The Falcons wrapped up their final preseason game last Friday with a 31-0 shutout loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was the capper to an already substandard three week stretch of games that saw the Falcons finish the pre season 0-3.
The Falcons aren’t strangers to losing all of their pr season games, however, as they’ve done so three times in the last decade in 2017, 2018, and 2021. While this could be cause for concern, there are several factors that could have contributed to the Falcons not competing at a high level in these exhibition games, such as them (questionably) not allowing many of their starters to get reps before the season begins, other teams playing their starters or higher caliber players (like Jacksonville playing Lawrence, Jones, and Etienne), and the Falcons implementing a very condensed version of the playbook and likely not wanting to show everything before the season kicks off.