In today’s edition, the Atlanta Falcons’ special teams take center stage. Matt Bryant is on the hotseat and Sports Illustrated and The Falcoholic dissect what that means for Today’s game against the Jaguars.

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The cycle is always the same.

After the NFL Draft is complete, columnists, reporters, writers, bloggers and fans all have the same basic reactions.

• The Eternal Optimist: “The Draft was amazing! Our GM can do no wrong. We are Super Bowl-bound.”
• The Standing on the Fence: “It was okay, let’s wait and see. You can’t judge a draft for 3 years.”
• The Reactionary: “What were they thinking?!? I can’t believe we passed up (insert highly ranked prospect here)!”

If the reaction is mostly positive, you’ll see columnists write about how the draft was not as good as fans believe. The same applies to the reverse. If the general consensus is negative, articles will begin popping up stating why this draft is actually quite good and to give it time.

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