Last week might have been the knockout blow. In a game where the Atlanta Falcons were down by just five points late and driving to take the lead, they wound up exiting the field against the New Orleans Saints with another defeat on the season. Another defeat where the sense of victory was within their grasp.
Now the Falcons enter a very complex stretch of their schedule. The fourth quarter of their 2020 season kicks off with a west coast trip to Los Angeles to tango with a Chargers team that is young and talented, yet still in need of finding ways to win in the NFL.