Thanks to a combination of genuinely impressive coordination and discipline, plus a little luck, the NFL is kicking off this week. Our Falcons will play their first game this Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks, which means it’s time for us to take a look ahead at the matchup and what we ought to expect.
In 2019, the Falcons were disappointing yet again, while the Seahawks went 11-5 and were one of the NFC’s better teams. What explains that disparity?
Seattle was much more successful running the ball, a product of effort (they had the 4th-highest number of yards in the league on the 3rd-most attempts) and were much better at both protecting the football and getting takeaways.