The Atlanta Falcons are facing a playoff atmosphere in every game they play the rest of the way. It won’t take too many more losses for this team to get too far behind the Saints and Panthers to catch up, especially the way the defense is playing and/or hemorrhaging talent. They’ll need to keep firing on all cylinders on offense and get genuine defensive improvement to win this road game, and the latter will be tough with Grady Jarrett also set to miss time.
Yet I’ll keep the torches lit for another week, even if I’m beyond wary about this game.