The Falcons go on the road to face an old foe, one which has had a history of brutalizing them in their early history and has sort of gotten back to those old ways in recent memory in the Washington Commanders. Washington currently owns an 18-10-1 lead in the head to head series.
The at-one-point Redskins made it a sport to completely wail on the Falcons before the turn of the millennia. They set the tone early by winning five and tying once in the first six ever meetings, through 1977, before Steve Bartkowski finally helped Atlanta break through with a victory in 1978.