The Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers renew their NFC South rivalry when they meet for the second time in three weeks on Thursday night. Read on for our Falcons-Panthers picks for Thursday Night Football.
The 4-5 Falcons have a losing record through nine games for the fifth consecutive season, yet that record is good enough to be tied for first place in the NFC South. They face a Panthers team that is off to its worst start (2-7) since 2012. Carolina is 0-6 in games outside the division this year and is 0-4 on the r oad for the first time since 2011.
In the Week 8 meeting between these teams, Atlanta survived 37-34 in overtime after Carolina's kicking blunders. Per ESPN Stats & Info, Carolina's Eddy Pineiro became the second kicker in the previous 20 seasons to miss a go-ahead extra point in the last 30 seconds of regulation and a potential game-winning field goal in overtime.
Here are our Falcons-Panthers NFL picks for Week 10 (odds via Caesars Sportsbook and BetMGM; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).