NFL predictions: Fireworks between Falcons and Bengals

The Falcons squandered a golden opportunity to take control of the NFC South in Week 8, falling completely flat in a bad weather game against the Bucs. Now sitting at 3-5—along with the rest of the division—Atlanta is in a difficult place. Games against some of the AFC and NFC’s best await over the next month, sandwiched around the team’s Week 11 bye.

The first game in this sequence comes early Sunday morning in Madrid, as the Falcons take on the Bengals. Cincinnati is a bit volatile, but possesses one of the best offenses in the NFL led by quarterback Joe Burrow and the elite receiver duo of Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Right now, the Falcons are 3-point underdogs against the Bengals, per…