The theme has been frustratingly, maddeningly the same for the Atlanta Falcons. They don’t want it to be this way. They’ve tried to do what they can to avoid this.
But fourth-quarter failures, losing leads late, finding defeat in the most surprising of ways -- it’s how things have been with Atlanta dating to the most memorable one of all, the 34-28 Super Bowl LI loss to New England in 2017.
Atlanta has flipped over part of its roster. It’s in the process of changing the head coach and general manager after the firings of Dan Quinn and Thomas Dimitroff earlier this month.