Matt Ryan whistled down in the end zone after two Cardinals clutched him and stopped his forward progress. With those players still clinging to him, and milliseconds after the whistle, Ryan completed a short pass to Michael Turner for a gain. Instead the officials call a safety on Ryan.

Worse, Cris Collinsworth loves the call. Listen, if Ryan was holding the ball with his head down, I understand whistling the play dead to protect the man from getting pancaked. But the quarterback looked straight ahead and held the ball up while the Cardinals held him. Reward his resourcefulness. A no-fun rule that really hurt the Falcons here.

Another crucial point: play-by-play men serve up opinions to analysts on a plate. Collinsworth never got challenged on his point; instead, the play-by-play guy I’d never heard of lobs him a question. Put me in the booth!