The NFL moved most of its Sunday slate to Saturday this week, so eleven games tip off before dinner and the night closes with Cowboys-Packers on NBC. Add a winner-take-a-game-closer-to-everything ALCS Game 5 in Cleveland and a full Saturday of European soccer, and there's no bad window to watch today.
Marquee: Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers (8:20 PM ET, NBC)
Green Bay (3-2) is coming off its best win of the season, a 31-7 blowout of Chicago, and chasing its third straight win at Lambeau. Dallas (2-3) is trying to answer a home loss to a previously winless Tampa Bay team and a defense that's allowing a league-high 6.4 yards per play. The emotional hook is the Micah Parsons trade fallout: Parsons himself is out recovering from a torn ACL, but defensive tackle Kenny Clark and linebacker Rashan Gary, both former Packers first-rounders who went to Dallas in trades, make their first trip back to Lambeau as visitors. Jordan Love has thrown multiple touchdowns in every game this season, and Dak Prescott has gone over 275 yards in four straight starts for a Dallas team leaning hard on CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens.
Vegas line: Packers -1.5 (-118), total 53.5, moneyline Packers -115 / Cowboys +105. Source: ESPN.
Also tonight
- Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Guardians (5:00 PM ET, TBS/truTV). The ALCS is tied 2-2 and this is Game 5, so the loser is one loss from the offseason. Cleveland's bullpen has carried the series; Tampa Bay's lineup, led by Junior Caminero, needs to find some traffic against it.
- Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (4:25 PM ET, CBS). Kansas City is the NFL's last unbeaten team at 4-0, and a once-promising Chargers team comes in 0-5. The gap between these two AFC West rivals looks bigger than anyone expected in September.
- Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles (1:00 PM ET, CBS). Philadelphia is favored at home off a shaky 2-3 start of its own, and Carolina is trying to prove its surprise .500 record is real against a tougher opponent.
- Buffalo Bills at Las Vegas Raiders (4:25 PM ET, CBS). Buffalo is 4-1 and favored by nearly a touchdown on the road, looking to keep pace in a crowded AFC playoff picture.
- Sevilla at Real Madrid (ABC/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+). Real Madrid hosts at the Bernabéu in a La Liga slate that also features Barcelona's rivals and a full EPL and Serie A card running most of the afternoon.
- Carolina Hurricanes at Calgary Flames (8:00 PM ET, ESPN+). A cross-conference matchup in an NHL season still finding its early shape.
Pick your window. The NFL alone gives you a full day's worth of football before the Packers and Cowboys even kick off, and Cleveland's season could turn on nine innings in between.
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