Next weekend schedule [Chiefs/Raiders Sat @ 3:30]
 

The way it looks.

Titan Jags on SNF
Or Cin-Balt

BuF- NE. Sane time as Chiefs-Raiders. 3 pm game

Race for the top seed

Will Kevin Harlan call both games again?

That was really really great!!

I think Green Bay/Detoilet will be the SNF game.

Tennessee is unwatchable even in a winner take all game… that could be one of the Saturday games.

I don’t think they go GB/Detroit because there’s a chance Detroit is eliminated by that point.

Saturday 3:30

Ugh. Knew we’d get the early game. That’s fine. Whatever.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just announced: Week 18 Saturday games:<br><br>Chiefs-Raiders in Week 18 is being flexed to Saturday at 4:30 EST on ABC and ESPN.<br><br>Titans-Jaguars in Week 18 is being flexed to Saturday at 8:15 EST on ABC and ESPN</p>&mdash; Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1609767743133286407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Breaking: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> at Raiders will be Saturday at 3:30pm -- just announced on NBC.</p>&mdash; Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) <a href="https://twitter.com/HaroldRKuntz3/status/1609767750796455936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tirico just announced it on SNF.

Saturday, 7 January
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Chiefs/Raiders 3:30 PM CST (ESPN)
Titans/Jaguars 7:15 PM CST (ESPN)

Really surprising they wouldn’t try to schedule the Bills and Chiefs to play simultaneously on Sunday.

Ugh Sat game.. I guess one more day of rest if we end up playing in WC weekend

there a storm coming!

This just means the game will be fixed in our favor since they won’t want the Bills resting people.

Another national tv game!

I won’t have to worrying about where I can watch it!

Not neccessarily. There are wild card games on Saturday the next week.

Chiefs need to just take care of business and win...the rest will take care of itself.

Good.

The season can end earlier than usual.

Onto 2023.

Surprising they'd put the Chiefs on the Saturday. Potential advantage to the Bills knowing the outcome of that game now (and knowing whether they can rest Allen/others).

Imagine if you bought a ticket to fly into Vegas next Saturday afternoon/evening, expecting a Sunday game.

There shouldn't be any Saturday games, period, in week 18.

Also, it really potentially helps the Patriots. Miami should be PISSED.

That's ridiculous if that's what they did. The games should be at the same time.

Though if Cincinnati wins, they can still become the top seed, if both Buffalo and Kansas City lose in week 18.

There's a very obvious scenario here if the Bills lose tomorrow where the Bills purposely tank/rest against the Pats to avoid playing the Dolphins in the WC round (who should have had them beat two weeks back). Will be embarrassing for the NFL.

The Dolphins are on their 3rd string QB.

every division leader in the AFC wants mac jones in the playoffs

I thought for sure the Jags would play Sunday night. It’s the only one not contingent on other outcomes while also still being a win and in scenario. It really makes no sense to not have them. Now whoever is playing Sunday night, there’s a decent chance one team has nothing to play for.

There was a scenario where if the Bills win out before the Chiefs played, the Chiefs could have been locked into the #2 seed and rested their starters.

But that's not happening now.

Seems like the league is basically banking the Chiefs will win. They'll probably put Bills/Pats on Sunday night. That will probably be a huge game for both teams.

For now, yes. Probably not if they get in.

Agreed. Bills would have no issue losing that game against them for that reason (assuming a loss to the Bengals tomorrow).

That Titans/Jaguars winner will be ready for that 3:30pm Wildcard Game on Saturday aka the Alex Smith Memorial Game

Dolphins and Steelers both need the Faketriots to lose next week and are hoping that Buffalo is in a scenario where that game is meaningful to them.

league also made it just that much harder for the chiefs to clinch the one seed in case of a BUF loss tomorrow

****ers

One less day of rest you mean? Of course you could argue the reverse that it is one extra day of rest before the WC round too.

i don't think there is any advantage to playing earlier than everyone else

they ****ed us, period

they've been ****ing us all year

Uh yeah, that's why I posted it.

