Official Panthers at Falcons predictions thread!

[UpstatePanther]

6 minutes ago, JakeDel5674 said:

Proud of you. 

My score prediction of 27-20 is alittle misleading. 

I think ATL will be up 14 points going into the 4th and Cam will do Cam things to get us within 7 by the 2 minute warning, only to be stymied by ATL's line pinning their ears back against our ragtag OL.

[UpstatePanther]

1 minute ago, JakeDel5674 said:

Yeesh, that's not realism by any means on that last sentence. I know it hurts going from being completely gullible optimist to realistic, but we all have to make that leap sometime. Well, the smart ones do at least. 

It's a process lol. Gimme time man

[Captroop]

I don't expect a shootout. Our offensive line is a liability that will keep us from scoring regularly. Our defensive front will harass Matty and keep them from getting offensive momentum. But the Falcons don't need to drive down the length of the field on us. All Ryan needs to do is heave up a deep ball. And that can happen on first. Second. Third and 25. Doesn't matter.

The game will be decided by deep passes. If Julio is underneath it, we lose. If our safeties break it up, we win.

History has shown the former tends to be the case. But this time I'll hope for the latter.

Panthers - 13

Falcons - 10

[JakeDel5674]

Just now, UpstatePanther said:

It's a process lol. Gimme time man

HAHA, fair enough. 

[Captain Obvious]

My heart says Panthers. But my head sees our decimated Oline and says its a loss. 

 

so with all the feels I'll say Panthers 23 Falcons 20

[coralreefer_1]

No score prediction, but i think ATL takes this.  I said it before and will again...ATL will come angry as hell about last week, and our offense rarely keeps up with ATL. After last week with Dallas i doubt we can do more than 17 points. 

[gmonjimbo]

I think this game will come down to Panthers run game, CMC, and 3rd down defense. The Falcons probably have the fastest defense in the NFL, but they are undersized. We have to wear them down. 

Next, CMC has to have the best game of his career with Deion Jones and Neal out, it's time to test their backups. Norv talked about finding the right matchups and exploiting that. 25 touches minimum for CMC. 

Defense has to be able to get off the field on 3rd down. If we cant disrupt Ryan's timing with his receivers and mix up our coverages, the game will be over by half and will just be playing catchup. 

 

Panthers 24

Falcons 20 

[Pup McBarky]

We'll see if Norv is a genius or not this game. Having to gameplan around our OL and make adjustments when they exploit our obvious weaknesses will tell us a lot. I think we've got too many problems and the Falcons have too many reasons to win.

Atlanta - 20

Carolina - 13

[Raleigh PF]

Falcons win 31-20. Not all of the points will be scored on offense, either. Julio Jones is going to have our lunch and the offense will have a difficult time moving the ball because of the state of the OLine. 

This will be as low as the Panthers are likely to feel all season.

[falconidae]

Falcons win, if the Panther Oline was healthy, I might feel differently, but compared to last years playoff game, Panther Oline will have 4 of 5 starters different. 

M Kalil, Nowell, R Kalil, Turner, Williams started against the Saints.

Norwell went in FA, both starting tackles are out, Turner is concussion protocol.

Reminds me of 2013-2014 for the Falcons. from 2012 to 2015, every Olineman  in front of Ryan changed at least 4 times.

Cam is good, but compensating for replacing 80% of his Oline good? Don't think any QB is that good.

[Udogg]

28-17 Panthers.  

28 points -3 in first 3 quarters.  

1 quarter of taking foot off throttle . 

 

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

10 minutes ago, falconidae said:

Falcons win, if the Panther Oline was healthy, I might feel differently, but compared to last years playoff game, Panther Oline will have 4 of 5 starters different. 

M Kalil, Nowell, R Kalil, Turner, Williams started against the Saints.

Norwell went in FA, both starting tackles are out, Turner is concussion protocol.

Reminds me of 2013-2014 for the Falcons. from 2012 to 2015, every Olineman  in front of Ryan changed at least 4 times.

Cam is good, but compensating for replacing 80% of his Oline good? Don't think any QB is that good.

The way Falcons have been playing gives an indication that they will have some problems on defense this game and Panthers may exploit that problem and take advantage of it. Offense is having some trouble also since Ryan seems to keep targeting Julio and that can lead to getting a loss if he can be contained and double or triple teamed which was seen in Eagles/Falcons game and that did not bode well for Falcons in that game.

[falconidae]

Just now, rbsponsel52 said:

The way Falcons have been playing gives an indication that they will have some problems on defense this game and Panthers may exploit that problem and take advantage of it. Offense is having some trouble also since Ryan seems to keep targeting Julio and that can lead to getting a loss if he can be contained which was seen in Eagles/Falcons game.

Basing a lot off one game. Over his career,  Ryan has been good as spreading the ball around. Ryan missed a couple of red zone throws that would have changed the game completely. Throws he's made dozens of times before. He doesn't play well in Philly.

Don't think the Panthers front 7 is as good as the Eagles front 7, and they  falcons will be playing at home.

Ryan rarely has back to back bad games, fully expect him to bounce back this week. Also think that the panther offense is not going to be able to sustain drives and the defense will get worn down as the game goes on.

[Raleigh PF]

1 minute ago, falconidae said:

Basing a lot off one game. Over his career,  Ryan has been good as spreading the ball around. Ryan missed a couple of red zone throws that would have changed the game completely. Throws he's made dozens of times before. He doesn't play well in Philly.

Don't think the Panthers front 7 is as good as the Eagles front 7, and they  falcons will be playing at home.

Ryan rarely has back to back bad games, fully expect him to bounce back this week. Also think that the panther offense is not going to be able to sustain drives and the defense will get worn down as the game goes on.

I agree that time of possession is going to be more important to the Panthers this game. Cam did show a willingness to check-down, when necessary, so if he continues to do that and sustain some longer drives, I give the Panthers a better chance. However, if the Falcons control the time of possession, it could get ugly.