Atlanta
Falcons (9-5) will come to Bank of America Stadium Saturday to face off against
the Carolina Panthers (6-8). With a win or Tampa Bay loss to the New Orleans
Saints later that day, the Falcons will be NFC Champions and their first
playoff berth since 2012. On the other hand, the Panthers need to win out and
get some major help from several teams to get the second Wild Card spot in the
NFC. The Panthers are two-point favorites, Atlanta are 9-4 against the spread
in last 13 games while the Panthers are 4-6 against the spread in last 12 games.
The last time the Falcons went to Bank of America Stadium, they got shut out 38
to 0; while the Falcons won the last two times these teams have faced off.
Including earlier this year when the Falcons beat the Panthers 48 to 33 behind
Matt Ryan team recorded 503-yards passing and 4 touchdowns.
Key Matchup in this game is Julio
Jones against our young secondary, since last game he went off for a career-high
300 receiving yards against them. Julio Jones is coming back after missing two
games with turf toe. Our secondary has gotten better over the past few games
but this will be there biggest test yet, trying to slow down the Julio Jones, Matt
Ryan combo. The three key players for the Panthers are defensive tackle Kawann
Sort who has recorded 5 sacks over a 3-game span against the Falcons, he will
be also getting reps at defensive end again this week since the Panthers are
low on defensive ends. Panthers will be getting defensive end Charles Johnson
back after missing a few games with a hamstring injury, but doesn’t sound like
linebacker Luke Kuechly will play even through will was clear to play last week
after passing concussion protocol. Cam Newton and Jonathan Stewart are the
other two key-players to played well last week against the Redskins, Cam threw
for 300 yards and 2 touchdowns while Stewart rushed for 132 yards. Make sure to
watch the Panthers face off against the Falcons Saturday at 1:00pm!
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