The Facts: The Falcons' offensive players are in the early stages of building a relationship with their new OC Steve Sarkisian. "Sark is awesome," WR Mohamed Sanu said. "He's come in and he's adding a lot of his offense in with a mixture of the offense that we had in the past. Everything is just coming out smooth. It seems like him and (QB) Matt (Ryan) gel well and everybody in the offense gels well with him. I'm excited to get out on the field and see how we operate as an offense."

Diehards Line: Sarkisian replaced Kyle Shanahan, who left to become San Francisco’s head coach. While Sarkisian is keeping the offense, which led the NFL in scoring in 2016, intact, he’s also adding some new wrinkles. How much mixing is he doing? “It’s not many different wrinkles,” Sanu said. “It’s just a piece of his system and he’s just adding it in. We are just keeping the ball rolling.” The Falcons’ personnel on offense is static, with no major departures or arrivals. So the good news is that whatever the transition time is for getting used to a new coordinator, Sarkisian inherited a bunch of guys who already know each other well, and have performed.