With one eye on the NFC South-leading Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Atlanta Falcons (1-1) are in Charlotte this weekend to take on the winless Carolina Panthers (0-2).

After basically a no-show in a Week 1 26-10 loss in Jacksonville to the Jaguars, Bryce Young and the Panthers may have begun to figure things out last weekend in the desert in a 27-22 loss to the Cardinals. Carolina trailed 27-3 in the third quarter but rallied with 19 unanswered points on three Bryce Young touchdown passes to make the final score respectable.

The Falcons spanked J.J. McCarthy and the Vikings, 22-6, Sunday night on NBC and Peacock . The cause for optimism in Atlanta is that they won the game with a suffocating defense. Through two weeks the Falcons have allowed just 29 points. That stingy defense has

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