For the first three quarters of Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Atlanta Falcons were doing nothing. Literally, nothing. Tampa Bay had posted a 21-0 lead that, given the way Atlanta was floundering, looked insurmountable.
And then the Falcons started surmounting. Atlanta scored twice in the fourth quarter, then took the bold-but-analytically-defensible step of going for two after scoring the second touchdown. The move succeeded, leaving Atlanta down six with 4:38 remaining. One stop, and Atlanta could drive down the field, score a touchdown, and kick an extra point for the win.