Thursday, December 15
Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons, 8:20 p.m.

Saturday, December 17
Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday, December 18
Cincinnati Bengals at St. Louis Rams, 1 p.m.
Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m.
Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m.
Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m.
Washington Redskins at New York Giants, 1 p.m.
Carolina Panthers at Houston Texans, 1 p.m.
New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m.
Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m.

Detroit Lions at Oakland Raiders, 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland Browns at Arizona Cardinals, 4:15 p.m.
New England Patriots at Denver Broncos, 4:15 p.m.
New York Jets at Philadelphia Eagles, 4:15 p.m.

Baltimore Ravens at San Diego Chargers, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, December 19
Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers, 8:30 p.m.

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Games we get in bold and blue. No doubleheader on Sunday for Chicago area.

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steelers at niners is the game of the week; but sunday night's is intriguing as well.

NBC Sports reportedly lobbied the NFL to get Patriots/Broncos on "Sunday Night Football" instead of Ravens/Chargers, even though that game also has AFC playoff meaning for both teams.

Here's what happened. CBS Sports, which normally carries Sunday afternoon AFC games, lost a Broncos/Vikings' game 2 weeks ago to FOX Sports when NBC used its flex to get out of the originally scheduled "SNF" game. That was originally Colts/Patriots, but because Indianapolis got hammered in a previous game in New Orleans and hasn't won 1 game yet with Peyton Manning out, NBC ended up broadcasting Lions/Saints instead. Apparently, CBS didn't want to lose Tim Tebow and the Broncos for a third straight week and Patriots' owner Robert Kraft didn't want his team to be playing on Sunday night. Kraft happens to be on the NFL's TV committee, and CBS decided to protect this upcoming Pats/Broncos' matchup. It'll be available in about 78% of U.S. homes, and CBS will get a big rating as lead-in to its iconic newsmagazine "60 Minutes" and the season finale of "Survivor" Sunday night in prime time.

As for Ravens/Chargers, there's a degree of appeal when San Diego blew out Jacksonville on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" 2 weeks ago. The Chargers still have a chance to win the AFC West, if you can believe it.

not enough nfc east this week.

Something tells me that Giants/Cowboys' game in Week 17 might be the finale of NBC's "Sunday Night Football" regular season in the Meadowlands. That first game in Arlington, TX was a doozy.

Interesting. You have omitted your usual comment about Eli Manning being "Rex Grossman with a Super Bowl ring."

Do you stand by that comment, or are you prepared to issue an apology?

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The Cowboys/Giants' game could very well determine the NFC East title, and NBC might very well air that game to wrap the regular season. As for the Eli Manning/Rex Grossman reference, sorry to disappoint you. I have very little trust in Manning, let alone his counterpart, the Cowboys' Tony Romo.

There are no primetime games in week 17, SHARK. They want all of the playoff teams to have the same amount of time off.

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You have repeatedly made an absurd comment about Eli Manning, and I was giving you the option of:

a. Graciously retracting it; or
b. Continuing the madness

I look forward to your response.

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We went through this last year too, but...

...there will be a Sunday night game the last week...it's listed as "TBD" on the NBC schedule right now.

Exactly....

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The final "Sunday Night Football" game of the season likely has to be with playoff implications. The NFC West wasn't determined until the final Sunday night game, which explained how NBC got the Rams/Seahawks' game to conclude the regular season a year ago. I have a hunch that the Cowboys/Giants' game might still have meaning. I have little trust in either Eli Manning or Tony Romo. Both guys are terribly inconsistent!

last road test for the saints, who according to payton are "focused" on the vikes and not looking forward to their next game, which is the biggest game for them of the year as far as the division.

this has been a piss poor road team and it's inexplicable since they've played dome road games and in good weather outdoors. they just look dead out there when they're not in the superdome.

Eli playing like, well, Eli. Dude is playing awful.

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Sean Payton is a dbag. 1st and goal from the 1 and he passes.

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Packers looking brutal in the 1st half. Rodgers being out played by Orton, mercy.

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Thanks for showing up in the 1st half, Packers and Giants.

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Giants wetting the bed big time at home against a bad Redskins team. You can always count on the Giants to suck the week after a big win.

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Eli and the defense have a hard time building on success. Grossman is looking like Rodgers.

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Rodgers looks like dogshit today. No zip on his passes at all and very inaccurate.

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Killing alot of teams in fantasy playoffs, him and Eli. Announcers made it sound like the wind might be knocking down some of Rodgers passes.

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Teams in fantasy playoffs being killed by Eli, Rodgers, and Johnson today.

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Pretty pathetic, 7 points by Packers and 3 by Giants

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Thanks for showing up for bad teams today, Pack and Giants.

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Mea culpa.

Can Sam Hurd get this "team" some lithium?

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Tebow with a nice td run there.

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Patriots defense is going to make Tebow look Great today.

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Good to see Sanchez is back to being Sanchez today

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