The Atlanta Falcons will need to hit the ground running in 2025. The opening six-game stretch looks like the most difficult of the season.
All but one of these teams made the playoffs in 2024. Atlanta starts with a home division game against the reigning NFC South champs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They’ll follow that up with a three-game stretch against a new generation of quarterbacks in J.J. McCarthy (Vikings), Bryce Young (Panthers), and Jayden Daniels (Commanders). Atlanta is on their bye in Week 5, before finishing the stretch with back-to-back primetime matchups against the Buffalo Bills (MNF) and San Francisco 49ers (SNF).