I would say most of us are excited about the hire of Arthur Smith and new defensive coordinator Dean Pees, and that we’re hoping the Falcons offense and defense will improve considerably with them on board. There are many big jobs ahead for this new coaching staff, but in my humble opinion the top one is ensuring this team can get and hold on to leads.
I hate to do this to you on a Wednesday morning, but here’s a look at the 10 biggest blown leads in team history and the year they occurred. It paints a damning picture of something you already knew in your heart: This team was sometimes very good at building big leads, but not great at keeping them, as they also had a number of unnecessarily close wins in recent years.