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Darrion Gray

The Saints will be watching ‘Sunday Night Football’ closely

“Sunday Night Football” will feature the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons in Week 3. The New Orleans Saints were already watching this game closely, but the stakes have risen after New Orleans’ loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

You were already rooting for the Chiefs, naturally, because why would you ever root for the Falcons? However, a Kansas City victory becomes more impactful to the early portion of the NFC South divisional race.

After winning the first two games of the season, the Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost their undefeated record and sit at 2-1. If Atlanta comes out victorious, that will put the three teams tied atop the division.

It’s early and won’t decide the division, but it would also present the Saints with the opportunity to get a nice 2.5-game lead over Atlanta with a win next week.

That brings us to the reason the Saints and Saints fans already had an eye on this game. Sunday night’s game features New Orleans’ next two opponents. They travel to Atlanta next week and go to Kansas City for a primetime matchup in Week 5.

Sunday night will be a good opportunity to study two opponents at one time. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:20 p.m. CT at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and the game will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock.

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