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Falcons 2017 Schedule Even Tougher
Than In 2016

 By Don Stone - Football Atlanta

   Last year as the 2016 season approached, I took a look at the upcoming schedule for the Falcons. And it didn't look pretty.
   The team was coming off one of the easiest schedules from the previous season and still only managed an 8-8 record. Very few were projecting much of an improvement considered what was perceived as a daunting lineup of teams that lay ahead. In 2015, the only difficult opponents were the pair with Carolina and one with Minnesota, Houston and Washington. None of the other nine teams made the playoffs or even had a winning record. The combined regular season records of all 2015 opponents was 118-122.
  So, in 2016, besides Carolina, who went to the Super Bowl, the Falcons had games against five other 2015 playoff teams, Green Bay (10-6), Denver (12-4), Kansas City (11-5) Arizona (13-3) and Seattle (10-6). Add all of that up and the non NFC South opponents had a combined record of 86-74. Thirty more wins with the 2016 teams over those faced in 2015. 
  And we all know what Atlanta did. They finished the regular season at 11-5 including wins over both teams from the previous Super Bowl. On a roll, the followed up with impressive home playoff shellackings of Seattle and Green Bay. They took that momentum into the Super Bowl jumping to a 28-3 lead before New England pulled off the biggest comeback in the game's history.
  So, as we look ahead at the 2017 schedule, how does it compare?
 

 
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