Happy Seattle Seahawks bye week, everyone!
It’s the second of three “NFL RedZone all day” weekends for myself, as the Seahawks have a week off in between their two prime-time games. There are six teams with byes, so we only have 10 games between the 10 am PT and 1 pm PT slates, but at least there are no international games to wake up to until next week.
Our only clear rooting interest is the Houston Texans over the San Francisco 49ers, which is 10 am PT on FOX. A 49ers loss guarantees the Seattle Seahawks
first place in the NFC West heading into Week 9. The Los Angeles Rams are also on a bye, so the Seahawks would be 5-2 and hold a division record tiebreaker on the Rams (for now, since they haven’t played each other yet), the 49ers would be 5-3 with a defeat, and the Arizona Cardinals are on a bye and no one cares about their chances anymore.
The main national 10 am PT game is the 2-5 New York Giants looking for a stunning sweep of the 5-2 Philadelphia Eagles on FOX, while CBS has the similarly surging 4-2 Chicago Bears taking on the 1-5 Baltimore Ravens, who need Lamar Jackson back and will still not have him back this week to save their sinking season. It’s Tyler Huntley time over Cooper Rush, apparently. CBS has the doubleheader window and the 3-3-1 Dallas Cowboys are at the 5-2 Denver Broncos at 1:25 pm PT in what should be a fascinating matchup. The other late games are the 1-6 Tennessee Titans at the 6-1 Indianapolis Colts and the 5-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the 1-6 New Orleans Saints in Louisiana.
You can check out 506 Sports for maps and game coverage in your area. Chat away here in the comments and see you for Sunday Night Football and the Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game later tonight!
