The Green Bay Packers take on the Atlanta Falcons on the NFL Monday Night Football schedule tonight, with each team having a strikingly different season but both surprisingly embroiled in divisional playoffs battles. The Packers are 9-3 on the year and are not only fighting for the NFC North title, they’re also eyeing home field advantage for the postseason. The Falcons are 5-7 in a weak NFC South division and can remain in first place with an upset win today. The game has a primetime start time and airs on a national TV channel as well as a live stream available online.
Aaron Rodgers is having one of his best seasons and is vying for the NFL MVP trophy as Green Bay has overcome a slow start, losing two of its first three games, to have won eight of its last nine contests. The Packers would have been Super Bowl contenders last season if not for a lingering injury to Rodgers, and they’re counting on his health to carry them deep into the playoffs this time around. Atlanta is having the kind of consecutive losing seasons that might have head coach Mike Smith on the hot seat, if not for the fact that no team in the Falcons division has a winning record, leaving it wide open for the taking. Wideout Julio Jones is having a strong season with 1169 yards, but the running game has been hit and miss. Although the Packers are clearly the favorite tonight, particularly with home field advantage at Lambeau Field, one thing that may give the Falcons some hope is that Green Bay already has one NFC South loss this year, to New Orleans.
Tonight’s Green Bay Packers v. Atlanta Falcons NFL Monday Night Football game has a start time schedule of 8:30pm eastern time and airs on TV channel ESPN nationwide as well as a live stream online.