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    Broncos vs. Saints score, live updates: Denver looks to get over .500 in slumping New Orleans on Thursday Night Football

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    Chat with Yahoo Sports NFL experts Nate Tice and Charles McDonald during Saints-Broncos tonight on Yahoo Sports. (Amber Matsumoto/Yahoo Sports)

    Chat with Yahoo Sports NFL experts Nate Tice and Charles McDonald during Saints-Broncos tonight on Yahoo Sports. (Amber Matsumoto/Yahoo Sports)

    Short weeks can be tough for NFL teams as they have less time to prepare than usual, and that puts the New Orleans Saints in a tough position as they open Week 7 with a visit from the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football . Starting quarterback Derek Carr is expected to miss multiple weeks due to an oblique injury suffered in the Week 5 loss to the Chiefs, and the Saints will once again turn to rookie Spencer Rattler under center for another trial-by -fire’-start. Rattler made his first NFL start on Sunday against the Buccaneers, going 22 of 40 for 243 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in a 51-27 loss.

    Rattler wasn’t the problem so much as the Saints’ defense; the unit gave up nearly 550 yards of offense against Tampa Bay. The Broncos, led by fellow rookie QB Bo Nix, will be looking for a bounce-back performance after a 23-16 Week 6 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in which they didn’t score until the fourth quarter. Nix has completed just over 61% of his throws this season and has five touchdown passes and five interceptions heading into Week 7.

    You can talk about it with other fans and Yahoo Sports NFL experts Nate Tice and Charles McDonald using our new Game Discussions feature in the Yahoo Sports app. You can download the app for Apple here and for Google here to make sure you already have the latest version. Then you can open the Saints-Broncos game page, tap “Join the Discussions,” agree to the guidelines and join in the fun.

    Live6 updates

    • Broncos drive on their 2nd possession

      After that 32-yard drive opening, the Saints can’t get a first down on their next three plays and have to punt.

      Denver takes over and moves the ball. They gained some positive yardage on the first six plays of their second possession, highlighted by a 20-yard catch and run from Devaughn Vele.

    • Spencer Rattler’s first pass goes 32 yards

    • Bo Nix misses the wide open Troy Franklin

      Bo Nix has gained yardage with his legs, rushing twice for 22 yards on the Broncos’ opening possession. But he missed a wide-open Troy Franklin for what could have been a touchdown on the fifth play of the drive.

    • Bo Nix’s ground game effect so far

      On Denver’s first play of the game, Bo Nix scrambles for 14 yards.

      Two plays later he runs eight yards on a run-pass option.

    • ‘That will be the hardest part’

      Speaking to Amazon’s Charissa Thompson, Broncos coach Sean Payton admitted it will be difficult to coach against players he coached with the Saints.

    • Saints, Broncos inactive for TNF

      Cornerback Patrick Surtain II is the headliner for the Broncos inactives for Week 7’s “Thursday Night Football” game. For the Saints, receiver Chris Olave is one of the notable names appearing tonight along with Taysom Hill.

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