WEEK 15 FLEX SCHEDULING: BENGALS-STEELERS REMAINS ON NBC'S "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL"
The final Week 15 NFL schedule was announced today with the originally scheduled Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers game remaining in place on NBC's Sunday Night Football.
The December 15 New Orleans Saints-St. Louis Rams game and the Arizona Cardinals-Tennessee Titans game will both be played at 4:25 PM ET on FOX.
Following is the final Week 15 NFL schedule:
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 (WEEK 15)
SAN DIEGO AT DENVER 6:25 PM (MT) NFLN
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15
WASHINGTON AT ATLANTA 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
CHICAGO AT CLEVELAND 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
HOUSTON AT INDIANAPOLIS 1:00 PM (ET) CBS
BUFFALO AT JACKSONVILLE 1:00 PM (ET) CBS
NEW ENGLAND AT MIAMI 1:00 PM (ET) CBS
PHILADELPHIA AT MINNESOTA 12:00 PM (CT) FOX
SEATTLE AT NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
SAN FRANCISCO AT TAMPA BAY 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
NEW YORK JETS AT CAROLINA 4:05 PM (ET) CBS
KANSAS CITY AT OAKLAND 1:05 PM (PT) CBS
GREEN BAY AT DALLAS 3:25 PM (CT) FOX
*NEW ORLEANS AT ST. LOUIS 3:25 PM (CT) FOX
*ARIZONA AT TENNESSEE 3:25 PM (CT) FOX
CINCINNATI AT PITTSBURGH 8:30 PM (ET) NBC
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16
BALTIMORE AT DETROIT 8:40 PM (ET) ESPN
The NFL uses "flexible scheduling" on Sundays in Weeks 11-17. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all NFL Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives teams a chance to play their way onto primetime and into the late-afternoon 4:25 PM ET time slot on CBS or FOX.
For each flexible scheduling week with the exception of Week 17, the NFL announces the start times of games on Sundays no later than 12 days prior to that weekend. To ensure a Sunday night game and doubleheader games with playoff implications in Week 17, flexible scheduling decisions for that Sunday can be made on six days notice.
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