NFL Sunday Night Football takes place tonight with a huge game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. Both of these teams managed to claim wins in their opening games last week, and both will be looking to build on that with another victory today. However, only one team will be able to leave today with a 2-0 record. Today's big NFL Sunday Night Football game has a scheduled start time of 8.30 p.m. ET and takes place from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota. The game can be watched on TV on the NBC network or online through live stream via the link below.
The Packers will be relieved to have come out of Week 1 with a win, after being pushed all the way against a vastly improved Jacksonville Jaguars team.
For three of the four quarters, the Jaguars matched the Packers, and it was only a four point swing in the Packers favor in the second quarter that tilted the result Green Bay's way.
However, a win is a win, and the Packers will be delighted to have recorded an opening game victory. They will be confident coming into today's game against the Vikings and will believe they can claim a second straight road win to open up their season.
The Vikings, meanwhile, had a slow start to their opening game against the Tennessee Titans, and there were concerns when they went in 0-10 down at the break. But the Vikings' offense woke up finally in the second half, and they powered away to win the game 25-16.
Minnesota will not want such a slow start today, as the Packers have an offense that will surely punish them much more than they were last week if they remain as inefficient. The Vikings will want to see more of what they saw in the second half of last week's game, and if they can do that then they will stand a good chance against one of the strongest team's in the NFL.
Earlier this week on Thursday Night Football the New York Jets achieved their first win of the season as they defeated their in-state rivals, the Buffalo Bills 37-31.
The Jets had opened up their season with a disappointing loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, where they looked like they were still in pre-season. However, the Jets woke up on Thursday night, and put on a much more explosive display.
Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick completed an impressive 24 of 34 passes for 374 yards as he took apart the Bills' secondary with the help of wide receivers Eric Decker, Brandon Marshall and Quincy Enunwa.
Decker put on a stellar performance with six catches and a touchdown, and moved to 18 straight games recording at least 80 receiving yards or a touchdown.
Marshall meanwhile also had a fantastic game, recording six catches for 101 yards. He did give the Jets a scare in the second quarter when he went down with a knee injury. Marshall made a 15 yard reception but went down under Bills cornerback Stephon Gilmore. Marshall was down on the field for several minutes.
Marshall said after the game: "I thought I was done. I thought I was going to be finishing in my backyard in Florida."
However, even though he departed the field with the help of trainers, he returned to the game and continued to tease the Bills' defense.
Fitzpatrick later said, "Brandon is one of the tougher guys you'll ever see. They were looking at his knee, and I didn't think it was good. To see him on the ground in pain, I knew something was wrong. But then, when he stepped back in the huddle later on, it was a big surprise, but relief as well."
Tyrod Taylor tried to get the Bills offense going, and completed 18 of 30 for 297 yards and three touchdowns, however, Buffalo were just too inconsistent throughout the night and lacked efficiency in their play.
Week 2 continues today with NFL Sunday Night Football and the Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans will take to the field to start at 8.30 p.m. ET. The game can be watched on TV on the NBC network or online through live stream by clicking here.
