It’s a week I look forward to and dread every year, the first game against the hated New Orleans Saints. It’s a new year filled with promise in so many ways, but one of the most appealing potential outcomes remains the Atlanta Falcons going 2-0 against their rivals and embarrassing them in the process.
The Dennis Allen-led squad ensured Arthur Smith’s firing in one of the more lopsided losses the Falcons have suffered in the rivalry at the end of 2023, and now a very different Falcons team with a new coaching staff gets a crack at a Saints team that is strikingly similar to last year’s edition.