The St Louis Rams and the Minnesota Vikings will clash at the TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday in Week 9 of the NFL 2015 regular season. Both teams are still in with a good chance of making the Playoffs but they will both see today's game as the type they should win if they are to maintain their push. The game 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 via the link below.
Today's game has drawn wider interest for the fact that Adrian Peterson and Todd Gurley will be facing off against one another for the first time.
Many analysts have mentioned the similarities between the two and it will be interesting to see which can lead their team to victory in today's game.
Peterson tore his ACL but made an extraordinary comeback to have one of the best seasons for an NFL running back in league history less than nine months after. After making his comeback, Peterson rushed for a massive 2,097 yards, which ended up just eight yards short of Eric Dickerson's single season record.
Gurley also suffered an ACL injury last November and missed the opening two games of the season for the Rams. On his debut he only managed six carries for nine yards. However, after getting back to full game fitness he started to break records, and became the first back in NFL history to rush for at least 125 yards in his first four starts.
Gurley is averaging 6.12 yards per carry, which is a league high, and last week rushed for 133 yards against the San Francisco 49ers.
Peterson has enthusiastically praised his opponent ahead of this week's game, saying: "He's aggressive, he plays physical and he has great feet and great vision, too. I love what this young guy's doing. I wish him well, but not this week against us. He's a talented young guy. He's hungry."
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 St Louis Rams and the Minnesota Vikings 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.
