BEST LINE: Pinnacle -7 -110

Posted Friday at 12:40 PM EST

9:30 AM EST. The 2-5 Falcons will try to end a four-game losing streak and they’ll attempt to do that across the pond at Wembley Stadium in London. Away from Atlanta, the Dirty Birds have lost six straight. Since they defeated the Buccaneers 56-14, Atlanta has lost every game by double digits and even allowed the offensive-less Vikings to hang a 41 on them. Aside from being the worst-coached team in the NFL, Atlanta will now play this game with its third starting center in undrafted rookie James Stone. The Falcons have already suffered season-ending injuries to four offensive linemen: tackles Sam Baker (knee) and Lamar Holmes (foot), Hawley and reserve Mike Johnson. Defensively, Atlanta has no pass rush whatsoever, which does not bode well here against Detroit. When you give quality QB’s time in this league they will rip you apart and that’s precisely what we expect to see from Matthew Stafford.

The Lions have been harassing quarterbacks all season and have the best defensive QBR in the NFL. Matt Ryan has been sacked on over 5% of his attempts this year, which is a disturbing number under any circumstance and now he’s facing a top-ranked unit with a makeshift line and third string center trying to protect him. Atlanta suffered a lot of injuries last year and went on to post an awful 4-12 record. This year the injuries are even worse and so are margins in which they are getting buried. Losing has taken a toll on this entire staff and it’s not about to change. Nothing about these squads is remotely comparable right now and it will be evident within minutes of kickoff that the Falcons are up against it once again. Unless Atlanta gets every bounce go their way, and that still might not be enough, they are going down by double-digits again. If Teddy Bridgewater went off for over 300 yards and 41 points against this Falcons’ defense, Stafford might go off for 600 yards and 80 points.