For most of the season, this was one of a couple of games Falcons fans probably penciled in as a win, no matter how dour one’s outlook might be. The Jets and the Lions have been bad for a while now and weren’t showing any signs of getting better throughout the year, so it felt like it would take a rock bottom effort from Atlanta to lose this.
It no longer feels like that, and while it’s not particularly fun to think of the Falcons losing at home to the Detroit Lions, it’s going to make for a more interesting game.