The Falcons and Jaguars are fighting for something. It’s not the things they wanted to be fighting for—Ricardo Allen said very candidly recently that some people will say Atlanta’s currently battling for nothing—but it is something.
For the Falcons, it’s their head coach. No one knows if the players knocking off San Francisco or rallying so publicly around Dan Quinn can save his job, but that effort is still very much underway. Those players are also fighting for themselves, because teams will take a hard look at Vic Beasley’s recent pass rushing success and De’Vondre Campbell’s all-around eye-opening play and weigh a nice contract, whether those teams include the Falcons or not.