The Falcons’ offseason was about progress, about slathering mortar on bricks and trying to build a structure that wouldn’t fall apart when the first quality opponent came to town. Terry Fontenot and the front office largely did an admirable job of working around cap limitations to deliver a young roster with genuine upside. From there, it was all about the steps the players and the coaching staff were going to take to get better in a year where improvement, not bundles of wins, figured to be the yardstick.
We’ve seen some of those steps, albeit with stumbles, in the early going.