NFL releases Week 18 schedule
With seeding, and playoff spots, up for grabs in Week 18 the ultimate week of the NFL season is full of crucial video games.
The league has simply launched the schedule for the ultimate slate of the 12 months. Listed below are the video games.
Saturday, January 7
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders 4:30 p.m. ET ABC/ESPN
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars 8:15 p.m. ET ABC/ESPN
Week 18 kicks off on Saturday with a pair of AFC video games. First, the Chiefs are chasing the highest seed within the AFC, and the lone first-round bye within the convention, and a win over their AFC West rivals on Saturday may clinch that for Kansas Metropolis.
Then, the AFC South might be determined when the Jaguars host the Titans. The winner secures the division, together with the fourth seed within the AFC. There’s a state of affairs the place the Titans can win the division, however the Jaguars again into the playoffs because the seventh seed in the event that they get a variety of assist. Tennessee can solely qualify for the playoffs because the winners of the division.
Sunday, January 8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons 1:00 p.m. ET FOX
Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts 1:00 p.m. ET CBS
New England Patriots at Buffalo Payments 1:00 p.m. ET CBS
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins 1:00 p.m. ET FOX
Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears 1:00 p.m. ET FOX
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints 1:00 p.m. ET FOX
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 p.m. ET CBS
Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 or 4:25 p.m. ET CBS
New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles 4:25 p.m. ET CBS
Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos 4:25 p.m. ET CBS
Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders 4:25 p.m. ET FOX
Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks 4:25 p.m. ET FOX
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers 4:25 p.m. ET FOX
Detroit Lions at Inexperienced Bay Packers 8:20 p.m. ET NBC
The sport between the Lions and the Packers has been flexed into Sunday Evening Soccer. Each of these groups are in playoff competition for the ultimate spot within the NFC, however there’s an fascinating twist to this recreation being put within the remaining spot of the season. The Lions are eradicated from playoff competition if the Seahawks beat the Cardinals. So if the Seahawks win on Sunday afternoon, the Lions can solely play the function of spoilers, stopping the Packers from clinching a playoff spot. Seattle is within the playoffs in the event that they beat Arizona, and the Lions beat the Packers.
Elsewhere, the NFL is probably going ready on the results of Monday evening’s recreation between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Buffalo Payments to resolve when to play the sport between the Ravens and the Bengals. If the Payments have been to beat the Bengals, then the sport between Cincinnati and Baltimore would resolve the AFC North.
If, nonetheless, the Bengals beat the Payments on Monday evening, they’d clinch the AFC North.
For a have a look at all the playoff situations, we now have you lined right here.
UPDATE: Following Payments security Damar Hamlin’s medical emergency throughout Monday Evening Soccer, the NFL introduced on Tuesday that the Week 17 recreation between the Payments and the Bengals wouldn’t be performed previous to the presently scheduled Week 18 video games. Moreover, in a memo despatched to all 32 groups, Commissioner Roger Goodell famous that the league has not “introduced any modifications” to the present Week 18 schedule. As of Tuesday afternoon, an replace has not been supplied on the time for the Bengals vs. Ravens recreation, which was dependent upon the end result between Cincinnati and Buffalo in Week 17.
We are going to replace this publish if additional alterations are made to the Week 18 schedule.
