Watch Thursday Night Football Online: Saints vs. Panthers

Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian (13) against the New Orleans Saints during the first half of a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Live streaming for Saints-Panthers is available via NBC Sports Live Extra, NFL Network Online and Twitter. “Other than that I thought we were efficient”.

The Saints are 4-5 this season after losing 25-23 to the Denver Broncos last week. The Saints won the last match-up, 41-38 a month ago.

The series has been as even as the overall records.

It marked the fifth time since 2007 that the Saints (4-5) have rebounded from a start of 1-3 or worse to get to 4-4, only to lose their ninth game. The NFL Odds for the game have the Panthers favored by a field goal to pick up the win.

The New Orleans offense begins and ends with Drew Brees who is in the latter stages of a sure Hall of Fame career. Over the past four weeks, Fleener has averaged three receptions for 37 yards per game. Carolina obviously has to play better in this one in order to have a shot at beating New Orleans. If they can stop Jonathan Stewart, who has been a nemesis for years, the Saints will concentrate on making Newton uncomfortable in the pocket.

Tight End: Coby Fleener hasn’t had a touchdown reception since October 16, and he was targeted just twice last week.

HollywoodLifers, who are you rooting for in this game? Cooks had his best game of the season, catching 7-of-9 targets for 173 yards, including an 87-yard TD in the first quarter of the game.

That Dallas is second in the NFL in rushing (1,449 yards) and Elliott leads the league with 1,005 yards has allowed the Cowboys to prosper with rookie quarterback Dak Prescott after Tony Romo was injured. I remember past year when they played in Charlotte, Olsen had eight receptions for 134 yards and two touchdowns. I’m not saying they need to have the six-sack, two-interception performance once again, they just need to be productive.

Brees will make more plays than Cam Newton in what should be another fun game. Along with Kuechly, the Panthers lost two-time All-Pro center Ryan Kalil (shoulder), top pass rusher Mario Addison (foot) and cornerback Leonard Johnson (chest) to injuries.

Both defenses have improved since the first matchup. He also knows this game is make or break if they hope to return to the playoffs. They’ve been there before, sitting at 3-8-1 in 2013 before ripping off four straight to win the division. The secondary remains a work in progress.

Both teams enter off of extremely tough losses. “We’ve got to bounce back and find a way to get a win this week at Carolina”. Advantage Payton, but not by much. “What we’ve done is put our backs completely against the wall”. I think this is a lost season for them.