With Week 10 underway, Thursday Night Football matchup will kickoff with The Atlanta Falcons visiting the Carolina Panthers. This game is a NFC South showdown which is an important divisional matchup as no one has been a clear favorite to win the division. Both the Panthers and Falcons come off a loss in week 9.
The Falcons (4-5) are tied with the Tampa bay buccaneers for first place in the NFC south. In week 9 the falcons were off to a good start and held a 10-0 lead at one point against the Los Angeles Chargers. Ultimately the Falcons fell short and lost 20-17 on the final play of the game to the chargers. The Falcons were able to compete with a competitive Chargers team and they’ll look to beat a struggling Panthers team. Marcus Mariota and the Falcons will look to sweep the Panthers this season as they beat the Panthers a couple weeks ago in an overtime showdown. The Falcons offense will want to do more of the same when they face the Panthers in the first matchup. With Cordarrelle Patterson back in the starting lineup, running the ball will be a key to a victory for this Falcons team. Atlanta will have to win this game to stay in the race for first place in the NFC south.
The Panthers now (2-7) were blown out 42-21 by the Cincinnati Bengals. At one point the Panthers were down 35-0 at halftime against the Bengals. Carolina has struggled at the Quarterback position this season Pj walker will be getting the start against the Falcons. Walker was benched for Baker Mayfield after halftime against the Bengals, Sam Darnold is also eligible to play now that he has been taken off injured reserve. Mayfield had two passing touchdowns along with 155 yards through the air in the second half. The Panthers defense has allowed an average of 25 points per game against opposing teams, the panthers defense has struggled to keep opposing offenses off the field. With Christian McCaffrey gone D’Onta Foreman will carry the rushing workload for the Panthers he has 296 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the season. The Panthers will look to improve to (3-7) and at least try to keep up with their division as the Buccaneers, the leaders of the division only have 4 victories on the season.
This NFC South showdown will be an interesting matchup as the Falcons will try to take the lead of the division with a victory and a season sweep against the Panthers. And as for the Panthers they’ll look to spoil their divisional rivals chances of taking the lead in the NFC south.
Score Prediction: Falcons Win (24-21)
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