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Despite all their talent on both sides of the ball, the Atlanta Falcons have been getting consistently disrespected in power rankings and projections from the national media this offseason. Fully healthy and with a decent starting quarterback, Atlanta should be able to take the NFC South division this year.
However, it seems few around the league are buying what Kevin Stefanski and Co. are selling. In fact, some analysts are predicting a last-place finish for the Falcons in the league's worst division.
That includes Moe Moton at Bleacher Report, who has Atlanta ending the year at 5-12, good for fourth place.
The twin blows of losing Jalon Walker for the year to an ACL tear and the coming suspension of Pearce (likely for at least half the season) have several analysts down on Atlanta going into the preseason, understandably.
On the bright side, even if they are the worst team in the NFC South right now, there's not a huge gap between them and the rest of the division. B/R has the New Orleans Saints winning the division title with a 9-8 record, followed by Tampa at 8-9 and Carolina at 7-10.
All the Falcons have to do to catch up in that race is get passable play at the quarterback position from either Tua Tagovailoa or Michael Penix Jr. We should also probably account for some improvement thanks to the addition of Stefanski and his staff. If both sides of the all-critical QB/coach dynamic turn into positives for this team, then all of these negative preseason narratives will get thrown out the window by Week 4.
The Falcons will kick off the preseason this Friday against the Denver Broncos at home. The game kicks off at 7 p.m. inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: NFL analyst predicts last-place finish for Falcons in NFC South
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However, it seems few around the league are buying what Kevin Stefanski and Co. are selling. In fact, some analysts are predicting a last-place finish for the Falcons in the league's worst division.
That includes Moe Moton at Bleacher Report, who has Atlanta ending the year at 5-12, good for fourth place.
The twin blows of losing Jalon Walker for the year to an ACL tear and the coming suspension of Pearce (likely for at least half the season) have several analysts down on Atlanta going into the preseason, understandably.
On the bright side, even if they are the worst team in the NFC South right now, there's not a huge gap between them and the rest of the division. B/R has the New Orleans Saints winning the division title with a 9-8 record, followed by Tampa at 8-9 and Carolina at 7-10.
All the Falcons have to do to catch up in that race is get passable play at the quarterback position from either Tua Tagovailoa or Michael Penix Jr. We should also probably account for some improvement thanks to the addition of Stefanski and his staff. If both sides of the all-critical QB/coach dynamic turn into positives for this team, then all of these negative preseason narratives will get thrown out the window by Week 4.
The Falcons will kick off the preseason this Friday against the Denver Broncos at home. The game kicks off at 7 p.m. inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: NFL analyst predicts last-place finish for Falcons in NFC South
Continue reading...
