NFC South

Mark Bradley: The only guarantee is that these Falcons will be different

Not much is expected of the 2021 Falcons, which isn’t a bad thing. If they manage four wins for a second year running, we can shrug and say, “Where’s the surprise? They had a new coach and they traded Julio Jones.” If they finish close to .500, it will feel as if they’re building toward something, as opposed to the past few years, when every blown lead was viewed through the prism of the greatest of all blown leads. If they make the playoffs, we’ll hail Arthur Smith as the best Falcons coach since that other guy named Smith. This team hasn’t just shuffled coordinators and redeployed Raheem Mor…