"I think we can officially call this season off the rails. The Falcons are going nowhere and even the goodwill they got from their victory in New Orleans has now evaporated with a defeat against the lowly New York Jets just a week later. There's really no other way to put it other than that this season has been an unmitigated disaster relative to the expectations in place coming into it."
"Look, I'm not going to sit here and sell you a bill of goods about how the Falcons could have this magical and miraculous chance if this goes right and that goes right and if we mix all of that together with some fairy dust to get an end product that's a 9-8 playoff appearance. The playoffs aren't happening, it's just that winning prevents mathematical elimination for the time being."
"They will stave off mathematical elimination from playoff contention by at least one week. Atlanta would break a little bit of a good run the Seahawks have going in the head to head matchup at the moment, having won three of the past four matchups including a game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium last year. This would be the Falcons' 10th win all time against Seattle, who currently leads the series 13-9."
The Falcons have collapsed this season, losing to the New York Jets and erasing momentum from a win in New Orleans. Expectations entering the season have given way to an unmitigated disaster, with Raheem Morris' tenure described as a complete failure and the team essentially a dead team walking. A Week 14 win over Seattle would only postpone mathematical elimination from playoff contention by at least a week and slightly disrupt Seattle's standings. A loss would clinch mathematical elimination, extend the playoff drought to eight years, and seal an eighth consecutive losing season, signaling continued organizational dysfunction.
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