The Green Bay Packers will play the Carolina Panthers on Sunday in Week 9 of the NFL 2015 regular season as the Packers look to bounce back from their first defeat of the season last week. The game has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and takes place from Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream via the link below.
The Panthers come into today's game on 7-0 and looking to maintain their perfect start to the season. Despite having a perfect record though, they will still feel they have not yet reached their maximum potential yet, and that bodes well for their fans as they search for Super Bowl glory.
The Packers went 6-0 to open their season and looked in excellent form, however, they suffered their first loss of the season last week and were well defeated by the Denver Broncos 29-10.
Many had expected the Packers to come out on top, as they had looked the more complete team over the opening two months of the season, where as Peyton Manning and the Broncos had looked out of sorts despite also going 6-0.
However, Manning put on arguably his most complete performance of the season so far and the Broncos offense finally looked like the team of old that we've come accustomed to seeing over recent years.
But the main area that will send shockwaves through the NFL is that last week's game between the Broncos and Packers showed everyone that this Denver defense is the real deal. They completely shut down one of the NFL's most potent offenses and allowed them just 10 points through the game.
Many had contributed their winning start to the season to their defensive capabilities but were wondering how the defense would cope when it came up against the best. Aaron Rodgers and his Packers' offense have been no slouches through the opening few months, yet they were made almost entirely impotent by this fierce Broncos defense.
The Packers will want to get their offense ticking again today though, but come up against another team that is yet to taste defeat this season so far, and whether they will bounce back today or suffer a second straight defeat remains to be seen.
Earlier this week on Thursday Night Football, the Cincinnati Bengals moved to 8-0 with ease as they demolished a hapless Cleveland Browns team 31-10.
The Browns had been able to keep in touch with the mighty Bengals until the half way stage of the game, and being just 14-10 down after the second period had given their fans hope of an upset.
But the second half saw the Bengals wake up and in particular the final quarter they piled on the pain for the Browns to hand them their seventh defeat of the season so far.
The Thursday Night Football game saw quarterback Andy Dalton throw three touchdown passes to Tyler Eifert as the Browns had no answer to their connection.
Moving to 8-0 sets a new franchise record for the Bengals; it is the first time they have ever been on 8-0 in their history, and is also their longest ever winning streak within a single season.
As well as Dalton and the Bengals offense piling on the pain for the Browns, the Cincinnati defense also played their part by completely shutting down Cleveland in the second half, allowing them just 32 yards and two first downs in total.
Dalton finished on 21 of 27 for 234 yards, and Eifert's three touchdowns move him to nine in total for the season so far, which also ties him for the franchise record for a tight end.
Today's big game between the Green Bay Packers and the Carolina Panthers 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.
