The Atlanta Falcons hope they’re on their way to repeating last year’s second-half surge.
After an 0-5 start that resulted in GM Thomas Dimitroff and head coach Dan Quinn getting fired, the Falcons have won three of their last four games under interim head coach Raheem Morris. A big reason for the turnaround is they’ve been able to hold on to fourth-quarter leads -- something they struggled with before owner Arthur Blank made the changes.
“When your offense is as talented as the one that we have with Julio [Jones] and Matt Ryan and Todd Gurley II and Hayden Hurst and Calvin Ridley and all of the guys playing at a high level like they are, sometimes you’re going to get leads in this league,” Morris said.