The Atlanta Falcons aren't a good football team right now. Maybe they're not playing to their potential, or maybe they just aren't built to win this year. Bottom line: there's plenty of blame to go around. I'd lay the majority of it squarely at the feet of the coaches and players. But are there other contributing factors? Officiating, for example.
Mile High Report featured an interesting article yesterday about penalty yard differential. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, it's simply the difference between penalty yards assessed against your team and penalty yards assessed in favor of your team.