The Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons do battle in Thursday Night Football week 10 NFL action at Bank of America Stadium. The Atlanta Falcons look to get back to a .500 record. The Carolina Panthers need a win after losing 5 of their last 6 games.
The Atlanta Falcons have lost 3 of their last 4 road games. Marcus Mariota is completing 61.7 percent of his passes for 1,561 yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. Drake London and Olamide Zaccheaus have combined for 700 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns, while Kyle Pitts has 23 receptions. The Atlanta Falcons ground game is averaging 162.9 yards per contest, and Tyler Allgeier leads the way with 423 yards and 1 touchdown. Defensively, Atlanta is allowing 25 points and 406.9 yards per game. Rashaan Evans leads the Atlanta Falcons with 85 tackles, Grady Jarrett has 4.5 sacks and Richie Grant has 2 interceptions.
The Carolina Panthers have lost 3 of their last 5 home games. PJ Walker is completing 58.9 percent of his passes for 623 yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. DJ Moore and Terrace Marshall Jr. have combined for 650 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns, while Shi Smith Jr. has 9 receptions. The Carolina Panthers ground game is averaging 105.3 yards per contest, and D’Onta Foreman leads the way with 296 yards and 3 touchdowns. Defensively, Carolina is allowing 25.3 points and 370.3 yards per game. Shaq Thompson leads the Carolina Panthers with 69 tackles, Brian Burns has 6 sacks and Donte Jackson has 2 interceptions.
The Falcons are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games. The Panthers are 8-21-1 ATS in their last 30 home games and 5-18 ATS in their last 23 games overall. The under is 4-1 in Falcons last 5 games on grass. The under is 5-2 in Panthers last 7 vs. NFC. The Falcons are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 meetings in Carolina and 10-4 ATS in their last 14 meetings. The underdog is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 meetings.
The Atlanta Falcons are probably the better team here with a more trustworthy offense that’s actually 10th in scoring, but they’re still a below average club overall that I’m not thrilled to lay points with on the road in a short week. The Carolina Panthers are still competing and playing hard, and that includes taking the Falcons to overtime on a road a couple of weeks ago. An outright Panthers’ victory would surprise nobody. I wouldn’t touch this game, but if forced to pick, I’m grabbing my free field goal and covering my eyes.