The New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs will meet at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Sunday for a big Week 7 game for both teams. Today's game takes place from Missouri and has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET. The game can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream via the link below.
The Saints gained a hard earned victory over the Carolina Panthers last week to get them one step closer to getting back to an even record. They enter this week on 2-3, and will want to build on their win last week to get back to 3-3 today. However, their good work of last week would be undone if they suffer another defeat this week against the Chiefs and drop down to 2-4.
They almost blew the win last week. They entered the final quarter with a healthy 14 point lead, however, the New Orleans defense went missing in the fourth and allowed the Panthers to score 21 points. In the end they got over the line by just a field goal, winning 41-38, but they will be hoping their defense can put in a solid job for all four quarters today. If not the Chiefs may give them more problems than the lowly 1-5 Panthers were able to last week.
The Chiefs meanwhile enter Week 7 on a 3-2 record. Last week they inflected just a second defeat of the season so far for the Oakland Raiders, and that came on the road at the O.co Coliseum. If the Chiefs can maintain that form - especially the form that saw them score 13 unanswered points in the second half of last week's game - then they will be confident that they have a good chance of winning today's game against the Saints.
Earlier in Week 7, NFL Thursday Night Football saw the Green Bay Packers claim what in the end was an easy win over the Chicago Bears.
Even though the 26-10 scoreline would indicate that the Packers had it all their own way, that was not the case, and through the opening three quarters just field goal separated the teams.
However, when things came to the crunch, the hapless Bears fell down again and disappointed. With just three points between the teams heading into the fourth quarter, Chicago fans may have been hoping their team could sneak the win at the end. But 13 unanswered points for the Packers saw Green Bay run out victors to move to 4-2.
That result condemned the Bears to their sixth defeat of the season so far as they dropped down further to 1-6, and this is already turning into a long and painful season for them.
Aaron Rodgers threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns. His 39 of 56 set a franchise record for completions in a single game.
The Bears meanwhile lost quarterback Brian Hoyer to a broken left arm in the second quarter, and so he joins the injured list with Jay Cutler, leaving Chicago to turn to third stringer Matt Barkley, who ended 6 of 15 for 81 yards and two interceptions.
Bears coach John Fox said, "Well, when you lose your starting quarterback it can be disruptive. It's not an excuse, it's just a reality,"
Today's big NFL game between the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs 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.
