It’s Week 13, and the Atlanta Falcons are sitting at a rather depressing 4-7. Unless a bloodbath among the Wild Card contenders ensues and the Falcons somehow manage to win out over their last five games, Atlanta will end the 2018 season without a postseason berth. That’s deflating, considering the high hopes we all had for this team going into the season. Unfortunately, the Falcons were hit by the great equalizer of the NFL: injuries.
Losing both starting safeties, arguably the best MLB in the NFL, a starting RB, and both starting guards within the opening games of the season—plus notable absences from your two best defensive linemen in Grady Jarrett and Takk McKinley—were simply too much to overcome for this team.