After the Falcons scored just 10 points against the Eagles, which came after the team scored almost 200 fewer points than they did in 2016 during the regular season, which came after they hired Steve Sarkisian. For that reason, among many others, Sark figures to be the hot topic of that unbearable period before we start getting free agent and draft rumors to kick around
Sarkisian was not the sole reason the Falcons’ offense regressed so mightily, if we’re being fair. The offensive line was a bit weaker with Wes Schweitzer at right guard and Andy Levitre getting hurt late in the year, Taylor Gabriel had a tremendously disappointing year considering how good he looked in 2016, and the Falcons made so many errors of execution that it’s almost not worth tallying them up here.