Bad News: Atlanta Falcons listed as the favorites vs. Los Angeles Chargers
Atlanta Falcons listed as the favorites vs. Los Angeles Chargers
The Atlanta Falcons are listed as slight road favorites against the Los Angeles Chargers this weekend and that spells bad news in multiple ways.
The Falcons will travel across the country this weekend with a 4-8 overall record looking to potentially keep themselves in the mathematical playoff race (though that seems as if that’s all it would be) with a win.
A loss, on the other hand, would all but eliminate Atlanta from any chance at the playoffs but would put the Falcons in even better position to potentially land a top-five draft pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
The Atlanta Falcons are listed as slight 2.5-point favorites over the Los Angeles Chargers and that’s bad news
Why, you say, is being favored on the road bad news? Well, there are several reasons.
- The Falcons have won just one game this season when favored (vs. Denver Broncos)
- If the Falcons do win, they’re hurting their draft chances majorly
- If the Falcons lose, they look even more abysmal and that hurts the fan base
There’s really no winning this game.
If the Falcons cover the spread and win as a favorite- something we haven’t seen them do all that often this season- they’re just going to be disappointing fans for hurting their draft stock.
If they lose and don’t cover the spread (which will help their draft stock), it’s going to make the fan base even more frustrated that they can’t even beat a team as lowly as the Chargers, who by the way have a legitimate shot at a top-three pick.
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Perhaps I’m just looking at it through the negative lens for no reason, but it just seems like the Falcons are stuck between a rock and a hard place no matter what they do, and that’s just amplified a little bit with them being considered the favorites.