NFC South

Mike Cunningham: After bad day in L.A., Matt Ryan insists he’s got ‘plenty in tank’

The Falcons are not a good football team. That’s why they won’t be going to the playoffs despite an extra bid available during the NFL’s COVID-19 season. I spent much of Sunday talking myself into the idea that the Falcons aren’t half-bad. After all, they’d beaten everybody but the Saints over the past five weeks. The Falcons went to Los Angeles on Sunday and played the Chargers without star wide receiver Julio Jones and two-fifths of their starting offensive line. But that’s not why they lost 20-17. The Falcons couldn’t win because quarterback Matt Ryan played terribly. The defense bailed Rya…