The Falcons plodded to seven wins a season ago while hanging on to the last vestiges of the team that infamously blew a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl.
Given the Falcons’ -146 point differential in 2021, it was a wonder that they even managed to eke out that many victories.
Now that franchise legend Matt Ryan is playing in Indianapolis (a trade that returned a third-round pick and incurred $40 million in dead money) and top receiver Calvin Ridley is suspended for the season for gambling, the rebuild is in full swing and Atlanta projects to be one of the worst teams in the NFL.