Atlanta Falcons schedule: Initiating a rebuild in 2022 with little hope

2022 Atlanta Falcons schedule: Week 1

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV
Sunday, Sep. 11	New Orleans Saints	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Saints 28, Falcons 17

Atlanta Falcons roster outlook

Disclaimer: All our predictions are based on the Falcons keeping and starting these key players:

QB — Marcus Mariota, Desmond Ridder, Feleipe Franks
RB — Cordarrelle Patterson, Damien Williams
TE — Kyle Pitts
WR — Drake London, Bryan Edwards, Auden Tate, Olamide Zaccheaus
Defense — Falcons don’t rank in the top 20 this week

Take a look at that skill position group and tell us these Falcons are going to be competitive in 2022. The trade of Matt Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts completely changes the dynamics for a team that won seven games a season ago. There’s very little in terms of proven talent on the Falcons’ offense outside of Kyle Pitts.

Defensively, Atlanta yielded 27 points per game in 2021. The team has not improved enough to improve too much in this regard in 2022.

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2022 Atlanta Falcons schedule: Preseason opponents

Week 1: @ Detroit Lions
Week 2: @ New York Jets
Week 3: Jacksonville Jaguars

2022 Atlanta Falcons schedule

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Week 2 — @ Los Angeles Rams

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Sep. 18	@ Rams	4:05 PM	FOX

Prediction: Rams 35, Falcons 17

Week 3 — @ Seattle Seahawks

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Sep. 25	@ Seahawks	4:25 PM	FOX

Prediction: Seahawks 20, Falcons 16

Week 4 — Cleveland Browns

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Oct. 2	Browns	1:00 PM	CBS

Prediction: Browns 31, Falcons 20

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Week 5 — @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Oct. 9	@ Buccaneers	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Buccaneers 38, Falcons 13

Week 6 — San Francisco 49ers

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Oct. 16	49ers	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: 49ers 35, Falcons 17

Week 7: @ Cincinnati Bengals

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Oct. 23	@ Bengals	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Bengals 41, Falcons 13

Week 8 — Carolina Panthers

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Oct. 30	Panthers	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Falcons 24, Panthers 20

Week 9 — Los Angeles Chargers

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Nov. 6	Chargers	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Chargers 31, Falcons 10

Week 10 — @ Carolina Panthers

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Thursday, Nov. 10	@ Panthers	8:15 PM	Prime Video

Prediction: Panthers 20, Falcons 17

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Week 11 — Chicago Bears

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Nov. 20	Bears	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Bears 24, Falcons 20

Week 12 — @ Washington Commanders

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Nov. 27	@ Commanders	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Commanders 27, Falcons 20

Week 13 — Pittsburgh Steelers

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Dec. 4	Steelers	1:00 PM	CBS

Prediction: Steelers 20, Falcons 16

Week 14: BYE

Week 15: @ New Orleans Saints

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
TBD	@ Saints	TBD	TBD

Prediction: Saints 28, Falcons 13

Week 16: @ Baltimore Ravens

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Saturday, Dec. 24	@ Ravens	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Ravens 31, Falcons 14

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Week 17: Arizona Cardinals

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
Sunday, Jan. 1	Cardinals	1:00 PM	FOX

Prediction: Cardinals 24, Falcons 16

Week 18: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Date	Game	Time (ET)	TV Info
TBD	Buccaneers	TBD	TBD

Prediction: Buccaners 35, Falcons 10