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Peter King:

Link: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-fmia-week-17/

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The Week 18 schedule. The NFL schedule called for two games on Saturday and 14 on Sunday of Week 18. The league announced at 11:30 ET Sunday night the two ESPN/ABC games for Saturday: Kansas City at Las Vegas, 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by Tennessee at Jacksonville at 8:15 p.m., for the AFC South championship.

Don’t miss the significance here. The NFL traditionally scheduled a division title game in the final week, if one is available, in the final time slot of the regular season on Sunday night on NBC. But the NFL clearly sees the weirdness of this year’s division title game. Tennessee is on a six-game losing streak and could be playing a third-string quarterback at a red-hot team that’s won four straight with a quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, who’s on fire. Not exactly the game you want to showcase in the final primetime window of the regular year.

You might ask, Why KC-Vegas for the first game? Three reasons: Kansas City (13-3) needs to win to stay in play for the AFC’s top seed, Patrick Mahomes is always a ratings draw, and the Raiders (6-10), though eliminated from the playoffs, showed off an incredible performance by Jarrett Stidham in his first NFL start Sunday. The game should get a good rating.

Game 272. Although I’d make the argument that Detroit-Green Bay is far and away the best candidate for the Sunday night finale, the NFL may wait till the conclusion of Bills-Bengals to set the Sunday schedule. After Baltimore (10-6) lost to Pittsburgh Sunday night, it would take a Cincinnati (11-4) loss tonight for the Ravens-at-Bengals game next Sunday to be for the AFC North crown. The problem in that scenario is that both teams are already in the playoffs, so the game would be played only for playoff seeding.

My gut feeling is the NFL will still play Rodgers in primetime in a win-and-in Sunday game. Why wouldn’t the league do that? If the Seahawks beat the Rams in Seattle next weekend, Detroit would be eliminated. I would maintain Rodgers playing to put Green Bay in the playoffs is the single biggest story of Week 18, and Dan Campbell’s kneecap-biters would not lay down even if they’d been eliminated a half-hour before the game. It’s the most intriguing competitive game of the weekend.

The NFL loves Mahomes. Its what makes the conspiracy nutters on here even more reeruned than they are.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The full Week 18 schedule. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lions</a>-<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Packers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Packers</a> on SNF <a href="https://t.co/JYTxvilyEW">pic.twitter.com/JYTxvilyEW</a></p>— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1610018815709937665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sooo......if the Bills win tonight, why aren't they playing next week the same time as we are? :hmmm:

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Originally Posted by PHOG (Post 16703385)

Sooo......if the Bills win tonight, why aren't they playing next week the same time as we are? :hmmm:

Because the NFL was more focused on giving ESPN Mahomes than they are with ensuring that Buffalo won’t be in a situation to rest their starters.

It also potentially screws Miami, Pittsburgh and maybe Jacksonville who all need the Faketriots to lose to Buffalo… which is made less likely if Case Keenum is playing QB for the Bills.

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88 (Post 16703395)

So, money (viewership) talks, imagine that.

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Originally Posted by PHOG (Post 16703385)

Sooo......if the Bills win tonight, why aren't they playing next week the same time as we are? :hmmm:

NFL prioritizes ratings and money over competitive fairness. Who would have expected that?

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Originally Posted by PHOG (Post 16703385)

Sooo......if the Bills win tonight, why aren't they playing next week the same time as we are? :hmmm:

Chiefs are playing in a stand alone game on Saturday.

Just as I expected, Detroit at Green Bay is the prime time game on Sunday night.

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Originally Posted by MahomesIsTheMVP (Post 16703455)

Chiefs are playing in a stand alone game on Saturday.

Well, the point being if we were to shit our pants and lose to the faduhs on SATURDAY, then Buffalo would have the option to rest their starters if they so desired on SUNDAY (if they win tonight). :shrug:

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Originally Posted by MahomesIsTheMVP (Post 16703459)

Just as I expected, Detroit at Green Bay is the prime time game on Sunday night.

Seahawks got screwed on that one, big time. I don't get why they didn't wait until after tonight's game to decide the SNF game.

I think it's fairly likely that the Chiefs will be playing on Saturday on week 18 every season, unless in a particular season the Chiefs have clinched everything they can and are resting Mahomes. Mahomes is a big ratings draw for the NFL.

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Originally Posted by Shag (Post 16703587)

Seahawks got screwed on that one, big time. I don't get why they didn't wait until after tonight's game to decide the SNF game.

No the Seahawks didn't get screwed over.

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 16703631)

No the Seahawks didn't get screwed over.

If Seattle wins, that eliminates Detroit. They'd then need GB to lose, who plays Detroit on SNF, who would no longer have anything to play for.

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Originally Posted by DrunkBassGuitar (Post 16702890)

tell your boss to suck your dick for making you work on a Saturday

Hah! **** that guy! But that would be difficult, since I’m self employed. Seriously though, I hate having CES wrap over the weekend.