New Orleans at New England
Time: 4:25 PM (ET) | Sunday
Network: FOX
The biggest game this weekend is by far the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots. Although Tom Brady has been playing with limited receivers being new to the system, has been under the radar this year still at a 4-1 record. Rob Gronkowski was scheduled to return today, but he hasn’t been cleared to play against the New Orleans.
The Patriots are fresh off their first loss of the year last Sunday to the Cincinnati Bengals on the road, where Brady couldn’t pull off a late rally in their 13-6 loss. There’s two interesting storylines surrounding this game is Drew Brees being undefeated in his career against Brady and the Patriots, but we can’t remember in recent memory where New England has lost consecutive games. If there’s any team right now that looks like a lock to win the Super Bowl, it’s by far the New Orleans Saints.
They have a complete team highlighted by Brees having an MVP-like season throwing 12-touchdowns for over 1700 yards and the two running back tandem of Jimmy Graham and Marques Colston combining for nearly 1,000 yards rushing total. We’re expecting the Saints to pull into Gillette Stadium at Foxboro and squeak away with a big road record improving to a perfect 6-0 record heading into upcoming bye-week, before easier meeting against Buffalo, Dallas and the Jets.