The Falcons have the most hot-and-cold passing game right now. In recent games, they’ve either been clicking, or they’ve been unbearably bad. There’s been no middle ground.

In half of their last six games, they’ve passed for more than 335 yards (with 2 TD passes in each of those games). But in their last three other games, they’ve passed for fewer than 160 yards, with 1 TD and 9 interceptions in those three games.

They’ve been playing without Calvin Ridley recently, which has hurt them, and they didn’t have Cordarrelle Patterson in their last game either. The offensive line for much of the season has struggled to provide good protection.

The quality of opponents, of course, tends to play a role. Get Atlanta matched up against a lesser defense – like Jacksonville in Week 12 – and good numbers are possible. When they’re playing the Cowboys or Patriots (like they have the last two weeks) it can get pretty ugly.

MORE THAN 330 PASSING YARDS SINCE WEEK 5
TmOppResultCmpAttYdsTDInt
TAMMIAW 45-17334445250
DALat NWEW 35-29365144531
BALINDW 31-25374344240
KANat LVRW 41-14365142250
NYJCINW 34-31394942232
CINat BALW 41-17233841631
NYJat INDL 30-45345241241
NWENYJW 54-13284141130
INDat BALL 25-31253540220
LACCLEW 47-42264339840
KANat WASW 31-13324739722
GNBat MINL 31-34233338540
LACPITW 41-37304138231
TAMat NORL 27-36284137542
MINat CARW 34-28334837330
BUFat NYJW 45-17212836621
LARat SEAW 26-17253736511
DALat MINW 20-16254136021
LACat PHIW 27-24323835620
MIAat JAXL 20-23344835421
BUFat TENL 31-34354735331
GNBat CINW 25-22273934421
ATLat NORW 27-25233034320
ATLNYJW 27-20334634220
LVRat DENW 34-24182734120
MINGNBW 34-31243534130
ATLat MIAW 30-28254033621
DENLVRL 24-34354933433
LARDETW 28-19284133430
FEWER THAN 160 PASSING YARDS SINCE WEEK 5
TmOppResultCmpAttYdsTDInt
DETat CLEL 10-1315237702
INDat BUFW 41-15112010610
HOUat TENW 22-13142410700
NYGLVRW 23-16152011010
DETat PITT 16-16142511400
PHIat DETW 44-6111611400
PHITAML 22-28122611511
CHIat LVRW 20-9132111910
CARat ATLW 19-13132512900
ATLat DALL 3-43102713103
HOUat ARIL 5-31233213500
NWEat CARW 24-6121813911
ARICARL 10-34172914301
TENat LARW 28-16192714311
CARat NYGL 3-25193914501
ATLCARL 13-19202714612
PHINORW 40-29132414700
CINat LVRW 32-13202914810
INDat SFOW 30-18172615020
JAXBUFW 9-6172815100
CLEat NWEL 7-45193315411
ATLNWEL 0-25203215804
JAXSFOL 10-30162515800

Statistics compiled using search tools at Pro-Football-Reference.com

—Ian Allan