Aaron breaks down expectations for Matt Ryan, Kyle Pitts, Arthur Smith and the rest of the Atlanta Falcons offense in 2021 without Julio Jones' presence.

He looks back at Ryan's production in 2020 with and without Jones and looks at Marcus Mariota's improvement under Arthur Smith in 2019 to project how much growth we can expect from Ryan in 2021. Then he looks at the loss of Julio Jones' explosive capabilities to examine if Kyle Pitts, Calvin Ridley, Hayden Hurst and Russell Gage are poised to fill that massive void. Then he discusses the pressure on head coach Arthur Smith and if the team finds itself with significant cap space next year if they'll be in a position to make a big push in 2022 to get back into Super Bowl contention.

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