Falcons at Steelers 10/7/18 - NFL Picks & Predictions

The Atlanta Falcons visit Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for an inter-conference showdown on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Atlanta fell to 1-3 on the season after losing on Sunday to the Cincinnati Bengals 37-36. The Falcons gave up a winning touchdown pass by the Bengals with just 7 seconds remaining in the game. In the loss Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes, with two going to rookie wide receiver Calvin Ridley.

The Steelers poor start to the season continued on Sunday with a 26-14 home loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Pittsburgh is now 1-2-1 one quarter of the way through the regular season. Ben Roethlisberger threw for 274 yards, one touchdown and one interception in the loss. Antonio Brown caught five passes for 63 yards and one touchdown. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has thrown for 1,316 yards, 10 touchdowns and two interceptions. The leading rusher for Atlanta is Tevin Coleman with 210 yards and one touchdown. The Falcons leading receiver is Julio Jones with 29 receptions for 502 yards. Calvin Ridley has 264 yards receiving and six touchdowns. On defense, the leading tackler is Duke Riley with 29 while Takkarist McKinley is the sacks leader with 5.0.

Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has thrown for 1,414 yards, eight touchdowns and five interceptions. James Conner is the leading rusher with 232 yards and three touchdowns, while JuJu Smith-Schuster led the Steelers in receiving with 416 yards and one touchdown. Antonio Brown has 272 yards receiving and three touchdowns. On defense, Jon Bostic leads the Steelers in tackles with 30, while T.J. Watt and Bud Dupree are the sacks leaders with 3.0 each.