Since Steve Sarkisian arrived in Atlanta, there have been incessant questions about the Falcons’ offense not being able to come close to matching their 2016 form. Losing a play caller as special as Kyle Shanahan was always going to create a difficult adjustment period. Nobody anticipated that it would take an entire season for the offense to find their footing.
The long periods of being disjointed, predictable, and one-dimensional were evident in 2017. Although one game doesn’t determine a team’s outlook, it can cultivate how a team operates moving forward. That’s how the Falcons should be approaching their next game following yesterday’s excellent win.