Where do franchises fall down? The truly dysfunctional ones do so in all sorts of hilarious, creative ways, but for decent-to-great ones, transitions tend to be the killer.
Think the Dolphins post-Marino or the Bills post-Kelly, as two teams fumbled their search for successors to legendary quarterbacks and quickly became irrelevant as a result. Or think of teams with too much hubris who think rock solid veterans are easily replaced by their genius drafts, only to watch those guys flame out. The Falcons have fallen into that latter camp a few times in the last decade-plus, and center is one of the most relevant examples of just that.