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Falcons defense vs. Patriots offense: Can Atlanta slow down this potent New England attack?

After getting walloped by the Cowboys on Sunday, the Falcons return home to play a Thursday night game against a surging Patriots team that just beat the pants off the Cleveland Browns. Mac Jones is running away with rookie of the year honors and after winning 4 straight, they’re now just a half game out of first place in the AFC East behind the Bills.

Can the Atlanta defense even hope to stop them? Let’s take a look.

In the trenches

If you were to ask me to point out which unit in the Falcons defense was the most problematic, I’d have to point to the trenches.