Last week, Grady Jarrett expressed quite a bit of confidence in the talent level of the Falcons defense. That’s what you’d expect a team’s defensive leader to do, but the tantalizing thought is what it would mean if he was right.
We talked about the offense last weekend, and the sentiment in the fanbase seems to be that a major improvement on that side of the ball is very much within reach. If that’s the case, Atlanta has a chance to at least flirt with contention this year, even if trade rumors you’re probably tired of hearing about are casting a pall over that possibility.