Win-loss, player performance and jobs won and lost...no matter what the criteria, it's too early to get your expectations set in concrete.
We cover the Falcons obsessively here, which makes it difficult not to overreact to every small piece of news or report about a player's progress. There's the danger that merely reporting that Ricardo Allen is running as the starter in OTAs and may be in line for the gig, while noteworthy, gives us the expectation that he will be the starter. That sets us up for disappointment and in some cases rage when the player we don't like wins the job.