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Does having an early bye week hurt Falcons' playoff chances?
Since the 2021 season, the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Chargers and Tennessee Titans have been given the NFL's earliest bye week twice. This is generally thought to be a disadvantage considering it means these teams have to play 13 straight games without a break. Plus, that's not even taking the playoffs into account.
Thanks to a second straight massive outing from running back Rico Dowdle (whose 239 scrimmage yards in Week 6 and 473 scrimmage yards the past two weeks are both franchise records), the Panthers snuck past the Dallas Cowboys and are now undefeated at home.
We're hours from Philadelphia hosting Denver and the NFL experts are picking the Eagles in to defeat the Broncos in Week 5