This Falcons team isn't very good, but we have the benefit of playing in a shitty division and playing the NFC East this year, which is also not very good, and we've beaten the two teams we were playing on the road against from that division already, so I kind of think we'll win the division and get crushed in the first or second round of the playoffs, which I guess counts as improvement.
Patriots are, barring an injury to Gronk, going 19-0 this year though. Their schedule only has two tough games on it IMO- @ Indy (which they should win, honestly) and @ Denver, which might give them trouble.