The Falcons improved to 6-3 with a 27-21 victory over the Cowboys on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. “It was humongous,” Falcons linebacker DeAngelo Malone said of the win. “This was my first time playing them.

It’s the first time since 2016 the club has reached that mark. Kirk Cousins, Bijan Robinson, Drake London, Darnell Mooney, and the defense were the stories of the afternoon.

The Atlanta Falcons got a big win on NFL Sunday by defeating the Dallas Cowboys to move to 6-3 on the season. And they worked quickly to make a joke about Cowboys fandom, tying it back to the Los Angeles Lakers with D’Angelo Russell as the unfortunate victim.