ATLANTA FALCONS (1-6) AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (3-4) WEEK 8 // THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2020 // 8:20 PM ET // BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM // REFEREE: SHAWN HOCHULI REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Falcons lead all-time series, 32-19 LAST GAME: 10/11/20: Panthers 23 at Falcons 16 STREAKS: Falcons have won 5 of past 6 LAST GAME AT SITE: 11/17/19: Falcons 29, Panthers 3 ATLANTA FALCONS LEADERS CAROLINA PANTHERS L 23-22 vs. Detroit LAST WEEK L 27-24 at New Orleans Raheem Morris: 2-4 COACH VS. OPP. Matt Rhule: 1-0 26.3/29.6 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 23.1/24.0 401.0 OFFENSE 369.1 Matt Ryan: 190-286-2181 (1L)-12-3-98.8 PASSING Teddy Bridgewater: 169-234-1930-8-5-99.1 Todd Gurley: 122-485-4.0-7 (T1L) RUSHING Mike Davis: 71-284-4.0-2 Calvin Ridley: 40-615-15.4-6 RECEIVING Robby Anderson: 46-640-13.9-1 425.9 DEFENSE 351.1 Grady Jarrett: 2.5 SACKS Brian Burns: 3 Many tied: 1 INTs Donte Jackson: 2 +2 (8/6) TAKE/GIVE +2 (10/8) Sterling Hofrichter (R): 41.7 (40.1) PUNTING (NET) Joseph Charlton (R): 49.0 (42.3) Younghoe Koo: 58 (13/15 PAT; 15/16 FG) KICKING Joey Slye: 64 (13/15 PAT; 17/20 FG) FALCONS NOTES PANTHERS NOTES • QB MATT RYAN passed for 338 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs for 105.1 • QB TEDDY BRIDGEWATER had 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 128.3 rating rating last week. Has 8 TDs vs. INT for 113.4 rating in his past last week. Passed for 313 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 119.3 4 on road vs. Car. Has 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 125+ rating in 2 of his rating in Week 5 meeting. Passed for 335 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs 3 road games this season. Has 3,083 pass yards (280.3 per for 108 rating in only career start on TNF (12/10/15 w/ Min.). Has game) & 21 TDs vs. 7 INTs for 98.8 rating on Thursday. 95+ rating in 2 of his 3 home starts this season. • RB TODD GURLEY had 2 rush TDs last week. Has 18 career • RB MIKE DAVIS had 9 receptions, 149 scrimmage yards (89 games with 2+ rush TD, tied-5th most in 1st 6 seasons in NFL rush, 60 rec.) & rec. TD in Week 5 meeting. Aims for his 3rd history. Had 150 scrimmage yards (121 rush, 29 rec.) & rush TD in row at home with rush TD. Ranks 2nd among RBs with 37 in Week 5 meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Car. with 100+ receptions this season. scrimmage yards. Has 477 scrimmage yards (95.4 per game) & • WR ROBBY ANDERSON had 6 catches for 74 yards last week. 7 TDs (5 rush, 2 rec.) in 5 career games on Thursday. Had 8 receptions for 112 yards in Week 5 meeting. Aims for his • WR JULIO JONES had 8 receptions for 97 yards last week. Has 3rd in row vs. Atl. with 100+ rec. yards. Ranks 2nd in NFL with 90+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3 at Car. Has 59 catches for 912 640 rec. yards this season. WR D.J. MOORE had 93 rec. yards & yards (114 per game) & 4 TDs in 8 career games on TNF. Aims 2nd-career game with 2 rec. TDs last week. Had 93 rec. yards & for his 3rd in row on TNF with 140+ rec. yards & 9th in row with TD catch in Week 5 meeting. Had 8 receptions & 95 rec. yards 5+ receptions. WR CALVIN RIDLEY had rec. TD last week. Had in last home meeting. WR CURTIS SAMUEL had 4th-career rush 8 receptions for 136 yards in Week 5 meeting. Has 509 rec. TD last week. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his past 4. yards (101.8 per game) & 4 rec. TDs in 5 career games vs. Car. • DE BRIAN BURNS had sack & FF last week. Had sack & FF in Aims for his 3rd in row on TNF with 8+ receptions. Week 5 meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NFC South with FF. • LB FOYESADE OLUOKUN had team-high 14 tackles & TFL in Week DT DERRICK BROWN ranks 1st among rookies with 6 TFL. LB 5 meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Car. with 10+ tackles. LB SHAQ THOMPSON had team-high 13 tackles last week. Led team DEION JONES had sack last week. Has 46 tackles (11.5 per game) with 10 tackles in Week 5 meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. & FF in 4 career games at Car. Has 3 TFL, 2 INTs & 5 PD in his