Atlanta at Detroit

The Lions finished strong last season but fell short of the playoffs. This season is supposed to be the year the Lions make it to the playoffs as a rising team. That may be derailed by injuries. They lost their 2nd best defender in safety CJ Gardner-Johnson, to a pectoral injury. It also looks like starting guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai will miss some time. LT Taylor Decker may also be out again. WR Amon-Ra St. Brown injured his foot last game and will likely be less than 100%. Atlanta has been very good defensively through two games. They will add CB Jeff Okudah who will start this week. The biggest mismatch will be at TE. The Falcons use their TEs more than all but two teams and Detroit has allowed almost 200 yards to TEs through two games. I think this game is very close, but the matchups are mostly in favor of the Falcons, and I think they come away from this one feeling good. Make the play on Atlanta.