The Bulls beat the Falcons 14-6 in their regular-season meeting on Friday night. It was a result that followed a pattern, though the margin told a different story. The Falcons had been losing heavily — 55-7, 56-7, 20-13 — before this one. By then, you'd expect another blowout. And here's the thing, this one was tighter than the others.
The Bulls extended their unbeaten run to four games. They'd beaten the Hornets 59-17, the Black Knights 28-24, and the Panthers 19-9 before coming to face the Falcons. That's a solid four-game stretch. The hosts, meanwhile, were staring at the end of a losing streak that had run to three straight defeats. They'd been outscored in each one.
What you get from a 14-6 scoreline is not much to go on. No detailed breakdown of plays, no particular moments to dissect. The Bulls scored more points, the Falcons scored fewer. That's the simple arithmetic of it. But there's something worth noting — the Falcons were only down eight points, not thirty like in their previous outings.
To be fair, the Falcons' recent form hasn't been pretty. They've lost to the Texans, the Cornhuskers, and the Cyclones. Each time, the opposition made them pay. Against the Bulls, they at least stayed in the game longer. Eight points is a margin that could swing either way on any given day. The relationship between these teams has been one-sided recently, but tonight was different.
The Bulls now sit at four wins from four games. The Falcons have dropped all four of theirs. That's the table reading, if you want to call it that. The gap between them is growing, though tonight the Falcons made it look closer than the standings suggest. Sometimes the numbers tell one story and the game tells another.
