The Falcons are one of the lighter, shorter teams in the NFL

A year ago, the Falcons added serious beef to a defense that was often derided as being too puny to hold the point of attack, and as a result the team was one of the heavier units in football. It didn't make a lick of difference.

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This year, the Falcons are lining up as one of the shorter, lighter teams in the NFL, ranking as the 9th lightest, 4th shortest overall squad. While this may prompt flashbacks to the Mike Smith era, there's a difference of about eight pounds between the heaviest and lightest team, and less than an inch on average for the tallest and shortest teams, so this isn't overly significant. I've lined up the weight chart below.

It's worth noting, of course, that the terrifying Rams team that has one of the best defenses in football also ranks as the lightest team in the NFL, so there's no direct correlation between weight and success. There's even less between height and success, so this is more of a novelty than a predictive model of anything.

Even so, see any teams you'd like to mock on the list above?