I'm okay with it. The falcons aren't built for the playoffs. I know they think they are, but they aren't.
Things change in the playoffs. I remember this from the first few times the saints made it there - Steve Walsh and Hebert era. I used to want to just get in the playoffs and who knows, anything can happen. But what really happens is that your opponent breaks down your game microscopically. If you can only do one or two things, you're going to get stomped. They will take those things away. The pressure is ratcheted up and everything seems harder.
I mean, today was just a tough division game for them late in the year, and a beat up Tampa defense took away Gonzales. Ryan's numbers were terrible.
And the bucs stink, with no real offense to capitalize on anything.
Atlanta has been doing the same boring stuff all year. I think they run 5 routes or so. And while they execute really well right now, it won't be that way in the playoffs.
This is all my opinion of course. I could be wrong. But it seems to me that they are in for a terrible fall, and the more success they have now, the worse it will be for them later. Should be fun to watch.