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No, it means you have to go to Heavy Kevi's sports bar to see it.

My apologies! Let's do it! Go Bills.

Nothing historical. Also, Bills in 1980 entering final week could have been 2 or out of the playoffs, but got 3.

All announcers revealed: (LOL....the article says: "Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Raiders, Jan. 7, FOX, 4:25 p.m.")

CLE-JAX would be the perfect Saturday Peacock game. Not big markets so as not to draw even more outrage from the country when they air on Peacock. As for not displeasing the Lions, there is evidence that the refs were not in error and Dan Cambell tried to trick them.

In 2007 when the Patriots were 15-0 and headed into the final week to play the Giants, the game was supposed to be Saturday on NFL Network. At the time, many people did not have NFL Network, and some cable companies did not even *offer* NFL Network. There was outrage that people would miss an potential undefeated season, so the decision was made to air the game on CBS and NBC as well.

Yeah, that's the thing. Until consumers stop buying, the the corporations will keep raising prices or engaging in "shrinkflation".

But the counterargument that the NFL would give is many fans at one point did not get NFL Network, or Amazon Prime.

If you play Game 272, you can still play on Saturday for the WC. Take 2021: Chargers-Raiders - Game 272 Raiders-Bengals - Saturday Wild Card (4:30 PM) That being said, it is unlikely Bills will play on Peacock again. NBC wants new subscribers. They already got the Buffalo and LA subscribers, who still have their initial month, or who forgot to unsubscribe.

UPDATE 3: All CBS announcers:

Absolutely insane! I can function on 4-5 hours sleep for one day, but I need 7-8 hours, at least, each night to be at my best. For your case, let's hope the Bills get afternoon Wild Card and Divisional games. For the Super Bowl, I can't help with that!

I feel bad for you guys (and anyone else in Europe) watching the primetime games here. In other countries in different longitudes that follow the NFL, like Australia , those games are on in the afternoons. Being in Nevada here in the western US, I like to complain that the London and Germany games start at 6:30 AM here, but that is nothing compared to the UK. Might be better for you to DVR the game, and then watch first thing in the morning if you don't have to work then.

Very much possible since Kugler's team tends to do west coast games when possible. So SEA-AZ or LAR-SF.

For your FOX predictions: DEN-LV gets the number 7 team (probably Faust/Quinn) since neither team is in the playoffs. FOX, more so than CBS, goes by the big games getting the best teams. DAL-WASH merits one of the top teams given the playoff implications for Dallas (division title) TB-CAR also merits one of the top teams given TB can win the division here (win and in) SEA-AZ gets a middle of the pack broadcast team. AZ is out, and SEA can make the playoffs with a win and GB loss, but they are only playing for the 7th seed. MIN-DET and LAR-SF - both merit a good team but not the top given MIN will have a hard time making the playoffs (they need Win at Lions AND Packers loss to Bears AND Seahawks loss to Cardinals AND Saints loss to Falcons) and Detroit is pretty much locked into the 3 seed. LAR is either the 6th or 7th seed and SF is the one seed. For your CBS predictions, besides what I mentioned in my previous post, ATL-NO deserves a better team than Dedes et al, as the both playing for the NFC South title (with a TB loss), as well as NO playing for a WC too if they don't get the title (with Win at Falcons AND Packers loss to Bears AND Seahawks loss to Cardinals). KC-LAC get a lower team given that KC is locked into the 3 seeds and LAC is out. TB-CAR should get one of the top team given the playoff implication mentioned in my previous post and will be more distributed, whereas DEN-LV is of no interests to anyone except in those markets. They will get the number 7 ("alternate") team as I mentioned.

For CBS, GB-CHI is huge since it is win and in for GB and there us a big following for both teams. They are worthy of a top broadcast team. PHL-NYG is also big. Huge markets and Philly is fighting for the division title with Dallas. Also worthy of a top broadcast team. JAX-TN also is big, but less so given the market size, but JAX is fighting for the division. They were assigned the C-team of Harlan and Green. CLE-CIN is meaningless. CLE is locked in at 5. CIN is out. I will comment on the rest of your post when I get home (at the gym now).

UPDATE 2: CBS Early: Jacksonville at Tennessee (C) Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins [per CBS Sports internal sources - to be announced shortly] Confirmed from CBS internal sources: CBS Late: A-team of Nantz and Romo and B-team of Eagle and Davis have NOT been assigned yet. One of them will be at the Meadowlands for PHI-NYG and the other will be on CHI-GB.

Former Bills head coach Wade Phillips os coaching Birmingham:

UPDATE: Saturday Game I - ABC/ESPN Saturday, January 6 - 4:30 PM ET: Pittsburgh at Baltimore (B) Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky, Laura Rutledge Saturday Game II - ABC/ESPN Saturday, January 6 - 8:15 PM ET: Houston at Indianapolis (A) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters See press release linked in tweet below:

The maps this week will most certainly be late. Last year the FOX maps came out on the Wednesday, but late, at about 4 PM ET (and even then, they were not all pushed out). They usually come out around 9:30-10:30 AM. And the CBS maps came out Thursday, around 9 AM. So you can expect more of the same this week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the fourth time this year we have had the NBC crew of Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, and Melissa Start. Previous we had them at home Week 6 vs. the New York Giants, on the road Week 9 at Cincinnati, and on the road Week 16 at the Los Angeles Chargers. We are 2-1 this year with them announcing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Note 1: Both networks have doubleheaders this week [Note 2: There is *no* more ManningCast until Super Wild Card Weekend.] [Note 3: There is no Amazon Prime Video TNF or ESPN MNF game this week, but there are two ESPN/ABC Saturday games at 4:30 and 8:15 PM ET.] [Note 4: There are no regular season more byes left this year.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NFL Week 18, 2023 - January 7, 2024 NATIONAL BROADCASTS: Saturday Game I - ABC/ESPN Saturday, January 6 - 4:30 PM ET: Pittsburgh at Baltimore (B) Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky, Laura Rutledge Saturday Game II - ABC/ESPN Saturday, January 6 - 8:15 PM ET: Houston at Indianapolis (A) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters SNF (Game 272) - NBC Sunday, January 7 - 8:20 PM ET: Buffalo at Miami Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBS Early Sunday, January 7 - 1 PM ET: Jacksonville at Tennessee (C) Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins Atlanta at New Orleans (D) Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan, AJ Ross Cleveland at Cincinnati (F) Tom McCarthy, James Lofton, Jay Feely, Tiffany Blackmon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBS Late Sunday, January 7 - 4:25 PM ET: Chicago at Green Bay (A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson Philadelphia at New York Giants (B) Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn Kansas City at Los Angeles Chargers (E) Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta Aditi Kinkhabwala ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX Early Sunday, January 7 - 1 PM ET: Minnesota at Detroit (B) Joe Davis, Darly Johnston, Pam Oliver Tampa Bay at Carolina Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake New York Jets at New England (F) Chris Myers, Robert Smith, Jen Hale ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX Late Sunday, January 7 - 4:25 PM ET: Dallas at Washington (A) Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco (C) Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink Seattle at Arizona Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin Denver at Las Vegas Jason Benetti, Matt Millen, Megan Olivi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byes: None ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You're not old, unless you can remember when Noll was their coach (and Terry was their QB), like I do!

It sucks for Miami. They are horrible on SNF and primetime.

Anything goes, so no. Take 2021: Game 272: Chargers-Raiders, Saturday WC 4:30 PM: Raiders-Bengals.