WEEK 16 (DECEMBER 27) FLEX SCHEDULING: NEW YORK GIANTS-MINNESOTA VIKINGS GAME MOVES TO NBC'S "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL"
The NFL announced today flexible scheduling changes for Week 16.
The New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings game on December 27 will move to NBC's Sunday Night Football at 8:30 PM ET, with the Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens game moving to CBS at 1:00 PM ET.
Following is the final Week 16 NFL schedule (all times local):
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24
SAN DIEGO AT OAKLAND 5:25 PM (PT) NFLN
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26
WASHINGTON AT PHILADELPHIA 8:25 PM (ET) NFLN
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27
CAROLINA AT ATLANTA 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
*PITTSBURGH AT BALTIMORE 1:00 PM (ET) CBS
DALLAS AT BUFFALO 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
SAN FRANCISCO AT DETROIT 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
CLEVELAND AT KANSAS CITY 1:00 PM (ET) CBS
INDIANAPOLIS AT MIAMI 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
NEW ENGLAND AT NEW YORK JETS 1:00 PM (ET) CBS
HOUSTON AT TENNESSEE 12:00 PM (CT) CBS
CHICAGO AT TAMPA BAY 1:05 PM (PT) FOX
*JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS 3:05 PM (CT) CBS
GREEN BAY AT ARIZONA 2:25 PM (MT) FOX
ST. LOUIS AT SEATTLE 1:25 PM (PT) FOX
*NEW YORK GIANTS AT MINNESOTA 7:25 PM (CT) NBC
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28
CINCINNATI AT DENVER 6:30 PM (MT) 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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