I was born in Jackson, Mississippi but I moved to Atlanta when I was two years old. I lived in Atlanta for 23 years. Therefore, Atlanta was my home and the home of my favorite NFL team, the Atlanta Falcons. They have only appeared in the Super Bowl once in their history which was the 1998 season, Super Bowl XXXIII. Although the team has experienced a few setbacks they are still my favorite, and I think I understand where they have gone wrong. The latest football season of 2014 is the most apparent setback where I can define the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Falcons are an average team that has made it to the championship five times since they started playing in 1966 [CITATION Wiki15 l 1033]. Since my love for the falcons is not driven by the number of games that they have won, it does not deter me when they lose. They will remain my favorite team. As long as they do not lose against the New Orleans Saints in my world they are the best. Over the years I have not spent much time or paid much attention to records, or wondered why some seasons are good, and others are bad but for some reason the season of 2014 caught my attention. About five times during the 2014 football season, the outcome of a Falcons game was determined by a touchdown or two. Three times they came close to winning by a few points and lost. They won by three points against the New Orleans Saints and they beat the South Carolina Panthers by a few points, but unfortunately they lost the rest of the games [CITATION Jos15 l 1033]. It’s almost as if they get comfortable at the end of the game and begin to think that they do not have to play hard anymore. Once they stop playing hard, the other team takes the opportunity to conjure a good play and slide into the end zone to add a few extra points to the score board during the last few seconds of the game. Before they are able to retaliate the other teams wins and leaves the Falcons with another L on the book [CITATION