Just a week ago, the Atlanta Falcons were riding high. After a primetime win in Minnesota, they had climbed into the top half of the NFL at No. 15 in NFL Spin Zone’s weekly power rankings.
That victory felt like a statement, the kind of dominant performance that suggested Atlanta might finally be turning a corner. One week later, all that momentum is gone.
The Falcons were blown out by the Carolina Panthers in Week 3, and the response from the rankings was almost as brutal as the loss itself. Atlanta plummeted 11 spots to No.