It can be said that the Atlanta Falcons were one yellow penalty flag and about a foot wide right in a game winning field goal attempt away from being 6-1. While the team can continue to dwell on a penalty flag that should have been thrown and the few inches away the football came from entering the goal post, their record is sealed, permanent, and impenetrable. The team is surely aware of this and know that they simply cannot focus on what could have been.
Instead of glancing in the rear-view mirror, the coaching staff and team know that the road that lies ahead is much more important and essential to their pursuit of contention this season.