Falcons require improvement from their defence

NFL week eight
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The quality of Atlanta’s offence has been one of the stories of the season, but it is difficult to see them making a big push in the playoffs if their defence continue to struggle and they could be exposed again by Green Bay tonight.

Plenty of people were writing off the Packers after their lacklustre defeat to Dallas a fortnight ago when quarterback Aaron Rodgers was uncharacteristically poor and the doom-mongers were out in force again when running back Eddie Lacy was ruled out for the season.