ATLANTA -- It was hours after the Atlanta Falcons hung on to win another game Sunday afternoon -- the first one for the franchise inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium this season -- when on the field, so much about the Falcons had been erased.
The crew was turning over the building for this week’s Peach Bowl -- meaning all of the Falcons on-field logos had to be gone. And for much of the past few years, this time of year would be the erasure of all hope for the franchise too. For the postseason. For perhaps seasons to come.