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
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W
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5
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4
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4
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NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East Division
W
L
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4
2
0
Miami
3
3
0
New England 2
3
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N.Y. Jets
0
6
0
South
W
L
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0
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Indianapolis 4
2
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Houston
1
5
0
Jacksonville 1
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W
L
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Pittsburgh
5
0
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Baltimore
5
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Cleveland
4
2
0
Cincinnati
1
4
1
West
W
L
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Kansas City 5
1
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Las Vegas
3
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Denver
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L.A. Chargers 1
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W
L
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Dallas
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4
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5
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PAC-12
Continued from Page 6A
If two teams that played
the same number of games
tie, the representative for the
Chicago
Green Bay
Detroit
Minnesota
Sunday, Oct. 18 Games
Tennessee 42, Houston 36, OT
N.Y. Giants 20, Washington 19
Indianapolis 31, Cincinnati 27
Atlanta 40, Minnesota 23, OT
Chicago 23, Carolina 16
Detroit 34, Jacksonville 16
Pittsburgh 38, Cleveland 7
Denver 18, New England 12
Baltimore 30, Philadelphia 28
Miami 24, N.Y. Jets 0
Tampa Bay 38, Green Bay 10
San Francisco 24, L.A. 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.
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