Atl. with 10+ tackles. Rookie S JEREMY CHINN had 9 tackles & PD past 3 on TNF. DT GRADY JARRETT has TFL in 4 of his past 5 on in Week 5 meeting. Ranks 1st among rookies with 56 tackles. CB road. S KEANU NEAL had 11 tackles & 1st-career sack last week. RASUL DOUGLAS aims for his 4th in row vs. Atl. with PD. Has 2 Has 2 FFs & FR in last road meeting. INTs & 4 PD in 4 career games on TNF. TV: FOX/NFLN/Amazon (8:20 PM ET): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews (field reporter), Kristina Pink (field reporter) ON THE AIRWAVES NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: Brandon Gaudin, Tony Boselli SIRIUS: 81 (Atl), 83 (Car) | XM: 226 (Atl), 225 (Car), 88 (National) PITTSBURGH STEELERS (6-0) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (5-1) WEEK 8 // SUNDAY, NOV. 1, 2020 // 1:00 PM ET // M&T BANK STADIUM // REFEREE: BRAD ALLEN REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Steelers lead all-time series, 25-23 LAST GAME: 12/29/19: Steelers 10 at Ravens 28 STREAKS: Ravens have won 3 of past 4 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/29/19 PITTSBURGH STEELERS LEADERS BALTIMORE RAVENS W 27-24 at Tennessee LAST WEEK Bye (Week 6: W 30-28 at Philadelphia) Mike Tomlin: 12-14 COACH VS. OPP. John Harbaugh: 13-11 30.5/19.7 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 29.8/17.3 (1L) 358.7 OFFENSE 342.2 Ben Roethlisberger: 146-214-1446-13-4-99.6 PASSING Lamar Jackson: 102-162-1135-10-2-99.2 James Conner: 95-451-4.7-4 RUSHING Lamar Jackson (QB): 50-346-6.9-2 JuJu Smith-Schuster: 32-279-8.7-3 RECEIVING Marquise Brown: 26-376-14.5-1 286.3 (1L) DEFENSE 339.8 T.J. Watt: 5.5 SACKS Yannick Ngakoue (Min): 5 Steven Nelson: 2 INTs Marcus Peters: 2 +2 (9/7) TAKE/GIVE +6 (11/5) Dustin Colquitt: 43.1 (37.1) PUNTING (NET) Sam Koch: 45.9 (43.2) Chris Boswell: 47 (20/21 PAT; 9/9 FG) KICKING Justin Tucker: 59 (20/20 PAT; 13/14 FG) STEELERS NOTES RAVENS NOTES • QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER completed season-high 32 of 49 • QB LAMAR JACKSON passed for 186 yards & TD for 92.5 rating passes (65.3 pct.) for 268 yards & 2 TDs last week. Has 2+ TD & rushed for season-high 108 yards & TD in Week 6, his 7th- passes in 5 of his 6 games this season. Passed for 270 yards & career game with 100+ rush yards, 2nd-most by QB since 1970 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs in his last game vs. Bal. (11/4/18). (MICHAEL VICK - 10). Rushed for 70 yards in only career start • RB JAMES CONNER had 111 scrimmage yards (82 rush, 29 rec.) vs. Pit. (10/6/19). Has 12 TDs (11 pass, 1 rush) vs. 1 INT for 122.4 last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 100+ scrimmage yards. Has rating in his past 4 vs. division. TD in 4 of his past 5. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Bal. with TD. • RB MARK INGRAM aims for his 3rd in row vs. Pit. with rush TD. Has TD in 3 of past 4 vs. division. RB BENNY SNELL aims for 3rd RB GUS EDWARDS rushed for 1st TD of season in Week 6. Had in row with rush TD. Rushed for 91 yards & TD in last meeting. career-high 130 rush yards in last meeting. Rookie RB J.K. Aims for his 4th in row vs. division with rush TD. DOBBINS has 2 rush TDs in 2 career games vs. division. • WR JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER set season highs in catches (9) & • WR MARQUISE BROWN led team with 4 catches for 57 yards in rec. yards (85) last week. Has 7+ catches & 75+ rec. yards in 2 Week 6. Aims for 4th in row with 50+ rec. yards. Aims for his of his past 3 vs. Bal. WR DIONTAE JOHNSON had 9 catches for 3rd in row vs. division with 5+ catches & 75+ rec. yards. WR 80 yards & career-high 2 TDs in Week 7. Had 54 rec. yards WILLIE SNEAD has 50+ rec. yards in 3 of 4 career games vs. Pit. in last meeting. Aims for his 6th in row on road with 50+ rec. TE MARK ANDREWS has 50+ rec. yards & TD catch in 2 of past yards. WR CHASE CLAYPOOL leads rookies with 4 rec. TDs this 3. Has 7 rec. TDs in his past 4 vs. division. Ties for lead among season. TE ERIC EBRON had 6 catches for 50 yards last week. TEs with 5 rec. TDs this season. • LB T.J. WATT had 5 tackles, 3 TFL, sack & PD in Week 7. Has sack • DE CALAIS CAMPBELL had season highs in TFL (4) & sacks (3) in 4 of past 5.