The Falcons are coming off a two game stretch so bad I really don’t even want to keep bringing it up. A win would be welcome in light of that, and in light of the fact that they’re playing the Jaguars, a team that is dwelling near the basement of the NFL.
Of course, the Falcons aren’t really all that far out of the basement themselves, especially after the past two weeks. This team wants to make it known that they’re not this bad and that they’re perfectly capable of bouncing back from their worst efforts and handling lesser teams, and making that known involves winning games like these.