The Falcons have a rare opportunity to squash the Saints’ playoff hopes by winning Sunday, and it’s a very welcome opportunity. When I heard that good news, the first thing I asked myself was how many times it had happened in the past.
It turns out a handful of times the Falcons have either had the opportunity to keep the Saints out of the playoffs entirely or at least have an outsized impact on where they were seeded in the playoffs, and it’s at the very least a mostly fun trip down memory lane to look back at them.