Falcons’ 2008 Offense Mirrors 2001 Steelers

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Published: May 26, 2009

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... the Buffalo Bills head coach from 2004-2005), and there are some alarming trends that Falcons’ fans may want to know about.

Judging from his past stints, you shouldn’t look for Atlanta’s offense to improve.

Mularkey has usually done a good job at improving a team’s offense the first year he is with a team, but for reasons not always under his control, his teams usually rank a little lower his second second year there.

The only time he was around for a third year (as Pittsburgh‘s offensive coordinator), the Steelers’ offense dropped into the bottom of the league.

When looking at the 2008 Falcons offense, you can see a lot of similarities to the 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense that Mularkey coached.

Pittsburgh’s offense ranked third in the league that year, after having ranked 18th the year before. The Falcons offense made a similar jump from 23rd in 2007 to sixth last year.

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