ATLANTA — The Falcons were going to need a little extra help from backup quarterback Kirk Cousins against the Miami Dolphins with their leading receiver out of the lineup. They didn't get it.

Cousins, replacing the injured Michael Penix Jr., was at the controls for a brutal offensive performance on Sunday. Atlanta totaled 213 yards and fell to 3-4 with a 34-10 loss to the Dolphins. The Falcons' lone touchdown while came trailing 34-3 with just over five minutes left in a nearly empty Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

“It was not one thing,” said Cousins, who was 21 of 31 for 173 yards, 76 of which came in the fourth quarter. “You just feel like there were a lot of different phases that just weren’t consistently good enough. You have to stack plays together. And I felt like we we didn’t stack plays

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