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The Falcons came into Sunday’s game against the Packers after a pair of losses that saw the team give up leads in the fourth quarter on the way to defeat.

Sunday’s game set up in a similar way. A touchdown catch by Packers wideout Jeff Janis with just under four minutes to play put the Packers up 32-26 and left the Falcons staring at another loss that would fuel the notion that the Falcons haven’t changed much from the team that opened 6-1 before folding last year.

Head coach Dan Quinn said last week that this team is “so different” from that one and his team did its best to prove it. They drove 75 yards in 11 plays to take a 33-32 lead and then made it stand up by forcing three Aaron Rodgers incompletions.

“I think those scars make a difference and as you go through those experiences, they’re tough on you,” Quinn said, via the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “You have to learn from them, and we have. Knowing that when we get in this scenario again, and it’s time to go shut the door, whether it’s offensively or defensively and we had the opportunity to do that. We’ve certainly talked about it a bunch and had the uncomfortable conversations, knowing that the league we play in, most of these games are going to come down to this kind of finish. We relished that chance to be finishers.”

They’ll take the show on the road to Tampa and Philadelphia over the next two weeks, offering a pair of chances to provide further evidence that this year’s team will be able to stay the course over the entire season.