Ryan & Falcons edge Seahawks

Matt Ryan threw a pair of touchdown passes, Adrian Clayborn returned a fumble 10 yards for a score and the Atlanta Falcons held off a late rally to beat the Seattle Seahawks 34-31 on Monday night.

Atlanta stayed in the hunt for an NFC playoff spot thanks to its second straight victory and handed Seattle a second consecutive home loss. Ryan threw TDs to Mohamed Sanu and Levine Toilolo, while Tevin Coleman added a 1-yard TD run on Atlanta’s opening possession. But it was Clayborn’s fumble return that helped break the game open early in the second quarter and gave Atlanta a 21-7 lead.

Seattle attempted a late rally down by 11 points. Russell Wilson hit Doug Baldwin on a 29-yard TD with 3 minutes left, and Seattle got in range for a long field goal attempt by Blair Walsh in the closing moments, but his 52-yard attempt with 2 seconds left came up short and Atlanta escaped with the victory. coordinator Mike McCoy, his first hire when he got the job in January, and replaced him with quarterbacks coach Bill Musgrave for the final six weeks of the season.

Joseph wouldn’t commit to keeping Brock Osweiler as his starting quarterback, saying he’d huddle with Musgrave and the rest of his offensive staff to “figure out who’s the best guy for our football team.”

The Broncos (3-7) have lost six straight, three under Osweiler, who has three TDs and four interceptions, and three under Siemian, who had nine TDs and 10 interceptions when he was benched.

These changes might also be a precursor to giving former first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch an audition.