If I had told you that the Atlanta Falcons would hold the Minnesota Vikings to 14 points, you would have suspected that they won Sunday’s football game. I think that speaks volumes about what went wrong in this clash between two NFC playoff contenders, and it says a lot about the limitations of this particular Falcons team.
I had long worried that Atlanta would lose this game, well before the season began and the Vikings lost Sam Bradford and Dalvin Cook, and even longer before Atlanta lost Desmond Trufant and Brian Poole for the matchup.