WEEK 16 FLEX SCHEDULING:
CHARGERS-JETS MOVES TO 1:00 PM ON CBS; 49ERS-SEAHAWKS TO BE ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON DEC. 23
The Week 16 San Francisco 49ers-Seattle Seahawks game on Sunday, December 23 will be played at 8:20 PM ET on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, the NFL announced today. The San Diego Chargers-New York Jets game will move to 1:00 PM ET on CBS and the New York Giants-Baltimore Ravens game will move to 4:25 PM ET on FOX.
Following is the final Week 16 NFL schedule (changes bolded/italicized with asterisk):
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 (WEEK 16)
| ATLANTA AT DETROIT | 8:30 PM (ET) | ESPN |
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23
| OAKLAND AT CAROLINA | 1:00 PM (ET) | CBS |
| NEW ORLEANS AT DALLAS | 12:00 PM (CT) | FOX |
| TENNESSEE AT GREEN BAY | 12:00 PM (CT) | CBS |
| MINNESOTA AT HOUSTON | 12:00 PM (CT) | FOX |
| NEW ENGLAND AT JACKSONVILLE | 1:00 PM (ET) | CBS |
| INDIANAPOLIS AT KANSAS CITY | 12:00 PM (CT) | CBS |
| BUFFALO AT MIAMI | 1:00 PM (ET) | CBS |
| SAN DIEGO AT N.Y. JETS* | 1:00 PM (ET) | CBS |
| WASHINGTON AT PHILADELPHIA | 1:00 PM (ET) | FOX |
| CINCINNATI AT PITTSBURGH | 1:00 PM (ET) | CBS |
| ST. LOUIS AT TAMPA BAY | 1:00 PM (ET) | FOX |
| CLEVELAND AT DENVER | 2:05 PM (MT) | CBS |
| CHICAGO AT ARIZONA | 2:25 PM (MT) | FOX |
| N.Y. GIANTS AT BALTIMORE* | 4:25 PM (ET) | FOX |
| SAN FRANCISCO AT SEATTLE* | 5:20 PM (PT) | NBC |
The NFL utilizes “flexible scheduling” on Sundays in Weeks 11-17. Flexible scheduling will ensure 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 4:25 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.
