Last year's team received rave reviews with Kirk Cousins coming in to be the team's first franchise quarterback since Matt Ryan. He was supposed to be the savior that put this team over the hump, but after going 6-3 and sitting atop the NFC South all alone,

The Falcons have long struggled to find answers for their pass rush, and last season was no different. Atlanta finished their campaign with a mere 31 sacks (31st in the NFL) and became the only team league-wide to have fewer than 300 sacks over the last decade.