Carolina showed a flash of competence in their win over the Raiders in week three but the good feelings from that game evaporated after losses to the Bengals and Bears. The Panthers are last in the league in scoring defense and have surrendered at least 26 points in each of their losses, including allowing at least 34 in three of them. Atlanta comes in off a big division win over Tampa Bay and they had an extra three days to rest and prepare for this game after playing on Thursday night. The Falcons were clicking on all cylinders against a decent Tampa Bay defense: they should be able to slice and dice their way through Carolina’s porous group to pick up the victory here by double figures.