Our friends at Secret Base track all sorts of weird and cool moments and statistics in the NFL, and unsurprisingly those sometimes involve the Atlanta Falcons. None have been more surprising than the team’s quest to not allow a single play of 40 yards or more on defense, something no team had managed to do in at least 25 years.
I’m happy to report that somehow, the Falcons pulled that off.
This is remarkable for a number of reasons. The Falcons had a pretty lousy defense, for one thing, one that all too often was marred by missed tackles and frustrating lapses in coverage.