chongli Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) Due to the weather emergency, the PIT-BUF game has been postponed by the NFL until Mondy, January 15 at 4:30 PM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are 3-1 with Nantz and Romo calling our games this year: Week 4 vs. Miami (win) then three weeks in a row for us: Week 11 vs. New York Jets (win) Week 12 at Philadelphia (loss) [Week 13 bye] Week 14 at Kansas City (win) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Wild Card Capsules.pdf NFL Super Wild Card Weekend presented by Verizon 2023 - January 13-15, 2024 Saturday Games: Saturday Late - NBC Saturday, January 13 - 4:30 PM ET: Cleveland at Houston (B) Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen Saturday Primetime - Peacock Saturday, January 13 - 8:00 PM ET: Miami at Kansas City Mike Tirico, Jason Garrett, Kaylee Hartung [simulcasts: WTVJ (NBC/6) Miami and KSHB (NBC/41) Kansas City] [Also announced during the BUF-MIA game that NBC affiliates for the two teams will simulcast the game] [Peacock broadcast team was supposed to be the TNF Amazon Prime crew originally (as NBC produces those games for Amazon), but NBC decided to not use Al Michales since he does do well with new play-by-play analysts (viz. the disaster with Tony Dungy last season in the Wild Card) and Kirk Herbstreit was prohibited for contractual reasons). Also, Chris Collinsworth would have worked with Al Michaels, but Collinsworth does not like to do back-to-back games] [both NBC/Peacock Saturday games confirmed by Noah Eagle in paywalled article by Richard Deitsch in The Athletic:] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday Games: Sunday Early - CBS Sunday, January 14 - 1 PM ET: Pittsburgh at Buffalo (A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Jay Feely, Tracy Wolfson [postponed by the NFL until Monday, January 15 at 4:30 PM ET] Sunday Late - FOX Sunday, January 14 - 4:30 PM ET: Green Bay at Dallas (A) Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi Sunday Primetime - NBC Sunday, January 14 - 8:00 PM ET: Los Angeles Rams at Detroit (A) Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark [confirmed by Andrew Marchand in NY Post article 12/12:] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday Games: Monday Late - CBS Monday, January 15 - 4:30 PM ET: Pittsburgh at Buffalo (A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Jay Feely, Tracy Wolfson Monday Primetime - ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Sunday, January 14 - 8:00 PM ET: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge [ManningCast on ESPN2: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning] =================================================================== UK and Ireland: https://www.skysports.com/watch/nfl-on-sky https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/ Saturday Games: Saturday Late Saturday, January 13 - 9:30 PM GMT: Cleveland at Houston Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Saturday Primetime Sunday, January 14 - 1:00 AM GMT: Miami at Kansas City Sky Sports NFL only Sunday Games: Sunday Early Sunday, January 14 - 6:00 PM GMT: Pittsburgh at Buffalo Sky Sports NFL; Sky Sports Main Event joined in progress at 7:30 PM [postponed until Monday] Sunday Late Sunday, January 14 - 9:25 PM GMT: Green Bay at Dallas Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Sunday Primetime Monday, January 15 - 1:00 AM GMT: Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Monday Games: Monday Late Monday, January 15 - 9:30 PM GMT: Pittsburgh at Buffalo Sky Sports NFL; Sky Sports Main Event joined in progress at either 10 or 10:30 PM most likely Monday Primetime Tuesday, January 16 - 1:00 AM GMT: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Notes: TV: Sky Sports Main Event will not have MIA-KC due to boxing from Quebec, and will join PIT-BUF in progress after Man United vs Tottenham in the Premier League. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia: All games on both ESPN and 7mate: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand: All games on both ESPN and TVNZ+ (free stream): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited January 14 by chongli 2 4 Quote
chongli Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 (edited) NBC/Peacock has three wild card games this year, but next year (2024): Wild Card: 2 CBS 1 FOX 1 NBC 1 ABC/ESPN 1 game for bid to the highest bidder (unless Amazon reached certain viewership thresholds, which they didn't) Peacock and Amazon, as well as the other networks, are in the running for this game for bid. Edited January 8 by chongli Quote
chongli Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 (edited) 3-person booth just confirmed for Pittsburgh at Buffalo on CBS! [EDIT: I am told Feely may be the sideline "kicking expert".] Edited January 8 by chongli Quote
