The Atlanta Falcons are promising but have clear weaknesses ahead of camp.
There’s no question the Atlanta Falcons will be on a mission to bounce back during the 2020 NFL season when it officially kicks off later in the calendar year. This season will be one of the more important years for the Falcons as they try to jump back into relevancy in the league and also end a pair of disappointing performances over the past few seasons.
After failing to reach the playoffs in each of the last two campaigns, Atlanta will hope to flip the switch and continue to improve in 2020 with the start of a fresh season and some new faces joining familiar staple players on both sides of the ball.
As they also did at the conclusion of the 2018 season, the 2019 campaign a year ago resulted in the Falcons concluding the 16-game regular-season schedule with a record of 7-9 overall and being left out of the playoff field once again. That’s a record and a streak the Falcons will aim to change in 2020.
With that 7-9 record, which included the Falcons finishing the year strong with winning four straight and six of their last eight contests, Atlanta finished second in the NFC South standings behind the first-place and 2019 division champions New Orleans Saints, while tying the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for second and finishing just ahead of the Carolina Panthers at the bottom of the NFC South.
Going into 2020, the NFC South is stacked full of talent among the four teams after the Saints, Buccaneers and Panthers all added to their potent offenses this offseason to go alongside Atlanta’s already-talented squad on offense. The Falcons could still navigate through those tough slate of games to be able to return to the playoffs at the end of the year.
Leading into the upcoming season, there are still plenty of question marks surrounding the Falcons and how the group on both offense and defense will be able to mesh right out of the gate to try and avoid an early-season collapse like in 2019.
Before the season ultimately kicks off and the roster continues to round out, let’s look at the depth chart in Atlanta and come up with three weaknesses that are still present for the Falcons leading into the 2020 season.