The Falcons can make it back to the playoffs if Kirk Cousins is the key to an offensive revival

The Atlanta Falcons haven’t been to the playoffs since the 2017 season, which is tied with the Carolina Panthers for the third-longest in the NFL for a postseason drought.

After years of consistent contention (with a few down years strewn about) with quarterback Matt Ryan, the Falcons fell off the wagon after that 2017 campaign and never got back on.

Bad free agent signings, missed draft picks, troublesome cap management and regression among the franchise faces sank the end of the Ryan era...