The Falcons finished in the basement of the NFC South, something that hadn’t happened since 2007. Their slow, multi-stage implosion from 2017 through 2020 ended with a 4-12 whimper, and that mercifully led to the organization making sweeping changes and trying to bring in fresh perspectives.
Will that lead to an immediate rebound, a long-term return to relevance, or will it be more of the same for Atlanta? That question won’t be answered for a while, but at least one outlet likes the team’s chances of pushing their way back up in the NFC South this year.
Ranking the eight last-place NFL teams by their chances to go from worst to first in 2021:
Could the Falcons make the jump to the top of the NFC South in 2021?