To say the Falcons came into their Thursday Night Football matchup against the Panthers without a lot of hype would be to severely understate things. Fresh off yet another blown lead and up against a Panthers team that had already beaten them once, I think the hope from many Falcons fans was that we’d simply see a good game one way or the other.
What we got was rarely pretty and may or may not have qualified as good from your perspective, but it was certainly a win. A surprisingly listless Carolina team found themselves facing a surprisingly game Atlanta defense, one that held the Panthers to just 17 points and proved decisive to the outcome.