The Atlanta Falcons mercifully have a bye week, which provides them with a chance to get healthy and hopefully figure out how to not be such a rolling disaster when they kick off the final six week stretch.
In the interim, we can watch other teams play football, and we can root earnestly against our NFC South rivals who are playing today. With the Falcons and Saints off, that means you’ll want to pay close attention to the Panthers-Chiefs and Buccaneers-Giants games in particular.
The Chiefs should have little trouble dispatching Carolina, but the Giants beating Tampa Bay feels like an uphill battle that we can only hope will be helped by our good energies.