Packers vs. Saints
This is not the marquee Sunday night affair we had hoped for when this game was put on the schedule before the season began. Green Bay is as good as we built them up to be, now in first place in the NFC North and winners of four in a row. Aaron Rodgers is among the MVP frontrunners, and he alone has been too hot for opposing defenses to handle. The Saints collapsed late against Detroit, allowing the Lions to score 14 unanswered and falling to 2-4 in the process. Even with the loss, the Saints remain alive in a very weak NFC South.
Bold prediction: The Saints are a primetime team, winning 13 of their last primetime home games. They’ve had a week to let that late loss to the Lions marinate, and are prepared to re-establish themselves as a team capable of winning a wide-open division. This one is a shootout, as neither team is very strong defensively. But when it comes to Rodgers and Drew Brees in the fourth quarter, we side with the home team. Let’s say it together: Drew Breeeeees!
