The Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons will clash in a big Week 4 NFL 2016 regular season game on Sunday. The game has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and takes place from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The game can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream via the link below.
The Panthers come into Week 4 struggling somewhat, and have lost two of their three games so far this season.
Last week they were surprisingly swept aside by the Minnesota Vikings at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte 22-10. That dropped the Panthers to 1-2 and rocketed the Vikings to 3-0 and very much the surprise package so far of the new season.
What will worry the Panthers more than anything though is the comprehensive way that the Vikings managed to completely lock down the Panthers offense for the final three quarters of last week's game.
All of Carolina's 10 points were scored in the opening quarter and after that they were unable to make any real inroads into the Minnesota defense.
They must get back to winning ways today as dropping to 1-3 would signal a disastrous start to the season for them and already alarm bells would be ringing about whether they could miss out on the postseason this year.
The Falcons meanwhile managed to win a high scoring game against the New Orleans Saints 45-32 last week to move to 2-1. They will know the Seahawks have the tools to be one of the league's best teams, however, they will also have noticed how the Panthers' team still appears to be having confidence issues, especially in offense. So they will believe they can put pressure on Seattle and hopefully hand them another defeat today.
Earlier this week on NFL Monday Night Football, the Bengals fought their way back to 2-2 with a solid victory over the Miami Dolphins. After a tight first quarter that ended 10-7 to the Bengals, Cincinnati never looked back.
Through the next three quarters the Bengals successfully and brutally shutdown the Dolphins offense, which allowed their own offense to pick off points to slowly extend their lead and gain a comfortable win.
A.J. Green got 10 catches for 173 yards and a touchdown int he game to lead the Bengals back to 2-2 after two straight losses.
Speaking about getting back to his best after a lackluster display against the Denver Broncos in Week 3, Green said, "I hold myself to a very high standard. I know what I'm capable of. Last week I didn't perform to that level. I had to refocus on a short week."
Meanwhile, the Dolphins were unable to gain any traction in offense, and after three quarters the Miami offense had just 152 total yards, compared to Green's 166 to his name alone.
Miami's Ryan Tannehill did pull off a 74 yard touchdown pass to Kenny Stills on their second play, but apart from that there was little to cheer for the Dolphins offense.
Tennehill finished with 15 of 25 for 189 yards for one touchdown, one interception, a fumble and five sacks.
He said, "Not a lot worked. We really didn't do anything well. It was one of our worst performances from our offense in a long time."
Today's big game between the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream by clicking here.
