With a Thursday Night Football battle looming, how are we feeling about an Atlanta Falcons victory?
I’ll tell you how we’re feeling. The staff weighed in with score predictions (we welcome yours!), and you’ll find our optimistic-about-a-close-victory takes below.
Falcons 27, Buccaneers 24
Another stupidly close divisional matchup, filled with equal parts intrigue and frustration. I waffled on picking the Falcons in this one, but the Bucs are due for a letdown staggering around with as many injuries as they have and fresh off a big road win against the Eagles. On the road again, on a short week, and in primetime against an opponent with a lot of new faces, I think Tampa Bay will have a festive pumpkin of an effort from Baker Mayfield and enough struggles containing Tyler Allgeier and Bijan Robinson to lose this one.