The Atlanta Falcons are wrapping up their bye week and heading into a critical Week 12 matchup against the Saints. It will be the fourth time in the last five seasons the team is playing New Orleans right after the bye, and it would be awfully nice to get that win against our most hated rival.
Will Atlanta do it? That likely depends on the improvements they make, but I thought it was worth taking a quick look at the recent history of Falcons performance coming out of the bye, and then diving into how Arthur Smith has fared in particular.