Falcon's are an 8-8 - 9-7 team that was extremely lucky last year while being exposed down the stretch...their margin of victory was like 4 points a game until the last few late season blowouts against injured and subpar teams....they didn't beat a team with a winning record by I think more than 6 all year.
Falcons are going to miss the playoffs if one or two things happen this year
1. If Ryan doesn't improve
2. If they are unable to upgrade their D without losing the strength of their OL
If they don't miss the playoffs they are still one and done most likely.