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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 BAKER CITY HERALD — 7A SPORTS Idle Seahawks remain at Saints to start allowing fans the top of AP’s Pro32 poll ■ After a bye week, Seattle puts its 5-0 record on the line Sunday against Arizona By Simmi Buttar AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK — As the NFC’s only 5-0 team, the Se- attle Seahawks had a quiet week on a bye. However, the Seahawks didn’t lose any ground and maintained the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The Seahawks received nine of 12 fi rst-place votes for 377 points in balloting Tuesday by media members who regularly cover the NFL. The Seahawks head to Ari- zona on Sunday to face the NFC West rival Cardinals. “The Seahawks still will have to fi nd some defense if they plan on winning it all,” said Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk. “Russell Wil- son and the offense are going to need help at some point.” The Kansas City Chiefs inched up a spot to No. 2 after a 26-17 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Monday. The Chiefs earned two fi rst-place votes for 366 points, while the loss dropped the Bills one spot to No. 9. “The Chiefs rebounded from last week’s loss to the Raiders by going into Buffalo and beating another AFC contender,” said Jenny Vren- tas of The Monday Morning Quarterback. “They did so by centering the ground game, proving that the Chiefs can win in myriad ways.” The unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers also moved up a spot to No. 3 and the Tennessee Titans, the league’s other 5-0 team, received the remaining fi rst-place vote and gained Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times-TNS Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson warms up prior to action against the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 11. two places to No. 4. The Steelers and Titans meet Sunday in Nashville in the top matchup of Week 7. The game was originally scheduled for Oct. 4 before it was postponed because of the Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak. “Mike Vrabel is the coach- of-the-year leader right now,” Fox Sports’ John Czarnecki said of Tennessee’s head coach. The Steelers-Titans game will be just the eighth time in league history that unde- feated and untied teams with at least fi ve wins have met in the regular season, the sixth such game since the 1970 merger and only the fi fth in the past 46 seasons. The Baltimore Ravens remained at No. 5 as they enter their bye week after holding off the Philadelphia Eagles 30-28. The Green Bay Pack- ers slid four spots to No. 6 after getting routed 38-10 in Tampa Bay. And the fi rst-place NFC South Buc- caneers rocketed up seven spots to No. 7. “Tom Brady outdueled Aaron Rodgers in a state- ment game for the Buc- caneers, who shook off last week’s disappointment in Chicago to produce a tour de force performance against the previously unbeaten Packers,” Newsday’s Bob Glauber said. “It’s Brady over Drew Brees so far in the NFC South’s battle of S COREBOARD W 5 4 2 1 North L 1 1 3 5 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .833 .800 .400 .166 W Seattle 5 Arizona 4 L.A. Rams 4 San Francisco 3 West L 0 2 2 3 T 0 0 0 0 Pct 1.000 .666 .666 .500 NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Division W L T Buffalo 4 2 0 Miami 3 3 0 New England 2 3 0 N.Y. Jets 0 6 0 South W L T Tennessee 5 0 0 Indianapolis 4 2 0 Houston 1 5 0 Jacksonville 1 5 0 North W L T Pittsburgh 5 0 0 Baltimore 5 1 0 Cleveland 4 2 0 Cincinnati 1 4 1 West W L T Kansas City 5 1 0 Las Vegas 3 2 0 Denver 2 3 0 L.A. Chargers 1 4 0 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Dallas 2 4 0 Philadelphia 1 4 1 N.Y. 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Rams 16 Green Bay at Houston, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Detroit at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Dallas at Washington, 10 a.m. Seattle at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 1:25 p.m. San Francisco at New England, 1:25 p.m. Jacksonville at L.A. Chargers, 1:25 p.m. Tampa Bay at Las Vegas, 5:20 p.m. Open: Baltimore, Indianapolis, Miami, Min- nesota Monday, Oct. 26 Chicago at L.A. Rams, 5:15 p.m. WORLD SERIES Sunday, Oct. 25 Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 10 a.m. (Best-of-7) Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Tampa Bay 0 At Arlington, Texas x-if necessary (All Games on Fox) Tuesday, Oct. 20: Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Tampa Bay 3 Wednesday, Oct. 21: Tampa Bay (Snell 4-2) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (Gonsolin 2-2), Friday, Oct. 23: Los Angeles Dodgers (Buehler 1-0) vs. Tampa Bay, 5:08 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Tampa Bay, 5:08 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 25: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Tampa Bay, 5:08 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 27: Tampa Bay vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 5:08 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 28: Tampa Bay vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 5:09 p.m. conference title game will be determined by head-to-head results, record in division games and record against the next highest-placed team in the division. Multiple team ties with an unbalanced schedule will be broken by head-to-head results, followed by record in common conference games, then College Football Playoff ranking. Monday, Oct. 19 Games Kansas City 26, Buffalo 17 Arizona 38, Dallas 10 Today’s Game All Times PDT N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 5:20 p.m. forty-somethings.” Another fi rst-place NFC team making a big climb was the Chicago Bears in the North, who moved up fi ve spots to No. 8. “If The Associated Press had a Comeback Coach of the Year award, Bears defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano would be the front- runner,” said Alex Marvez of SiriusXM. “After a disappointing fi rst year under his purview, Chicago has held three of its last four opponents under 20 points. Khalil Mack (4 1/2 sacks in the past fi ve games) is looking like his old self as well.” The New Orleans Saints rounded out the top 10 as they come off a bye and host Carolina this week. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints will start having fans in the stands for home games after the mayor agreed with the team on a phased plan starting Sunday against Carolina. The plan announced Tuesday will start with 3,000 tickets for Sunday’s game, increasing to 6,000 fans for November games with San Francisco and Atlanta and up to 15,000 in December for games against Kansas City and Minnesota barring any changes in local health and safety guidelines. A limited number Some pro teams of tickets for players, in California can the team and other have fans in required NFL obliga- tions also were ap- outdoor stadiums proved. Both the Saints SACRAMENTO, Calif. and the mayor’s offi ce (AP) — California will reminded everyone to let fans back in outdoor keep wearing masks stadiums for pro sporting and practicing physical events in counties with distancing and hand low coronavirus infection washing. rates but isn’t ready to “It is imperative as allow Disneyland and noted that everyone other major theme parks do their part to make to reopen, the state’s sure all of the progress top health offi cial said made by our com- Tuesday. munity in our fi ght San Francisco and against COVID-19 is neighboring Alameda not lost and we have no and Santa Clara are the setbacks,” the Saints only counties that meet said in a statement. the threshold for pro “This plan is based on sports. No county in creating a healthy and Southern California has safe environment for reached those tiers. our fans to arrive, enjoy However, immediately and depart Saints after the announcement home games safely.” offi cials in Santa Clara, Mayor LaToya home to the San Francis- Cantrell agreed with co 49ers, issued a state- the Saints on the ap- ment saying they weren’t proach after fans were prepared to allow even not allowed to attend a limited number of fans the fi rst three home into Levi’s Stadium. games this season. The few hundred in the stands consisted primarily of privately invited family members of players, coaches or staff. The Saints, who lost a home game to Green Bay, had started talking with LSU about playing at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge to get fans into the stands for their games. Nine of the 14 NFL games last weekend had some fans in the stands. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO THIS FALL? 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