{"id":300630,"date":"2023-11-27T00:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T00:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300630"},"modified":"2023-11-27T00:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T00:54:11","slug":"jessie-bates-92-yard-pick-six-propels-falcons-to-win-they-needed-in-worst-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/nfl\/jessie-bates-92-yard-pick-six-propels-falcons-to-win-they-needed-in-worst-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessie Bates&#x27; 92-yard pick-six propels Falcons to win they needed in &#x27;worst way&#x27;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vying for first place in the NFC South against their archrivals, the Atlanta Falcons needed a victory on Sunday in the worst way.<\/p>\n<p>Safety Jessie Bates did everything he could to make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>Propelled by a scintillating 92-yard interception return from Bates to open the scoring, the Falcons bested the New Orleans Saints, 24-15, in Week 12.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen 22-motion, and it&#8217;s simply film study, and all the extra meetings that we do, all our coaches with the cut-ups,&#8221; Bates said after the game in a scrum. &#8220;I give all the props to them, and it&#8217;s just me just checking gangster and making the play. It&#8217;s a play that they ran, they&#8217;ve shown on film, and I took advantage of it and got my fourth one, for a touchdown, too. So very special moment for me, for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>          <span>            Related Links          <\/span>        <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>              2023 NFL season, Week 12: Notable injuries, news from Sunday&#x27;s games            <\/li>\n<li>              2023 NFL season, Week 12: What We Learned from Sunday&#x27;s games            <\/li>\n<li>              The First Read: Vikings, Texans among five wild cards that could shape second half of 2023 NFL season            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As he noted, Bates now has four interceptions on the season to go with two forced fumbles and a team-high 85 tackles. He&#8217;s been a boon for the Falcons, who signed him as a free agent this season.<\/p>\n<p>With Derek Carr and the Saints driving in the first quarter to potentially build on a 3-0 lead, Bates swooped in from center field and, in stride, picked off a Carr pass. He raced untouched along the sideline for the pick-six &#8212; the first for Bates since his rookie season and the longest for the Falcons since 2008, per NFL Research. It certainly didn&#8217;t put the game away, but it gave Atlanta a lead it wouldn&#8217;t relinquish on the day and kick-started a sensational outing for Bates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He got down the sideline, and then Zach Harrison making those blocks, it takes everybody, but great play,&#8221; Falcons coach Arthur Smith said. &#8220;And then Jessie&#8217;s play punching the ball out, and hell, that was kinda a turning point in the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former Cincinnati Bengals standout posted a game-high 12 tackles, flying all over the field as he also registered a pass breakup, a pair of QB pressures and was targeted just once in coverage, per Next Gen Stats, allowing a catch for 1 yard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just coming off that bye week, I think everybody had to come to life, and just reset with this bye week,&#8221; said Bates of the team needing to get a win Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It can&#8217;t be overstated how pivotal a win it was for the Falcons, who hadn&#8217;t won a game since Oct. 22 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Since then, Atlanta lost three straight with a bye week ahead of Sunday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>In the blink of a 92-yard return, Atlanta&#8217;s back in the win column and on top of the NFC South standings.<\/p>\n<p>Said Smith: &#8220;It&#8217;s just one game, but we needed that win in the worst way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/jessie-bates-92-yard-pick-six-propels-falcons-to-win-they-needed-in-worst-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vying for first place in the NFC South against their archrivals, the Atlanta Falcons needed a victory on Sunday in <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jessie Bates&#x27; 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