Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady will renew hostilities in the featured Sunday Night Football matchup of Week 9, as the Green Bay Packers travel to face the New England Patriots. The game is set for 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC (live streaming via FuboTV, NBC Sports).
Packers vs. Patriots 2018 live stream: Time, TV channel, and how to watch online
Can Aaron Rodgers and the Packers shake off some bad losses to best Tom Brady and the Patriots?
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After starting the season with a 1-2 record, including losses to the Jaguars and Lions, the Patriots have won their last five games, including tough wins over the Chiefs and Bears. Most recently, they bested the Bills, 25-6.
The Packers, on the other hand, have had a very weird season. They tied the Vikings in Week 2, and fell to Washington in Week 3, but own a quality win over the Bears. The best team they’ve faced, the Rams, bested them, 29-27. The Packers had a chance to maybe have a game-winning field goal drive on the back of Rodgers, but Ty Montgomery fumbled a kickoff return and was traded as a result.
Despite his team’s struggles, Rodgers has been excellent this season. He’s completed 61.3 percent of his passes for 2,283 yards, 13 touchdowns and just one interception.
Below is all you need to know to watch on Sunday.
Time, TV, and streaming info
- Time: 8:20 p.m. ET
- Location: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass.
- TV: NBC
- Streaming: FuboTV, NBC Sports
- Odds: New England opened as 6-point favorites over the Packers
Packers vs. Patriots news
- The biggest concern for either team are the injuries to Rob Gronkowski and Sony Michel for the Patriots. Both are on the injury report, and the team is “concerned” about their availability for Sunday’s game.
- New England made a roster move this week, elevating offensive lineman James Ferentz to the active roster.
- For the Packers, they have downgraded wide receiver Geronimo Allison to out against the Patriots on Sunday.
- On the final injury report, Green Bay also listed Randall Cobb, Nick Perry and Jermaine Whitehead as questionable, while the Patriots ruled out Shaq Mason and Brian Schwenke in addition to their dozen players listed as questionable, as usual.
- The Packers may have some concerns at the punter position, as the team just signed former Chargers punter Drew Kaser.
- Be sure to check out the Acme Packing Company Q&A with the folks at Pats Pulpit, and then the corresponding post from the latter site.
- The folks at Acme Packing Company also took a look at one way that Mike McCarthy is more “progressive” than Bill Belichick, and a DVOA comparison of the teams.
- And at Pats Pulpit, be sure to check the breakdown of Green Bay’s pass rush, New England’s third-down performance, and, of course, their latest podcast.
Packers vs. Patriots prediction
Of the seven experts picking Week 9 games for SB Nation, all of them are picking the Patriots, while both the OddsShark computer and the coin flip landed on Green Bay.
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