NFL Sunday Week 17 – Watch New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers Live on FOX

New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers
When: Sunday, January 3, 2010 1:00 PM ET
Venue: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC

New Orleans Saints (13-2) vs Carolina Panthers (7-8) Preview

The New Orleans Saints have clinched home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, but coach Sean Payton wants his team to treat its regular-season finale like there’s more on the line. Before heading into the postseason, Payton’s team will try to avoid a third straight loss when it visits the resurgent Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

The Saints earned the NFC’s No. 1 seed for the first time in team history with Minnesota’s overtime loss at Chicago on Monday night.

Because of his team’s performances the past two weeks, Payton said his players should view this week’s matchup as “the last game to get in or out of the playoffs.”

The two teams last met in Week 9 this season wherein the Saints overcame an 11-point halftime deficit to knock off the Panthers, 30-20. Last week in NFL Week 16, Carolina went into New York and closed out Giants Stadium with a 41-9 drubbing of the Giants while New Orleans dropped its second consecutive game by losing, 20-17, to Tampa Bay in overtime.

So, let’s all wait and watch Saints vs Panthers live Sunday Afternoon.

You can watch NFL Sunday Week 17 Game New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers Live at FOX.

UPDATE: Panthers route Saints, 23-10

1 2 3 4 Total New Orleans 0 3 7 0 10 Final Carolina 7 10 6 0 23

Game Recap

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton decided the risk of injury outweighed heading into the playoffs on a positive note. The backups responded with an ugly performance that sends the No. 1 seed in the NFC to the postseason on a three-game losing streak.

Jonathan Stewart rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown and the Carolina Panthers finished their disappointing season with a 23-10 win over the lifeless Saints on Sunday.

Drew Brees came out for the coin toss and never saw the field again, allowing him to break the NFL record for completion percentage in a season. Backup Mark Brunell had few options with many other starters resting, too, and New Orleans (13-3) looked nothing like the team that less than a month ago was flirting with a perfect season. (Via Yahoo! Sports)