Next weekend schedule [Chiefs/Raiders Sat @ 3:30]
 

Potential SNF games. It is worth noting they may not release the schedule until after tomorrows MNF.

Packers/Lions. Seems good but if the Seahawks win the Lions are eliminated before playing. Seems risky and potentially very unfair advantage to Packers. Lions would be playing to beat the Packers for pride but by doing so sending the Seahawks to the playoffs whom just knocked them out.

Ravens/Bengals. If Bengals lose tomorrow this game is for the division but both teams are already in the playoffs so not huge drama though a potential option.

Patriots/Bills. For the Patriots it’s win and your in so it’s got that going for it. If the Bills win tomorrow they still need this game if we win on Saturday. If they lose tomorrow and we win Saturday they can’t get the bye and are playing for seeding. However if it’s SNF in this scenario the Bills would be locked into the 3 seed if the Bengals beat the Ravens earlier in the day. If they lose tomorrow and we lose Saturday they again are playing for seeding and potentially still the bye. If they win tomorrow and we lose Saturday (yuck) they play for nothing the final week.

None seem like great options as many other things determine the importance of each one. But should the Bills lose tomorrow I think it sets up Bills/Patriots as the SNF game. Nothing else in the NFC really seems plausible. But a Bills loss means no matter what happens leading up to the game, for the Patriots it’s win and in and for the Bills they could be any of the 1, 2, or 3 seed. A Bills win probably kicks it to the Packers game as I’m not sure it’s that interesting watching two teams (Bengals/Ravens) already in the playoffs no matter what play for seeding.

It’s absolutely ridiculous.

If the Bills win tomorrow and then the Chiefs lose on Saturday, Bills get the 1 seed, have the option to rest starters even more next weekend (+bye), and the Pats have a huge advantage playing against a resting Bills team when competing for the last playoff spot against the Dolphins and Steelers.

No idea how the NFL feels comfortable potentially giving away this advantage. It’s the entire reason why the games are TBD - so this situation doesn’t exist.

League has spoken.

Chiefs ain’t getting the #1 with this shady arrangement

NFL has never been about fairness although it's this kind of stuff that should make it obvious to everyone.

It’ll be a good test for rigged game conspiracies. In your scenario you’d expect the refs to ensure a Chiefs victory with some early favorable stuff to maybe build a big lead that seems expected.

And if they go Packers/Lions on SNF you would expect the Seahawks to get that bad ref treatment and loss as the Packers/Lions then becomes a win and your in.

Why?

Meh.

Because of the earlier head to head loss vs. Buffalo, Chiefs basically had to win out down the stretch to have a shot at the 1 seed.

We were gonna need the ‘W’ either way. Don’t really care whether we get it on Saturday or Sunday. Just go take care of business and leave the rest up to the Bills. Pressure will be on them more than us. They gotta beat the Bengals on the road and the Pats at home, who are trying desperately to hold onto that final playoff spot.

And, honestly, if we can’t beat the Faid on Saturday, then we don’t deserve the 1 seed.

AGREED !! GREEEED RULES!!

So this is interesting. If the Bengals lose tomorrow, as near as I can almost all scenarios (one involving Chargers loss could have Bengals at Jags/Titans not playing Ravens again) have the Bengals playing the Ravens again in the first round of the playoffs. So this game next week between them would determine where that game is played. It’s actually potentially a bigger game than I originally thought and is a prime candidate for SNF if the Bengals lose tomorrow.

Yeah. Basically, it appears to me that if the Bengals lose tomorrow, Bengals v Ravens is the SNF game. Which would be a pretty weak "meaningful" game from a national audience perspective because both teams will already be in. If the Bengals win tomorrow, the NFL will need to be huge Chiefs fans because the SNF will almost certainly be NE v Buffalo. Not sure there is another scenario that really makes sense unless the NFL (I don't even think this is possible due to logistics and TV contracts/obligations ) wants to find a way to play a SNF double header with Sea v LAR and GB v Det.

