FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — I'll be honest, when I first found out the Atlanta Falcons would have the earliest possible bye week in Week 5, I was concerned. And selfishly, I was mad. What do you mean the Falcons got the Week 5 bye and not the week after they go to the West Coast to face the San Francisco 49ers? Or, heck, post-Germany?!

But now, sitting here on the cusp of the Week 5 bye, my point of view has changed. This bye week is coming at a pretty good time for Atlanta (and hey, me too). And if you would have told me the Falcons would go into their bye week 2-2, I'd be like, 'Cool. Sounds about right.' Of course the loss to the Carolina Panthers in Week 3 stings significantly, however, the Falcons still have everything they want in front of them.

Can they build off their Week 4 win? Or wi

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