The playoff dream is dead, for all intents and purposes. Atlanta could win out and sneak in to the postseason with odds so slim you couldn’t see them if they turned sideways, but we’re not going to expend any energy talking about that unless it happens.
The Falcons won’t lack for motivation—these are professionals, and professional athletes and coaches have plenty to play for and coach for—but with three games left to go and the playoff fires having died down it’s still worth talking about what this team can reasonably get out of the final three games.
Last night I chatted with Aaron Freeman on the the Locked On Falcons podcast and he asked me, in essence, what was left to play for now that this team is all but mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.