In chess, we would call what the Falcons did last Sunday night against the Washington Commanders a blunder, and one which was brutal enough to put them on their heels and on the verge of being checkmated.
Atlanta had full control of their own destiny after Dallas upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football in Week 16, but they have proceeded to turn right back around and bungle it in a game where a number of unforced errors, from DeAngelo Malone’s brutal third and long penalty to Raheem Morris’ disgraceful clock mismanagement, left them in a position to miss the playoffs yet again.