Are the NFL’s unbeaten teams all that?
How about the NFL’s first encounter in France? It hasn’t been a vintage contest but the Steelers defense has won the day so far. With two minutes on the clock the 42-year-old Aaron Rodgers just rushed for a vital 1st down to get Pittsburgh in the red zone. New Orleans have two timeouts remaining trailing 16-10 and need a huge defensive play to have any hope of winning.
A likely win for the Steelers moves them to 5-2 and top of the AFC North at least until their divisional rivals all play in the next slate of games.
Bonjour football fans! Ça va? Bien! Welcome to week seven on the NFL with a distinctly French feel as Pittsburgh lead New Orleans 16-10 in Paris with only a couple of minutes remaining. While American football’s global takeover shows no signs of stopping, neither does the action as we have a treat in two unbeaten teams featuring in seven games starting at 12pm CST/1pm EST/5pm GMT (home teams listed second):
(6-0) San Francisco 49ers v Atlanta Falcons (2-4)
(3-2) Cincinnati Bengals v Baltimore Ravens (4-2)
(1-5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers v Carolina Panthers (3-2)
(3-2-1) New York Giants v Houston Texans (2-4)
(2-4) Indianapolis Colts v Minnesota Vikings (5-0)
(0-5) Miami Dolphins v New York Jets (2-4)
(4-2) Cleveland Browns v Tennessee Titans (1-5)
The pair of perfect franchises are the 49ers and Vikings who face the Falcons and Colts respectively. Minnesota’s mighty defense will be confident of making light work of an iffy Indianapolis offense but Atlanta have looked better than their record suggests this season and could give San Francisco a serious test.
Why might the 49ers be a little underpowered? Well, they are missing their biggest weapon in receiver Mike Evans who joins a lengthy list of injured wideouts. Tight end George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey will be called on to fill the void.
