NFL Monday Night Football Free Live Stream: Packers at Seahawks

September 24, 2012

Tonight's NFL Monday Night Football game on ESPN (online live stream links are below) has the 1-1 Green Bay Packers squaring off against the similarly 1-1 Seattle Seahawks in what should be another ratings winner after Sunday Night Football won its night for NBC. The Packers were expected to be riding a perfect 2-0 record at this point, but lost their opener to the now 2-1 San Francisco 49ers. The also 1-1 Seahawks, meanwhile, had no expectations starting the season with a rookie quarterback and now face their biggest challenge of the season thus far.

Tonight's game won't be easy for Aaron Rodgers and his favored Packers. Seattle has historically proven to be a difficult place to play due to the excessive noise. Since last week's win over Chicago, the Packers have been a media controversy target after Rodgers voiced his displeasure with wide receiver James Jones after an interception. They won against a division rival regardless and come into Seattle looking to avoid a second dip into losing record territory.

The Seahawks and rookie quarterback Russell Wilson will need to find a way to crack Green Bay's defense. The Packers D yielded only 168 total yards of offense to the Bears and will likely want to put pressure on the Seahawks' rook. Look for Seattle to try and establish a running game with Marshawn Lynch to take some of the pressure off Wilson.

Coming off a weekend when the NFL's top draft pick franchise quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III both lost, this is an opportune time for Wilson to show the league and its fans that he belongs in the top rookie quarterback conversations as well. Seattle has been slowly working more passing plays into Wilson's playbook. This could be the game where he has to put the ball in air more than 30 times and get mobile outside the pocket for a chance to win.

Watch the NFL 2012 week 3 Monday Night Football free online live stream at ESPN.com here, or go here for another live stream option. Kickoff gets underway at 8:30 EST/5:30 PST. I'm thinking the Packers will begin to find their form and take this one by at least a touchdown.