Patriots–Bills Game Will Remain in 1:00 PM ET Slot
The โNew England patriots’ crucial Week 17 matchup โagainst the Buffalo Billsโ on December 21st will โnot be moved to a primetime slot, โmultiple reports confirmedโ Tuesday morning. Despiteโค the game offering the Patriots a chance to clinch the AFC East titleโ with โa win,โค it will remain in its originally scheduledโค 1:00 p.m. ET window.
Reports from 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Scott โZolak and CBS’s Dan Roche indicated the decision was made despiteโ speculation of a potential flex toโฃ Sunday or Monday Night Football. Roche noted the game will be โtelevised “nationally,” perhaps featuring CBS’s โค’A’ crew of Jim Nantz, tony Romo, andโค Tracy Wolfson.โ other CBS games that week includeโข Ravens-Bengals, โฃChargers-Chiefs, Colts-Seahawks, โand Packers-Broncos.
The NFL could have โขflexed the game into the Sunday or Monday nightโ slots currently occupied by Vikings-Cowboys and Dolphins-Steelers, respectively.The late afternoonโข window on December 21st also features a competitive โคslateโ ofโค games, โขincluding Colts-Seahawks, Packers-Broncos, and lions-Rams.
The possibility of theโ Patriots’ โWeek 18 game atโข the โฃBaltimore Ravens being movedโฃ to primetime remains open. That game is currently โขscheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET.
Theโ Sunday Night Football game for โคthat week, currently featuring the Bengals visiting the Dolphins, is also a potential flex candidate. Theโ NFL has begunโฃ announcing schedule updates for the week, โคassigning timeslotsโข forโค the โtwo games scheduled for โคthat Saturday, as reported by Adam Schefter on Tuesday.
coverage of all Patriotsโ games can be heard on โ98.5 The โSports Hub โคand the โคPatriots Radio Network, with pregame โcoverage beginning three hours before the โขscheduledโข kickoff.
