The line has gotten out of hand. Atlanta has not mailed it in, They are 2-2 straight up their last four with their two losses by a combined five points.

Tony Gonzalez could not have scripted it better for his final NFL road game as he returns to the area where he made a name for himself as a two-sport star at Cal. The California native will get every opportunity to shine as the Falcons try to send him into retirement on a winning note.

Roddy White had a slow start to the season due to injuries, but he has had 23 catches for 270 yards over the past three games. And Monday, he will return to the same stadium in which he compiled a career-high 210 receiving yards on eight catches in 2009.

The closing of Candlestick would mean a lot more of San Francisco were the underdogs in a spoiler situation. But it does not justify this crazy spread against an underachieving team that righted the ship after they kicked the season away.