The Falcons were a good-to-great offensive team for nearly all of quarterback Matt Ryan’s first seven seasons. Then offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan showed up and suddenly the Falcons are not a good offensive team and Ryan is having his worst season since he was an NFL neophyte. Shanahan must the problem.
Obviously it’s not that simple because there are lots of variables that go into offensive success. Also, the Falcons’ offense was good this season before it became bad.
But Shanahan is the new coordinator and so he’s taken a lot of criticism from those who see the Falcons flailing offensively as they’ve lost five games in a row after a 6-1 start.