Why the Falcons are being unfairly called the worst roster in NFL

We went over it recently on why the Atlanta Falcons do not have the worst roster in the NFL, you can read that article here.

It seems like every sports website has the Falcons in the running for being the worst team and it is an unfair and lazy assessment. They are probably not a top 20 roster but they certainly are not the absolute worst. Let’s talk about why they think that.

The players the Falcons have lost is the cause for all of the criticism

Let’s get this out of the way, the Atlanta Falcons are doing the right thing by tearing everything down and then building it back up. The alternative would have been to constantly be over the cap every offseason while treading mediocrity, and the Saints are the perfect example of this. They might not be one of the worst teams but they never have enough resources to become a Super Bowl contender.

Now that we got that out of the way, these “experts” that are calling the Atlanta Falcons the worst team in the league are just making an extremely lazy assessment.

This all stems from the fact that the Falcons were average at best last year as they finished the season 7-10 but then after saying goodbye to Julio Jones last year, they did the same with Matt Ryan, Russell Gage, Foye Oluokun, and Hayden Hurst.

So, basically, they see a team who lost numerous big contributors that helped them be average, which certainly would lead a lot of people to believe they will become the worst team in the NFL.

The theory makes sense but the NFL is way more complicated than that and it is obvious that these people are not diving in any further, it is just easier for them to say that it was an average team that lost a lot of big pieces, so, therefore, they will be at the bottom of the league.

It is worth repeating that this is a lazy narrative. They ignore the talent that this team possesses and even though they are not one of the top teams, they certainly are not the worst team.