I try to avoid being abstract with these weekly questions and focus on one element of the game that might prove to be decisive for the Falcons if they can get the job done. That’s tidy, that’s comfortable, and often it’s pretty easy to zero in on one neat trick to get the Falcons to victory.
Not so this week. The Falcons are suiting up fresh off one of their worst losses ever in terms of point margin, and the Patriots are fresh off of dusting the Browns by nearly 40. There isn’t a single thing that New England does, at least on paper, that Atlanta does better at the moment.