Patriots host Packers at 4:25 on Fox as Brown and Henderson sit out the Week 9 game

The New England Patriots return to Gillette Stadium on Sunday to face the Green Bay Packers. Kickoff is set for 4:25 p.m. ET and the game airs on Fox, locally on WFXT Channel 25, according to Pats Pulpit's viewing guide for SB Nation. In the local market the game also streams on Fox Sports and NFL+. Fans outside New England can find it on NFL Sunday Ticket through YouTube and YouTube TV, and international viewers can use NFL Game Pass. On the radio, 98.5 The Sports Hub has the local call and Sports USA carries it nationally. SiriusXM carries the Patriots feed on channel 192 and the Packers feed on 261.

Both teams come in at 5-3, and neither is at full strength. The Patriots ruled out wide receiver A.J. Brown (ankle/knee) and running back TreVeyon Henderson (illness) on Friday, according to the team's official injury report. NFL.com's Week 9 injury tracker lists seven Patriots as questionable: tight end Hunter Henry (foot), right tackle Morgan Moses (foot), cornerback Carlton Davis (neck), safeties Kevin Byard (chest) and Brenden Schooler (hamstring), and Mack Hollins and Greg Van Roten, who are both working back from injured reserve. Henry missed practice Wednesday and Thursday. CBS Sports notes that rookie Eli Raridon would take on more of the tight end work if Henry cannot go.

Green Bay has a longer list of absences. The Packers ruled out edge rusher Micah Parsons (knee), linebacker Zaire Franklin (shin), tight end Josh Whyle (concussion) and offensive linemen Travis Glover and Sean Rhyan. Running backs Chris Brooks and MarShawn Lloyd and cornerback Keisean Nixon are questionable. Without Parsons, Drake Maye should face less pressure, which matters while the offense is missing its top receiver and its second running back. Rhamondre Stevenson is expected to carry most of the backfield load again.

What it means for Sunday

New England has won three of its last four. It held off Miami 24-19 on the road last week, and its only loss in that stretch was a 30-24 game at Chicago. The Patriots have done their best work at home, where they are 3-0 and have outscored the Steelers, Raiders and Jets by a combined 91-39. On the road they are 2-3. For the season they have scored 184 points and allowed 162, a margin of plus-22 that includes a 35-6 loss at Jacksonville.

The market has the Patriots favored by about a field goal. Pats Pulpit cited New England at -3 with a total of 44.5. On this site's odds board for the game, which tracks 12 venues, Novig has the Patriots at -163 on the moneyline and the Packers at +160. Novig's spread is a half-point wider than the books. It lists New England -3.5 at +108 and Green Bay +3.5 at -113, while the best Patriots spread price elsewhere is DraftKings at -3, -112. Novig's total sits at 44.5 with the over at -102 and the under at -100, a near-even split. Sportsbook hold ranges from about 3% to just over 5% across the three markets.

The schedule gets tougher after Sunday. New England travels to Detroit on November 15, and early prices there are close to a pick'em. Novig has the Patriots at -100 and the Lions at -113, and DraftKings has Detroit at +100. A win over Green Bay would put New England at 6-3 going into that game. For the full season picture, see the Patriots team page.