At 6-8 and with the playoffs more of a joke than a realistic destination, it’s fair not to be very excited about the immediate future of the Atlanta Falcons.
Despite some fun wins and some individual performances worth praising, the team has been too streaky, too unable to hang with superior competition, too unable to consistently slam the door shut on bad teams, to be really anything more than a mediocre team outperforming its talent threshold due to some respectable coaching and guys making opportune plays.
In short, the Falcons are, as you might’ve guessed before the season, a team in a delicate transition, one not ready to compete in a meaningful way but also not one that’s so stinky it claims the number one draft pick.