The Atlanta Falcons are winning for many reasons. One of them is a new and frankly welcome level of aggression on fourth down, one that is carrying Atlanta not just to key conversions to keep drives alive, but also to surprise fourth down scores. The Falcons have two touchdowns on four fourth down attempts over the past two weeks, but more than that, they’re not letting those fourth and short opportunities go to waste with cowardly punts.
For the season, they’re 11/15 on fourth downs, a 73.3% conversion number that ranks fourth in the NFL and matches, interestingly enough, their season total from the 2010 season, when Mike Mularkey was cooking.