Before losing to the Saints, the Falcons were knocking on the door of being a top-10 team, sitting at 11th in CBS Sports’ NFL power rankings. Now, they see themselves falling back two spots to 13th but still ahead of the next-best NFC South opponent.

When the Falcons signed Kirk Cousins and Darnell Mooney to contracts that sniffed $220 million total, most of the NFL world criticized the organization for the acquisitions.