Atlanta Falcons Odds, Predictions, and Betting Preview 2022: Flightless Birds

The Atlanta Falcons’ infamous Super Bowl collapse happened way back in 2017 but it took until 2022 for that crushing loss to finally rot the franchise from the inside out. 

The Falcons are in Year 2 of their rebuild under head coach Arthur Smith, with a revamped roster that fails to feature Matt Ryan at quarterback for the first time since before the MCU got underway.

Atlanta was just good enough to win seven games over piss-poor opponents in 2021 but owned a -8.6 average margin per game (28th), tricking down into a 6-10-1 ATS mark. That sinks the team to a collective 34-48-1 against the spread (41.5%) since blowing that 28-3 lead in Super Bowl LI.

With the final remnants of that cursed team purged, can the healing begin in the ATL? We get ou…