The 2025 Atlanta Falcons season marked a disappointing end to an era, as the team missed the playoffs for the eighth consecutive year despite a promising 3–2 start. After losing seven of their next eight games, the Falcons fell to 4–9—their worst start since 2020—and although a late four-game winning streak salvaged some pride, it wasn't enough to overcome the early collapse. Their Week 18 victory over the New Orleans Saints proved wildly consequential, creating a three-way NFC South tie that sent the Carolina Panthers to the playoffs and left Atlanta with the conference's longest active postseason drought. The season featured spectacular individual performances, including Bijan Robinson's 238 scrimmage yards against Buffalo and the first NFL game held in Berlin, where Colts' Jonathan Taylor rushed for 244 yards, but also humiliating lows like a 30–0 shutout loss to Carolina. Following the finale, owner Arthur Blank fired head coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot, then promoted Greg Beadles to CEO, while the team drew an average home crowd of 70,995, the 10th-highest in the NFL.