The Atlanta Falcons entered the trade deadline sitting at 3-5, but their playoff window remained wide open. It presented the team with the opportunity to be flexible before the deadline, as it was relatively easy for the Dirty Birds to operate as buyers or sellers, but Terry Fontenot instead chose to stand pat.
The silent deadline was a decision that was met with a lot of controversy among the fanbase, and the Falcons' Week 10 outcome did little to quell those concerns. After taking a trip overseas to Berlin, Atlanta fell 31-25 to the Indianapolis Colts in a gutting loss that kept fans' blood pressure high.