"A team built to compete now either found ways to lose or lacked the spirit and cohesiveness to win when they were expected to. A coaching staff making frequent self-inflicted errors and being plagued by predictable offensive tendencies. A general manager who was too aggressive for his own good and mismanaged major free agent signings. The way both teams faltered felt eerily similar."
"While Jeff Ulbrich worked wonders in doing a stellar job of reconstructing the defense, an inability to evolve offensively and underwhelming free agency, largely due to Kirk Cousins' staggering contract, left the franchise practically where they were six years ago. Impressive road victories over two of the three top NFC teams that season, against New Orleans and San Francisco, ultimately saved Dan Quinn and Thomas Dimitroff in a 6-2 finish. A remarkable upset win over the Rams highlighted a four-game winning streak to end the season."
The 2025 Falcons season mirrored the 2019 collapse across leadership, roster construction, and on-field execution despite a less disastrous start. The team repeatedly lost winnable games and showed insufficient cohesion and competitive spirit late in the year. Coaches committed frequent self-inflicted errors and the offense relied on predictable tendencies that opponents exploited. The general manager pursued aggressive moves and mismanaged major free-agent signings, with Kirk Cousins' contract severely limiting roster flexibility. Jeff Ulbrich rebuilt and stabilized the defense, but offensive stagnation and underwhelming free agency left the franchise effectively where it was six years earlier. The team was eliminated from division contention by early December.
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