A week ago, while they sat idly on their couches watching the rest of the NFC, the Falcons were the 10th seed in the NFC. One week and one win later, plus some help from the Patriots and Chargers, Atlanta’s all the way up to 7th, just outside of the six playoff teams who would actually be going to the postseason if the season ended today.
How did we get there? Let’s take a look.
Essentially, you can thank the Falcons taking care of business and other teams not doing so.