The Falcons will have Matt Ryan under center in Week 1 for the 14th straight year when the 2021 season opens. Many of their 2021 opponents, however, won’t have the same players they started in Week 1 of 2020 under center, to say nothing of more than a decade ago.
As Matthew Tabeek notes in his latest column, the Falcons could face anywhere from 7-11 teams who will be starting new quarterbacks in 2021. As two of those teams are the Panthers (looking to land Deshaun Watson) and Saints (Drew Brees is likely retiring and they’re on to quarterbacks unknown), that means anywhere from 9-13 of Atlanta’s games will be against teams adjusting to new signal callers.