NFL Picks Week 6: Atlanta Falcons and 2 Other Teams Who Will Bounce Back

After a loss, no matter how tough or bad it was, responding with a W the following week arguably gives teams a bigger confidence boost than anything else.

For one, it displays the mentality to overcome adversity very quickly while learning, then forgetting about the loss at the same time.

Week 6 is that kind of test for the following three franchises, and they will bounce back.

Atlanta Falcons (vs Carolina Panthers)

Last Sunday night, the Atlanta Falcons gave the Packers everything they had, but Green Bay just proved to be too strong.

Much of the same can be said for the Carolina Panthers, who battled the New Orleans Saints at home to the bitter end.

This week however, the Falcons will edge out the pesky Panthers, who keep losing games by the skin of their teeth.

And thanks to RB Michael Turner, Atlanta will control the clock in a low-tempo game, keeping Cam Newton off the field.

The game will never come close to being out of hand, but The Dirty Birds will stay in the driver's seat throughout.

Falcons 20, Panthers 16

Chicago Bears (vs Minnesota Vikings)

The Bears' three losses all have come to the NFL's best teams (Packers, Saints, Lions), and although the Vikings are rolling after throttling Arizona at home, the Chicago Bears know they're a lot better than 2-3.

It will be an ugly game as both offenses struggle to be multidimensional, and the defenses allow more passing yards, but hunker down once backed up inside their own red zone.

Minny's RB Adrian Peterson will see eight Bears in the box all night, and Jay Cutler will get sacked six times.

However, Chicago will gain the edge thanks to Mike Martz's West Coast offense. RB Matt Forte will lead all receivers and CB Charles Tillman will pick off a pass to seal the deal in the end.

Bears 13, Vikings 9

New York Jets (vs Miami Dolphins)

Even though this game looks like it could be the Dolphins' first win, the New York Jets are desperate to get back into the win column after three straight losses.

Miami is in dire straits, and we know there's no way Matt Moore is going to spread the rock around successfully against the Jets' pass defense.

With that in mind, Rex Ryan will blitz all day and force four turnovers that Mark Sanchez will capitalize into 20 points (two TDs, two FGs).

The Miami defense will start out great in shutting down the Jets, but they eventually will break, as their offense is unable to move the ball until garbage time.

Jets 27, Dolphins 10

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