The Atlanta Falcons will play the Carolina Panthers on Sunday in a massive Week 14 NFL 2015 regular season match up. The Panthers will be favorites for this one, but the Falcons cannot be written off and will be hoping to claim an upset win. The game has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and takes place from Bank of America Stadium in Carolina. The game can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream via the link below.
Fans on both teams will remember last season when these sides met in Week 17 in a winner takes all match up for the NFC South. Carolina demolished the Falcons that day, and they will be hoping for a similar outcome in today's game. However, the Falcons will remember that game and will be vying for a bit of revenge, and they will know that records and past games mean only so much once both teams are out on the field ready to go.
The Panthers come into this game on 12-0 and have the real possibility of ending the regular season with a perfect record. The Falcons looked good to compete with the Panthers after the first month and a half of the season, but they have fallen away badly and have dropped six of their last seven. That poor run of results has dropped the Falcons out of the Playoff positions, and they will need a confidence boosting win today and use it to carry them through the final month of the season to try and fight their way back into the reckoning.
Matt Ryan has said ahead of today's game: "Obviously Carolina is a great football team and they have been playing awesome this year. You have to give them their respect, but you know in this league, anything can happen any week. We have to really take a look at ourselves and see what we can do better and see how we can be better next week."
Earlier in Week 14 in the NFL regular season, the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals faced off on Thursday Night Football in a game full of drama and late twists.
The Cardinals came into the game as favorites, but the Vikings refused to give in and wouldn't fall away despite Arizona's best efforts.
A late rally in the final quarter saw Minnesota almost come back to take the game into overtime, and with just seconds to go they had moved into a perfect field goal position, which would have leveled the scores.
However, Dwight Freeney stripped the ball from Teddy Bridgewater with five seconds to play in a hugely disappointing ending for the Vikings. The turnover deprived Minnesota the opportunity to take the game to overtime and allowed the Cardinals to clinch a Playoff berth that night.
NFL fans across the country were held on the edge of their seats as the Vikings pulled back from 10 points down in the final quarter and when Bridgewater moved the Vikings to the 31 yard line with what should have been the final drive in the fourth it looked like the game would be heading to a mouthwatering overtime showdown.
But as Bridgewater went to throw the ball, Freeney managed to get a hand onto the quarterback's arm mid-throw to knock the ball loose. Calls Campbell punched on the loose ball and the game was dramatically and suddenly over.
It would be harsh to blame Bridgewater for the ending, seeing as the Vikings' comeback was very much based on his good work. The quarterback ended the game passing for 335 yards and a touchdown. Carson Palmer threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns for the Cardinals.
Today's big NFL Week 14 game between the Atlanta Falcons 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.
