A championship team plays its best football in the fourth quarter. Blowout victories are fun, but they don’t help a football team prepare for the playoffs, because you’re unlikely to get many of those in January. Through two weeks, what’s become crystal clear is that the Atlanta Falcons are getting it done in crunch time.
Are the Falcons a championship team? No. But this grit and fight we’re already seeing on the field goes directly back to Dan Quinn and the energy he’s installed in this football team. Against the ropes, the Falcons of last year would fold.