The Falcons' offense isn't working. Can it be fixed? Why it starts -- but doesn't end -- with Kirk Cousins

The Falcons have been doing a few things: going under center, hitting play-action fakes and winning.

The Falcons are right around league average in most measures of efficiency.

They've scored five offensive touchdowns on the season ; only the Patriots , Dolphins and Broncos have fewer.

But even as the Falcons put enough points on the board, their offense is far from fixed.

The Falcons are running a lot of the Rams ' greatest hits in terms of dropback passing design.

Kyle Pitts is the worst pass-catcher in the league right now by ESPN Analytics' Open Score is a metric of success rate and EPA .

Only Dak Prescott is hitting tight windows at a higher rate than the Falcons.

The Falcons don't have any player with at least 50 receiving yards off motion in total this season .

The easiest button in the McVay offense is getting players open off of motion -- snapping the ball while they're on the run, and then throwing to them while they have an advantage via leverage or speed.

Even the stuff that is supposed to be easy isn't translating.