After riding a few high emotional waves of thrilling wins and electric offensive performances, the Falcons have crashed down to a lonely crossroads where they can go two ways. They can respond to the recent setbacks and rise up toward the bright lights of being a credible playoff team. They can also continue spiraling downwards into the abyss that is the NFC South, where they are only a playoff team purely because of the division’s ineptitude.
It’s been a troubling few weeks where the offense has frequently beat themselves with costly penalties and critical self-inflicted mistakes at the worst possible teams.