Falcons play the Packers on TNF and while it's obviously been a rough start for ATL 1 thing they have been able to do is get pressure on the QB without blitzing.
According to
@NextGenStats Falcons are blitzing at the 4th lowest rate 19.2% but pressuring the QB 41.5% 7th best, and Fantasy pts has them as the 3rd best at 43.2%, why is this important???
Well, Jordan Love has a banged up O-Line that just lost another starter on Sunday,
RT Bako-Bewele,
Love has not been great when pressured going back to last season, of 34 QBs that played in at least 10 GMs on pressured DBs Love ranks......
34th in Pass TDs 1
31st in Comp% 41.9
32nd in QB Rating 53.6
25th in Succ% 34.1
12th Highest OFF TGT% 22.9
Pretty rough numbers, but its
Not all bad there is some numbers were he looks better
EPA/DB 11th -0.181
Pass Yds 11th 1034
ADOT 12th 11.18
DEEP% 9th 16.2%
If the Falcons can pressure Love they might just be able to cover that 6.5 spread