It was incredibly ugly, but when the clock struck 0:00 the Falcons came away with their first win at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, this past weekend. It was a victory that had to be pulled out of the mud against a 2-win Detroit Lions team missing its starting quarterback, but a win nonetheless.
The Falcons are technically still playing competitive football even into January at this point, with the season winding to a close. It’s a situation where each of the final two games are must wins, and that’s not the best of news when now faced with an imposing Buffalo Bills team that’s much better than their 9-6 record indicates, in what will likely be a cold and snowy environment in Upstate New York.