Fetou Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Love it. Although would prefer Romo not declare us winners until :00 on the clock after the 13 second debacle 2 1 Quote
Jerome007 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 So weird to have a game on Sunday at 1 PM ha ha. Yet it's still... prime time. The Bills sure have been featured this year by the league! 1 Quote
chongli Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 (edited) 5 minutes ago, BBFL said: Bucs/Eagles is a weird choice for prime time MNF. The NFL prefers a 4v5 matchup for the Monday WC since that way only the 1 seed is left in the dark who their opponent will be after Sunday. If it is 2v7 or 3v6, everyone in that conference is held hostage until 11:30 PM Monday. Edited January 8 by chongli 3 1 Quote
Fan in Chicago Posted January 8 Posted January 8 29 minutes ago, chongli said: 3-person booth just confirmed for Pittsburgh at Buffalo on CBS! [EDIT: I am told Feely may be the sideline "kicking expert".] Romo just loves calling a Allen game. I wonder if he gives up paycheck money to preferentially call Bills games 😃 1 Quote
BBFL Posted January 8 Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, chongli said: The NFL prefers a 4v5 matchup for Monday WC since that way only the 1 seed is left in the dark who their opponent will be after Sunday. If it is 2v7 or 3v6, everyone in that conference is held hostage until 11:30 PM Monday. Thanks, makes sense when put in that verbiage. 1 Quote
RiotAct Posted January 8 Posted January 8 That’s pretty crazy the first 3 games of WCW are all the AFC games. 1 1 Quote
Rubes Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Early weather report: 24 degrees, 34% chance of snow, 17 mph winds. Ugh… 1 Quote
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted January 8 Posted January 8 So, Tirico is going doing back-to-back and Collinsworth isn't because "he doesn't like to"? Well F that guy then. 1 Quote
RiotAct Posted January 8 Posted January 8 3 minutes ago, Rubes said: Early weather report: 24 degrees, 34% chance of snow, 17 mph winds. Ugh… Perfect football weather!!! Builds character. 1 Quote
chongli Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 Just now, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: So, Tirico is going doing back-to-back and Collinsworth isn't because "he doesn't like to"? Well F that guy then. Yep...glad you noticed that. If Collisworth had said yes, then NBC could have brought in Al Michaels, who Michaels works well with,. Collinsworth is a wus, lol! 1 Quote
Billznut Posted January 8 Posted January 8 With the other two AFC games being played Saturday before ours on Sunday, we will know our next opponent instantly and not have to wait. 1 Quote
BRH Posted January 8 Posted January 8 8 minutes ago, Rubes said: Early weather report: 24 degrees, 34% chance of snow, 17 mph winds. Ugh… Should have built a dome 🤣 1 Quote
chongli Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 9 minutes ago, RiotAct said: That’s pretty crazy the first 3 games of WCW are all the AFC games. Yeah, it is. The AFC South champion usually gets the lowest viewed Saturday late afternoon game, since the entire division consists of small markets. That slot is playfully dubbed the "Houston Texans Invitational". And the NFL apparently wanted a big name to force people to subscribe to Peacock Saturday evening...hence KC. They wanted to reserve the much coveted Dallas for late Sunday, the biggest rating window...so FOX had to get that one. And they had to throw CBS a bone, so they gave them Pittsburgh (a huge rating draw) Sunday early (FOX and CBS were set to have Sunday afternoon, the only thing to be determined was which network got what slot). Quote
Big Turk Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Hope they bring their winter coats. Early forecast is a high of 25 with snow showers and winds 15-25 mph. Good luck with that Mason Rudolph and Steelers kicker/punter. 1 Quote
Saxum Posted January 8 Posted January 8 2 hours ago, chongli said: NBC/Peacock has three wild card games this year, but next year (2024): Wild Card: 2 CBS 1 FOX 1 NBC 1 ABC/ESPN 1 game for bid to the highest bidder (unless Amazon reached certain viewership thresholds, which they didn't) Peacock and Amazon, as well as the other networks, are in the running for this game for bid. FOX should ask for refund. 1 Quote
chongli Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 Just now, Limeaid said: FOX should ask for refund. Haha...yeah, there is a semi-rotation though, and only some is known by the public, the the NFL and networks being tight-lipped. I'll post more about this when I have more time. Quote
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