The Atlanta Falcons are quietly, very quietly, showing some defensive improvement in recent weeks. The team got its stuff kicked in the first four weeks of the season in particular defensively, and while they’re still prone to memorably terrible plays and bad drives, the Falcons defense has been allowing nine fewer points per game over the past three games as compared to the first five of the season.
It’s time for us to equally quietly posit something a little crazy: Is this Falcons defense getting better? Our staff roundtable weighed in uneasily on this topic, but the short answer is obviously that we need to see more.