FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Left tackle Jake Matthews couldn't help but laugh when asked postgame about what it was like having Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson on the sideline for the team's Week 4 win against the Washington Commanders last Sunday.

"He got knocked down," Matthews said. "I saw him get up and fix his headset because he got rocked."

That level of involvement would have been impossible had Robinson stayed in the coaches' box.

He made the move downstairs to be closer to the action after spending last season and the first three games of 2025 calling plays from upstairs. All responses after the fact were positive.

"It was good to have him down there," Matthews said. "I think that helped. Everyone just executed and got stuff done as he called it."

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