There were moments of naked hunger for the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, few and far between as they were. They were there in Matt Ryan’s cluster f-bombs on the sideline, in Mohamed Sanu’s frenzied push for a first down, and in De’Vondre Campbell’s unwillingness to let Aaron Rodgers slip away as he has slipped away so many times before. They were moments that were sort of startling, because they reminded you of a truth that’s not really all that comfortable: That the Falcons aren’t tanking.
They may as well be.