With simply three days to go till Week 16 kicks off, the NFL has determined to make some last-second modifications to the schedule. The league will not be flexing any video games out of prime time, however the NFL did determine to make two tweaks to the schedule for the upcoming week of motion.
The league made two modifications on Monday with the most important one involving the Buffalo Bills. The Bills’ dwelling sport in opposition to the Patriots was initially purported to kick off at 1 p.m. ET on CBS, however that has now been flexed to 4:25 p.m. ET and it’ll keep on CBS.
The transfer signifies that a a lot bigger portion of the nation will now get to see the Bills, who’re coming off a wild upset over the Detroit Lions in Week 15. Josh Allen totaled 430 yards and 4 touchdowns in Buffalo’s 48-42 victory. Allen is the chances on favourite to win the MVP and this may very well be the ultimate time this season many of the nation will get to see him play. In Week 17, the Bills play at 1 p.m. ET. In Week 18, the Bills might be enjoying the Patriots once more and though the kickoff time is not set, it will not be shocking in the event that they kick off at 1 p.m. ET once more.
The NFL additionally made one other flex and it is a transfer which may have set some type of file: Cleveland at Cincinnati has been moved from Fox to CBS, which suggests this sport has now been scheduled for 3 completely different networks.
When the schedule got here out, the Bengals had been initially purported to play host to the Browns in a Thursday night time sport on Prime Video in Week 16, however with each groups struggling, Browns-Bengals grew to become the primary sport in NFL historical past to get flexed out of Thursday night time. At the time, the NFL moved the sport from Thursday night time to 1 p.m. ET on Fox, however now, it will likely be 1 p.m. ET on CBS.
