Atlanta at Carolina

Atlanta has benefitted from playing four of its first five games at home. Despite a 3-2 record, they're getting outscored on the season. They have one of the worst run defenses in the league surrendering 148.4 yards rushing per game, plus are last in the NFL on third down (48.53%). Atlanta is on a 6-15 spread run. Carolina will attack that soft run defense with RB Chuba Hubbard (393 yards, 5.8 ypc) on an offense that averages 4.7 yards per carry, 10th in the NFL. Carolina beat Atlanta on this field when they last met, 9-7, as an underdog. Carolina ran for 129 yards and held a time-of-possession edge of 33:56 to 26:04, so back the home dog in this division rivalry clash. Play Carolina.