to field that punt. But in Sunday’s 26-24 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, Shaheed attempted to catch a punt within the 5-yard line — and muffed it.