Atlanta Falcons (3-3) vs. Detroit Lions (5-1)

The Atlanta Falcons are 1-2 on the road this year, while the Lions are 2-1 at home.  The Falcons got a nice and very convincing win on the road against the Panthers last weekend, while the Niners were giving the Lions their first loss of the season.  Here is a look at the matchups in this game: When the Falcons have the ball:  The Falcons are likely going to have the same gameplan that they used last weekend against the Panthers.  They are going to feed the ball to Michael Turner against a Lions’ D that is giving up 129.5 yards rushing per game and 5.2 yards per carry.  As soon as the Lions creep up to help stop Turner, that is when Matt Ryan will take some shots down the field to Roddy White.  They will also likely use Tony Gonzalez heavily in this game. When the Lions have the ball:  The Lions don’t have much of a running game anymore with Jahvid Best and Jerome Harrison out for a while.  The Falcons need DEs John Abraham and Ray Edwards to get after Matt Stafford, or ...