For about a week, the 2021 Atlanta Falcons were a playoff team.
It was never a serious indication; only a mathematical courtesy to a team that sat at .500. The Falcons, despite flashing some promise throughout 2021, are not a playoff team. To be a playoff team, you must be at least somewhat consistently good. If you’ve watched the Falcons in 2021, you know that consistency escapes this version of the team. Dallas proved that Sunday with one of the loudest spankings we’ve heard this team get in years.
It’s not the end of the world, though.