and other Week 3 games We were all so excited to see what Deion Jones would do to ruin Drew Brees’ day this time around. Sadly Authentic Austin Hooper Jersey , we don’t get that opportunity this week with Jones on IR, but our staff is still confident the Falcons come away from this week’s game against the Saints with another win. As a matter of fact, only one person is rolling with the Saints this week, and it probably won’t shock you that it’s our frenemy John Hendrix from our Saints site, Canal Street Chronicles. Can the Browns finally get a dang win on Thursday night? Will the Bud Light flow freely through the streets of Cleveland, Ohio? The majority of our pickers this week think so. The Browns tied with the Steelers in Week 1 — hey, at least it wasn’t a loss! — and they should have beaten the Saints in New Orleans last week. Having a kicker blow it to the tune of eight points worth of missed kicks is just flat out bad luck, which is about the only thing that the Browns have been consistent about. The Browns haven’t won a game since Dec. 24, 2016. They have to be due, right?Next up is a battle of the big cats when the Bengals travel to Charlotte to take on the Panthers. Perhaps it’s because we’re fresh off of a fun Falcons win against the Panthers, but our pickers are siding with the Bengals in this one. The Patriots’ loss to the Jaguars last week didn’t faze anyone. It’s almost unanimous — the Patriots are the expected winner this week against the Lions. The Steelers have a whole lot of stuff going on, and none of it is particularly great. They tied with the Browns in Week 1, got owned by Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs last week, and this week they take on the hotter-than-Tampa-Bay-weather Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Buccaneers. Antonio Brown missed team meetings on Monday, and Le’Veon Bell is still holding out in protest of the team’s decision to place him under the franchise tag yet again this season. But most of our pickers don’t think Fitzpatrick can keep working his Fitzmagic this week. Our reader guest picker this week is DatboyAnthony30. Anthony was the clear-cut winner this week, as the only reader who went 5-1 with his picks last week. Congratulations, Anthony, and thanks for playing. That meant my dog, Baxter Thomas http://www.atlantafalconsteamonline.com/ricardo-allen-jersey , didn’t have to pick a reader guest picker, so I let him pick this slate of games instead. Baxter is rolling with a tie for Saints vs. Falcons. He also picked the Lions despite the fact that his Patriots fan dad was in the room. Take these with a grain of salt, because he is a dog and really doesn’t know that much about football. He still might be better at this than I am. We’ll find out, as he’ll be picking the rest of the games for the remainder of the season alongside our squad. Here’s this week’s full slate of picks. If you want a chance to be selected as next week’s guest picker, submit your picks in the comments. Week 2 NFL picksName Last weekOverall recordNO vs. ATLNYJ vs. CLECIN vs. CARNE vs. DETPIT vs. TBName Last weekOverall recordNO vs. ATLNYJ vs. CLECIN vs. CARNE vs. DETPIT vs. TBFalcons vs. Bengals: One reason to feel confident, one reason to worry This week, as we do every week, we’re going to look at a great reason to feel good about the Falcons’ chances and a reason to tear your hair out in frantic worry. Some of us don’t have hair, but bear with me. One reason to feel confident: The fireworks show The Bengals should be a better defense than the Saints. Interestingly enough, though, they really haven’t been to this point, and it seems unlikely that they’ll magically figure things out this week.The Falcons, meanwhile, are on quite a roll. After a beyond-disappointing performance in the first game of the season, the Falcons have rolled up 68 points over the last two weeks, with Matt Ryan rolling up nine touchdowns all on his own. The run game has been a bit spotty—it was great against the Panthers and lousy against the Saints—but the Falcons have been killing it through the air. That’s unlikely to magically change, too. The Bengals have some very good cornerbacks, but Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley are proving to be capable of hurting you regardless of which one you ultimately choose to double team, and the Falcons can spread the ball to Austin Hooper Authentic Calvin Ridley Jersey , Mohamed Sanu, Tevin Coleman, Ito Smith, Eric Saubert, Justin Hardy, and Marvin Hall if those two are tied up. There are defenses who will be able to slow Atlanta down, but this doesn’t look like one of them.One reason to worry: Tackling The Falcons lost against the Saints for many reasons, but when you come right down to it, missed tackles did as much to swing the game as anything else. The Falcons missed at least 15, per Marquand Manuel, and some of those led to huge gains for Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill. Hell, they even led to a Drew Brees touchdown run.The Falcons can’t afford to repeat that error against the Bengals, who offer some problematic players of their own. They have speedy receivers, Giovani Bernard available as a dangerous receiving option out of the backfield, and even a solidly athletic quarterback in Andy Dalton. If the Falcons can keep plays in front of them and get a little more out of the pass rush, I feel pretty good about this one. If they continue to whiff, this is going to be a difficult game for them to win unless the offense goes absolutely ballistic. What are you worried and/or confident about this week?