WEEK 11 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (4-5) AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (3-6) REGULAR SEASON SERIES SAINTS PANTHERS SERIES LEADER 23-20 STREAKS 3 of past 4 COACHES VS. OPP. Sean Payton: 9-12 Ron Rivera: 6-5 LAST WEEK L 25-23 vs. Denver L 20-17 vs. Kansas City LAST GAME 10/16/16: Panthers 38 at Saints 41. New Orleans QB Drew Brees passes for 465 yards & 4 TDs. Saints K Wil Lutz converts GW 52-yard FG with 11 seconds remaining. LAST GAME AT SITE 9/27/15: Panthers 27, Saints 22. Carolina QB Cam Newton passes for 315 yards & scores 3 TDs (2 passing, 1 rushing). Panthers TE Greg Olsen has 8 catches for 134 yards & 2 TDs. REFEREE Pete Morelli BROADCAST NBC/NFLN/Twitter (8:25 PM ET): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Heather Cox (Field reporter). Westwood One: Ian Eagle, Tony Boselli. SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (NO), 81 (Car). XM: 88 (WW1), 83 (NO), 225 (Car). STATS PASSING Drew Brees: 263-376-2992 (2L)-24(T1L)-7-107.0 (3L) Cam Newton: 161-277-1994-10-7-82.0 RUSHING Mark Ingram: 115-547-4.8-2 Jonathan Stewart: 92-334-3.6-4 RECEIVING Michael Thomas (R): 51-613-12.0-5 Greg Olsen (TE): 50-712-14.2-3 OFFENSE 427.7 (1L) 366.7 TAKE/GIVE +2 -7 DEFENSE 400.6 351.6 SACKS Nick Fairley: 4.5 Mario Addison: 4.5 INTs Sterling Moore: 2 Thomas Davis: 2 PUNTING Thomas Morstead: 49.6 (3L) Michael Palardy (2015 Pre. with Rams): 41.8 KICKING Wil Lutz (R): 71 (29/30 PAT; 14/19 FG) Graham Gano: 65 (20/22 PAT; 15/19 FG) NOTES SAINTS: QB DREW BREES has 1,723 passing yards (344.6 per game) with 14 TDs vs. 4 INTs for 114.2 rating in past 5. Passed for 303 yards with 3 TDs last week & became 3rd player in NFL history with 450+ TD passes (452). Aims for 5th in row vs. NFC South with 300+ yards…RB TIM HIGHTOWER has 100+ scrimmage yards in 2 of past 3. RB MARK INGRAM has 4 TDs (2 rush, 2 rec.) in past 3 on road…WR BRANDIN COOKS aims for 3rd in row vs. Car. with 100+ rec. yards & TD. WR WILLIE SNEAD had 2 TD catches last week. WR MICHAEL THOMAS leads NFL rookies in receptions (51), rec. yards (613) & TD catches (5). TE COBY FLEENER had TD catch & rush TD in last meeting…DE CAMERON JORDAN has sack in 3 of past 4 at Car. LB CRAIG ROBERTSON aims for 3rd in row vs. NFC South with 11+ tackles. S KENNY VACCARO had sack & INT in Week 10. Aims for 4th in row vs. Car. with 7+ tackles…PANTHERS: QB CAM NEWTON passed for 261 yards & rushed for 54 yards with 2 TDs (1 pass, 1 rush) last week. Is only player in NFL history with 20,000 pass yards (20,257) & 3,000 rush yards (3,486) in 1st 6 seasons…RB JONATHAN STEWART has 4 TDs in past 4 meetings…WR DEVIN FUNCHESS aims for 3rd in row vs. NO with TD catch. TE GREG OLSEN has 23 receptions for 357 yards (119 per game) & 2 TDs in past 3 vs. NO. Leads NFL TEs in receptions (510) & rec. yards (712)…DT KAWANN SHORT aims for 3rd in row at home with sack. Since 2015, is 2nd among NFC DTs with 14 sacks. DE MARIO ADDISON has 3 sacks in past 2. LB LUKE KUECHLY is averaging 10.6 tackles per game in 8 career meetings. Since 2012, leads NFL with 679 tackles. Rookie CB JAMES BRADBERRY had career-high 8 tackles in Week 10. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20 BUFFALO BILLS (4-5) AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (3-5-1) REGULAR SEASON SERIES BILLS BENGALS SERIES LEADER 15-12 STREAKS Past 3 COACHES VS. OPP. Rex Ryan: 2-2 Marvin Lewis: 3-5 LAST WEEK Bye (Wk. 9: L 31-25 at Seattle) L 21-20 at New York Giants LAST GAME 10/18/15: Bengals 34 at Bills 21. Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton passes for 243 yards & 3 TDs. Bengals WR Marvin Jones has 9 catches for 95 yards & TD. LAST GAME AT SITE 10/2/11: Bengals 23, Bills 20. Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton passes for 298 yards & scores 2 TDs (1 passing, 1 rushing). Bengals K Mike Nugent converts 43-yard GW FG as time expires. REFEREE Terry McAulay BROADCAST FOX (1:00 PM ET): Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis, Chris Spielman, Holly Sonders (Field reporter). Westwood One: Kevin Lee, Ross Tucker. SIRIUS: 133 (Buf), 146 (Cin). XM: 381 (Buf), 229 (Cin). STATS PASSING Tyrod Taylor: 162-268-1769-10-3-87.7 Andy Dalton: 209-317-2553-10-4-95.8 RUSHING LeSean McCoy: 133-683-5.1-6 Jeremy Hill: 119-561-4.7-6 RECEIVING Robert Woods: 39-452-11.6-1 A.J. Green: 66 (3L)-964 (2L)-14.6-4 OFFENSE 343.7 380.8 TAKE/GIVE +7 +3 DEFENSE 351.1 375.4 SACKS Lorenzo Alexander: 10 (T1L) Carlos Dunlap: 5 INTs Stephon Gilmore, Nickell Robey-Coleman: 2 Dre Kirkpatrick, George Iloka: 2 PUNTING Colton Schmidt: 42.6 Kevin Huber: 45.7 KICKING Dan Carpenter: 57 (24/26 PAT; 11/15 FG) Mike Nugent: 67 (19/20 PAT; 16/21 FG) NOTES BILLS: QB TYROD TAYLOR has 5 pass TDs vs. 1 INT with 2 rush TDs in past 4 on road. Leads NFL QBs with 362 rush yards. Since 2015, is only QB with 4,500+ pass yards (4,804) & 900+ rush yards (930)…RB LE SEAN MC COY rushed for 90 yards & TD in last meeting. Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 5 of past 6. Since 2010, leads NFL with 7,733 rush yards. RB MIKE GILLISLEE had rush TD in Week 9. Has rush TD in 4 of past 5…WR ROBERT WOODS set career- highs with 10 catches & 162 rec. yards in Week 9. WR MARQUISE GOODWIN ranks 5th in NFL with 18.8 yards per catch avg. (min. 15 rec.). WR JUSTIN HUNTER has rec. TD in 2 of past 3 on road…LB JERRY HUGHES had sack last week. Since 2013, is 1 of 4 NFL LBs with 30+ sacks (30) & 8+ FFs (8). LB LORENZO ALEXANDER ties for NFL lead with 10 sacks. LB ZACH BROWN ranks 3rd in NFL with 89 tackles…BENGALS: QB ANDY DALTON has 100+ rating in 2 of past 3 at home. In past 2 vs. Buf., has 580 pass yards (290 per game) with 6 TDs vs. 1 INT for 111.7 rating…RB JEREMY HILL has 290 rush yards (96.7 per game) & 3 rush TDs in past 3. Had rec. TD in last meeting. Since 2014, ranks 2nd in NFL with 26 rush TDs. RB GIOVANI BERNARD has 173 scrimmage yards (86.5 per game) and 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in past 2 meetings…WR A.J. GREEN had rec. TD last week. Ranks 2nd in NFL with 964 rec. yards & 3rd with 66 receptions. Has 24 catches (8 per game) for 358 yards (119.3 per game) & 2 TDs in past 3. TE TYLER EIFERT had TD catch in last meeting. Has 198 rec. yards (99 per game) & TD catch in past 2. Since 2015, ties for lead among NFL TEs with 14 rec. TDs…DT GENO ATKINS had sack last week. Since 2010, has 47.5 sacks, most among NFL DTs. DE CARLOS DUNLAP has 2.5 sacks in past 2 meetings. CB DARQUEZE DENNARD had INT in last meeting. PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-5) AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (0-10) REGULAR SEASON SERIES STEELERS BROWNS SERIES LEADER 68-58 STREAKS Past 2 COACHES VS. OPP. Mike Tomlin: 15-3 Hue Jackson: 0-0 LAST WEEK L 35-30 vs. Dallas L 28-7 at Baltimore LAST GAME 1/3/16: Steelers 28 at Browns 12. Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger passes for 349 yards & 3 TDs for 102.7 rating. Steelers WR Antonio Brown has 13 catches for 187 yards & TD. LAST GAME AT SITE 1/3/16 REFEREE Brad Allen BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon. SIRIUS: 132 (Pit), 83 (Cle). XM: 387 (Pit), 83 (Cle). STATS PASSING Ben Roethlisberger: 205-317-2357-20-7-98.8 Cody Kessler (R): 119-178-1241-6-1-95.7 RUSHING Le’Veon Bell: 100-433-4.3-1 Isaiah Crowell:121-551-4.6-5 RECEIVING Antonio Brown: 69 (1L)-831-12.0-7 (3L) Terrelle Pryor, Sr.: 51-627-12.3-4 OFFENSE 370.1 321.3 TAKE/GIVE 0 -5 DEFENSE 380.8 419.1 SACKS Anthony Chickillo: 2 Emmanuel Ogbah (R): 3 INTs 4 tied: 1 Joe Haden: 3 PUNTING Jordan Berry: 46.0 Britton Colquitt: 45.4 KICKING Chris Boswell: 48 (21/21 PAT; 9/13 FG) Cody Parkey: 45 (12/12 PAT; 11/15 FG) NOTES STEELERS: QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER is 20-2 in career vs. Cle. In past 2 meetings, has 728 pass yards (364 per game) & 6 TDs for 112.5 rating. Completed 37 of 46 passes (80.4 pct.) for 408 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 125.4 rating last week…RB LE’VEON BELL had 134 scrimmage yards (57 rush, 77 rec.) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) last week. Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 5 of past 6. In past 4 vs. Cle., has 496 scrimmage yards (124 per game) & 2 rush TDs…WR ANTONIO BROWN had 14 catches for 154 yards & TD last week.