The Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals game next Sunday has been "flexed" from its originally scheduled time of 1pm to 4:15pm. Below is the full press release noting all the changes to week 17, the final and in many instances, a key week of the 2011 NFL season:
The Week 17 Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants game on Sunday, January 1 will be played at 8:20 PM ET on NBC, the Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns games will move to 4:15 PM ET on CBS and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons game will move to 4:15 PM ET on FOX, the NFL announced today. Game times for the Chicago Bears-Minnesota Vikings and Carolina Panthers-New Orleans Saints afternoon games on FOX will be announced following results of the Week 16 Sunday and Monday night games.
Following is the Week 17 NFL schedule (asterisk and bold/italics represents changed game time, **denotes game time pending outcome of Sunday and Monday night games):
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 (WEEK 17)
DETROIT AT GREEN BAY |
12:00 PM (CT) |
FOX |
TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON |
12:00 PM (CT) |
CBS |
INDIANAPOLIS AT JACKSONVILLE |
1:00 PM (ET) |
CBS |
N.Y. JETS AT MIAMI |
1:00 PM (ET) |
CBS |
BUFFALO AT NEW ENGLAND |
1:00 PM (ET) |
CBS |
WASHINGTON AT PHILADELPHIA |
1:00 PM (ET) |
FOX |
SAN FRANCISCO AT ST. LOUIS |
12:00 PM (CT) |
FOX |
CHICAGO AT MINNESOTA** |
TBD |
FOX |
CAROLINA AT NEW ORLEANS** |
TBD |
FOX |
SEATTLE AT ARIZONA |
2:15 PM (MT) |
FOX |
TAMPA BAY AT ATLANTA* |
4:15 PM (ET) |
FOX |
BALTIMORE AT CINCINNATI* |
4:15 PM (ET) |
CBS |
PITTSBURGH AT CLEVELAND* |
4:15 PM (ET) |
CBS |
KANSAS CITY AT DENVER |
2:15 PM (MT) |
CBS |
SAN DIEGO AT OAKLAND |
1:15 PM (PT) |
CBS |
DALLAS AT N.Y. GIANTS* |
8:20 PM (ET) |
NBC |
The NFL utilizes "flexible scheduling" on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and 17 to ensure quality matchups in all NFL Sunday time slots.