The Atlanta Falcons are looking ahead to a season filled with doubts, and all they can really do in the face of all those is take this thing one week at a time. For one more week, at least, they’ll be favored doing so.
At home, potentially facing down a Bengals team minus A.J. Green, and fresh off back-to-back offensive explosions, Atlanta’s a nearly six point favorite (it’s five points) against a quality Cincinnati team. If you think that’s not giving Cincy enough credit—they did win their first two games by the identical scores of 34-23—bear in mind that they’re fresh of a disappointing loss to the Panthers and have only beaten the Colts and Ravens, and Atlanta’s been slicing defenses into julienne peppers.