The Week 16 Minnesota Vikings at Philadelphia Eagles game on Sunday, December 26 will be played at 8:20 PM ET on NBC and the San Diego Chargers-Cincinnati Bengals game that day will move to 4:05 PM ET on CBS, the NFL announced today. In addition, the Seattle Seahawks-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game will move from 1:00 PM ET to 4:15 PM ET on FOX
Following is the final Week 16 NFL schedule. Games shown with an asterisk were changed:
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 (WEEK 16)
CAROLINA AT PITTSBURGH – 8:00p (ET) NFLN
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25
DALLAS AT ARIZONA – 5:30p (MT) NFLN
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26
NEW ENGLAND AT BUFFALO – 1:00 PM (ET) CBS
N.Y. JETS AT CHICAGO – 12:00 PM (CT) CBS
BALTIMORE AT CLEVELAND – 1:00 PM (ET) CBS
WASHINGTON AT JACKSONVILLE – 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
TENNESSEE AT KANSAS CITY – 12:00 PM (CT) CBS
DETROIT AT MIAMI – 1:00 PM (ET) FOX
SAN FRANCISCO AT ST. LOUIS – 12:00 PM (CT) FOX
SAN DIEGO AT CINCINNATI* – 4:05 PM (ET) CBS
HOUSTON AT DENVER – 2:05 PM (MT) CBS
INDIANAPOLIS AT OAKLAND – 1:05 PM (PT) CBS
N.Y GIANTS AT GREEN BAY – 3:15 PM (CT) FOX
SEATTLE AT TAMPA BAY* – 4:15 PM (ET) FOX
MINNESOTA AT PHILADELPHIA* – 8:20 PM (ET) NBC
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27
NEW ORLEANS AT ATLANTA – 8:30 PM (ET) ESPN
There are no flexible scheduling changes for games this Sunday (Dec. 19).
The NFL utilizes “flexible scheduling” on Sundays in Weeks 11-17. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all NFL Sunday time slots in those weeks and give teams a chance to play their way onto primetime and into the late-afternoon 4:15 PM ET time slot on CBS and FOX.
For each of the flexible scheduling weeks with the exception of Week 17, the NFL will announce 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, the flexible scheduling decision for that Sunday may be made on six days notice.
