Falcons fantasy stud and dud from Week 1 vs. Panthers

Welcome to a new beginning. I’m not sitting here saying this will be a new era of success in which our wildest dreams as Falcons fans come true (although that would be really nice), I’m saying that Atlanta’s victory against the Carolina Panthers to begin the 2023 season is literally “new” — this is the first time in five years where the Birds have won a season opener and it’s the first time they’ve been above .500 at any point since 2017.

What’s not new is this article series — this will be the sixth year where I’m writing this series.

We won’t get into the actual game itself too much in this article — I strongly encourage you to check out some of the actual deep dive analysis pieces we have…