The New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco 49ers will go head to head on Sunday in one of four late afternoon starts in Week 9 for the NFL. The game has a scheduled start time of 4.05 p.m. ET and takes place from Levi's Stadium in California. The game can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream via the link below.
The Saints come into Week 9 on 3-4, but even though they have a losing record so far they are still in second place in the poor NFC South.
They will be hoping to gain a win today against the lowly San Francisco 49ers to get back to an even 4-4 record and start to apply more pressure on the division leading Atlanta Falcons, who are out front with a 6-3 record coming into this weekend.
The 49ers have tasted victory just once this year so far and come into this game on 1-6. Their hopes to make anything of this season have all but gone, and they are simply fighting for their pride, and perhaps one or two careers over the second half of the season.
San Francisco will feel that the Saints are beatable, but they will have to cut out the big mistakes that have blighted their season to this point if they are to get anything out of today's game.
Earlier in Week 9 on Thursday Night Football, the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers met at the Raymond James Stadium in Florida as the Buccaneers looked to get back to an even record with a home win.
However, the high flying Falcons were too much for Tampa Bay and overwhelmed them throughout, claiming a comfortable 43-28 victory to move to 6-3.
That results also dropped the Buccaneers down to 3-5 and their hopes of competing for the postseason now look to be teetering on the edge.
The game saw a dominant Falcons offense that piled on 461 total yards, and quarterback Matt Ryan tortured the Buccaneers defense with 344 passing yards and four touchdowns. In addition, Devonta Freeman added to the pain for Tampa Bay with 77 yards on the ground.
Shockingly in the game, the Buccaneers failed to force even a solitary Falcons' punt, which indicates the overwhelming dominance that Atlanta enjoyed in the big game.
On the other side, the Buccaneers' quarterback Jameis Winston threw 261 yards for three touchdowns, but he did not have enough options going forwards as the Tampa Bay rush attack was blunted badly by an in-your-face Falcons' defense.
As for the Falcons, it looks like they are cruising their way towards the Playoffs.
Today's big game between the New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco 49ers has a scheduled start time of 4.05 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream by clicking here.
