Sunday NFL Football: Week 8 late games thread

Just three games await you for Sunday afternoon late game action, and they’re worth checking out. Here’s what you’ll be working with for Week 8 late kickoff.

• Carolina Panthers (4-2) at San Francisco 49ers (6-0)
• Oakland Raiders (3-3) at Houston Texans (4-3)
• Cleveland Browns (2-4) at New England Patriots (7-0)

If you would have said earlier this season that the Panthers-49ers game would be one you’d have to circle and check out this year, then you probably would have been made fun of. But here we are. Kyle Allen and Christian McCaffrey will have their hands full trying to upset the Jarvis Landry said the Browns were going to win, so there’s that. It’s tough to see anyone stopping the Patriots any time soon, but eventually someone will get them. Meanwhile, both the Texans and Raiders look to shrug off their losses last weekend.

Later tonight, the Chiefs host the Packers.