You could also argue the league loves having mahomes in primetime games which is what everyone outside of this fan base thinks anyway.

It really isn't how it should be done though. I get the jags game. But not a game that impacts other games. Ratings over fairness.

I think the main thing in this decision is that apparently the Saturday games needed to be decided today, so teams could arrange their travel schedules, etc.

So while TEN/JAX might have been better for Sunday night, the NFL won't know the best other game until after tomorrow night's game. So they had to put TEN/JAX on Saturday night, then determine Sunday night after they see who wins BUF/CIN. If Buffalo wins, then BUF/NE looks like the best game.

Exactly. Total BS. But yet so NFL.

Why would one expect that? Just the opposite could be in play if one feels the league wants the Bills to be able to rest their starters. :shrug:

So what are all the potential impacts? Hard to keep track.

Who potentially benefits/loses if:

BUF wins today, KC wins Sat
BUF wins today, KC loses Sat
BUF loses today, KC wins Sat
BUF loses today, KC loses Sat

Chiefs Sunday noon - Saturday(6)
Bills,Bengals Mondaynight -Sunday(6)

Well shit. Not living in KC anymore for a long time, I don’t get to enough Chiefs games. I’ll be in Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, and I cleared my Sunday schedule to go to the Chiefs Raiders game. Now that they flexed it to Saturday afternoon, I can’t even watch the game, much less go to it with a full schedule of business meetings Saturday afternoon. **** you NFL.

Imagine being dumb enough to book a ticket without a date or game time set?

Pretty sure the date and time had been set as 1/8 and TBD.

I would've never fathomed they would've flexed the Chiefs/Raiders to the prior day given the advantage it gives some teams.

If you were a conspiracy guy, you know what they are setting up.......

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

I bet CES is awesome if you are just a normal person.

Working it would SUCK.

Saturday + a Bengals win tonight and I'm tempted to roll into town for this one.

Late afternoon game on Saturday.


Might as well dig a grave for me now.

Peter King:

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

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&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lions</a>-<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Packers</a> on SNF <a href="https://t.co/JYTxvilyEW">pic.twitter.com/JYTxvilyEW</a></p>&mdash; 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:

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.

So, money (viewership) talks, imagine that.

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

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.

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:

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.

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.

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

If the Chiefs lose then the Bills probably end up with the bye I don’t think the Bills would give their starters two weeks off because that could come back to bite them.

This true. However, once the NFL made the decision to not have the Jags vs Titans game on SNF, it opened up scenarios where the least likely team to change much of anything would be Detroit. If Seattle wins, Detroit will have somewhat of an emotional let down but it's not like Detroit will sit players or whatever. They still have a chance to knock the Packers out of the playoffs, have a winning record for the first time in years, and create momentum and something to build on for next season.

It's far from ideal but the NFL doesn't really care and I'm guessing the number of people who say "this is really unfair to the Seahawks so I'm not watching" is zero.

If the Bills win tonight, we’re guaranteed to at least have the 2 seed and realistically no shot of having the 1. Reid could treat Saturday’s game as a bye week and rest everyone, which isn’t a terrible idea considering the players we have that are banged up.

Honestly the novelty of CES wears off pretty quickly. Seeing all the same shit from Sony and Samsung every year kind of runs together. I go with a purpose - walking around to see random shit isn’t worth the trouble. I go to meet with clients and partners in a bunch of brief 1:1 meetings. I find it to be productive. I start setting up meetings in November.

Working CES on the floor would definitely require enormous feats of endurance. In my younger days as an employee of larger tech companies I did that sort of thing and it is definitely draining.

We'll probably get Cheffers. He'll keep it close.