Atlanta Falcons Vs. Cleveland Browns Thoughts and Prediction

The Atlanta Falcons will be taking on the much-maligned Cleveland Browns this week, as they attempt to win their fourth straight. A win would be key putting Atlanta over .500 and pushing them further into the wildcard race.

Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons are coming off of their best win of the season against the Washington Redskins. Atlanta must remain focused and continue to dig themselves out of their 1-4 start.

This week’s challenge will be the Baker Mayfield led Cleveland Browns. The Browns though maligned are improving and will give Atlanta all they can handle on the road.

The biggest challenge for Atlanta might be slowing down the Brown’s rushing attack. Nick Chubb is the Brown’s starter and improving each week averaging 5.4 yards per attempt.

Chubb and Mayfield are the dangerous offensive threats for the Browns. Otherwise, the Falcon’s defense should have little trouble with an underwhelming Browns offense.

For the Falcons, the key to this game is going to be getting an early lead. When the Browns have gotten behind early this season they seem to struggle more so than many other teams in the League.

Baker Mayfield will force things down the field and give the defense an opportunity to send the ball the other way.

Getting into a dogfight in Cleveland still favors the Falcons considering this team has won three games in the last three years. It isn’t hard to see that this team is far from a good roster and offers little threat to a superior Atlanta team.

In the end, Julio Jones and Matt Ryan will be too much for the Brown’s defense and the Falcons cruise in this one winning 31-17.

With another win, the Falcons will climb to 5- 4 with a favorable matchup against the Dallas Cowboys looming. Don’t count out the Falcons just yet as they continue to fight their way back into relevance.