In what was being dubbed as the “bowl of sadness” or “the top five pick game,” only one team played like a bottom five team. It wasn’t the team considered as a Super Bowl contender going into the season. For the fourth consecutive week, the Falcons were in a game already decided when the fourth quarter began. It was the first game during this stretch that had them on the winning end of a one-sided beating. They looked focused, energized, and inspired in the last home game of the season. As gloomy as the crowd looked inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium going into the game, they left the stadium with something to be cheerful about.
A morale-boosting win gives the Falcons something to build on
