Our Week Eight NFL experience concludes with a game that, at least on paper, doesn’t look like it’s worth the hype. Still, it’s football and we’ll be wishing this game was on come March. The Minnesota Vikings (5-1) take on the Chicago Bears (1-6) on MNF in the only game that can keep me from having a perfect week in the picks. I come into tonight I’m 10-0-1 and all I need is the Bears to continue to be the Bears.
As always, scroll on down for the Live Blog. Keep reading for this week’s press release from the NFL.
NFL Network provides more than 15 hours of live coverage each and every NFL Sunday beginning at 7:00 AM ET with NFL GameDay First, hosted by Melissa Stark, Shaun O’Hara, Michael Robinson and Brian Billick. At 9:00 AM ET, the Emmy-nominated NFL GameDay Morning takes viewers up to kickoff of the early games, with host Rich Eisen, analysts Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner and Michael Irvin, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, and NFL Media analytics expert Cynthia Frelund. MNF
NFL Network’s GameDay coverage continues at 1:00 PM ET with NFL GameDay Live, the ONLY show on television providing in-progress NFL highlights and analysis of the day’s games, and at 7:30 PM ET with NFL GameDay Highlights which recaps the entire afternoon. At 11:30 PM ET, NFL GameDay Prime airs, with Deion Sanders interviewing the top players from the day’s action, as well as complete analysis with analyst LaDainian Tomlinson and host Chris Rose. MNF
For fans on the go, all NFL Network programming can also be streamed live on the NFL Mobile from Verizon app (NFL.com/mobile) and via Watch NFL Network on tablet (NFL Mobile and Watch NFL Network apps), PC (NFL.com/watch), Xbox One and Xbox 360(NFL on Xbox app) and other connected TV devices (NFL app on Apple TV and Playstation 4). For more information on all NFL GameDay programming, visit NFL.com/GameDay. MNF
Digitally, NFL.com and NFL Now provide fans with all of the analysis and news they crave. At 11:30 AM ET, NFL Fantasy Live on NFL.com, NFL Now and NFL RedZone provides last-minute injury updates and roster suggestions before the games begin. Once the games begin, join Ike Taylor, Bucky Brooks, Marc Istook, Colleen Wolfe and other NFL Media personalities on GameDay Blitz starting at 4:00 PM ET on NFL Now, offering reactions and analysis of the day’s games in real time. Following Sunday Night Football on NBC, Around the NFL with Gregg Rosenthal, Dan Hanzus, Chris Wesseling and Marc Sessler completes the night with comprehensive analysis and a full recap of the day’s action.
Mark Kriegel explains why New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s hot start is raising the bar for athletes in all sports
The NFL GameDay First crew explains which rookie quarterback they would rather build a team around: Carson Wentz or Dak Prescott
Can Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers keep up with Matt Ryan and the high-flying Atlanta Falcons offense?
Which quarterback will put up bigger numbers in New Orleans: Drew Brees or Russell Wilson?
NFL Network senior fantasy analyst Michael Fabiano provides last-minute fantasy advice on who to start and who to sit
First live reports from the field from Sunday’s big games, including Mike Garafolo from London for Redskins-Bengals
The game is on ESPN at 8:15 p.m. Watch it with me.
