Atlanta Falcons: 3 X-Factors for Week 4 vs. Packers
These are the Atlanta Falcons’ X-factors for Week 4 against the Packers.
It’s only Week 4 of the 2020 NFL season, but you get the feeling that the Monday Night Football game for the Atlanta Falcons is already a must-win game. The Falcons have once again found themselves in an early-season hole for the second straight year, sitting at 0-3 overall through three games of the regular season schedule.
The thing that is even more disappointing for Atlanta is the fact that it should easily be 2-1 overall, but have blown 16-plus point leads in back-to-back weeks entering this weekend’s slate of NFL contests.
After blowing a 20-point lead in Week 2 against the Dallas Cowboys and giving up a 16-point lead a week ago in Week 3 against the Chicago Bears, the Falcons will look to avoid doing that once again when they square off against another tough opponent on the national stage of Monday Night Football.
Atlanta hits the road this week to take on the red-hot Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Monday night, a game that will be hard for the Falcons to try and steal on the road against a team that is playing some of the best football in the league through three weeks of action.
Atlanta comes into the game at 0-3 overall, looking to grab its first victory of the season while avoiding falling to a dreadful 0-4 on the year at the quarter mark of the regular season schedule.
On the other sideline on Monday night, Green Bay is an undefeated 3-0 overall to sit atop both the NFC and NFL standings through three games. The Packers have also shown no signs of slowing down anytime soon, putting up some of the best offensive numbers in the league led by veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers and company.
With Atlanta trying to get its first win of the year and Green Bay trying to avoid falling for the first time in 2020, it will be interesting to see this game unfold and if the Falcons are ultimately able to surprise everyone by stealing a game on the road.
Before the two teams battle it out on the national stage, here are three x-factors to keep an eye on during the game at Lambeau Field.