Pro Football Sports Network broke down the worst-cast scenario for each team in 2025<\/p>\n
The Atlanta Falcons<\/a> ended the 2024 season on a bittersweet note. While it was encouraging to see Michael Penix Jr<\/a>. play well in his first few starts, it felt like the team missed a chance to finally get back into the playoffs.<\/p>\n After a painfully long offseason, the Falcons are close to taking the field for their second official training camp<\/a> of the Raheem Morris era. With 10 of 11 offensive starters set to return, the team should rely heavily on its offense in 2025.<\/p>\n The Falcons defense has a lot to prove, though. Fans are rightfully excited about first-round picks Jalon Walker<\/a> and James Pearce Jr<\/a>., but there should be an adjustment period with so many new faces and Jeff Ulbrich taking over as defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n Obviously, Atlanta wants to return to the postseason, but what is the team’s worst-case scenario in 2025? PFSN Analyst Jacob Infante looked attempted to project the floor of each NFL team. The Falcons’ worst-case scenario record for the 2025 season was 6-11:<\/p>\n Michael Penix Jr. takes the reins as quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons<\/a> after Kirk Cousins followed up a 6-3 start by going 1-4 in the final five games before he got benched. That collapse can be attributed to poor quarterback play, but it’s also a team game at the end of the day. — Jacob Infante, PFSN<\/a><\/p>\n While a six-win season would certainly be a disappointment, Atlanta’s projected floor is higher than two of three NFC South rivals. The Carolina Panthers<\/a>‘ worst-case scenario was 4-13, while the New Orleans Saints<\/a> had the lowest projected floor at 2-15.<\/p>\n The Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> were the top-ranked team in the division with a worst-case projection of 7-10. The Falcons clearly have more question marks than the Buccaneers, but they seem to be miles ahead of the Saints.<\/p>\n Even in tightly contested division like the NFC South, the Falcons are facing a decent amount of pressure to finally take that next step in 2025. Players officially report for training camp on July 23, with the team’s first practice<\/a> coming on July 24.<\/p>\n Check out our Falcons training camp preview<\/a> and latest 53-man roster<\/a> projection for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pro Football Sports Network broke down the worst-cast scenario for each team in 2025 The Atlanta Falcons ended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[247,265,223,254,2554,210,211,235,260,7858,224,7,20842,1070,3604,294,6126,1879,248,267,206,55,88,6,35196,676,236,7853,397,9,266,209,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-219165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-american-football","10":"tag-atlanta","11":"tag-atlanta-falcons","12":"tag-atlantafalcons","13":"tag-bay","14":"tag-buccaneers","15":"tag-carolina","16":"tag-carolina-panthers","17":"tag-cousins","18":"tag-falcons","19":"tag-football","20":"tag-hub","21":"tag-jr","22":"tag-kirk","23":"tag-kirk-cousins","24":"tag-michael","25":"tag-michael-penix-jr","26":"tag-national","27":"tag-national-sports","28":"tag-new","29":"tag-new-orleans-saints","30":"tag-news","31":"tag-nfl","32":"tag-nfl-hub","33":"tag-orleans","34":"tag-panthers","35":"tag-penix","36":"tag-saints","37":"tag-sports","38":"tag-sports-news","39":"tag-tampa","40":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114879344849640422","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}