It’s time for the Falcons to play the Saints. If you’re like me, you greet every single one of these games with a mix of anticipation and anxiety, and this one leans more heavily toward the latter than the former.
A loss here has few consequences for the Falcons beyond an improvement in draft position and an all-but-final knell for their playoff hopes, but the spiritual costs of losing to a team you hate this much are pretty severe. Similarly, a win doesn’t do a whole lot for Atlanta expect make our Sunday sweeter and build that all-time win-loss record back up one game.