The Detroit Lions are getting another Nationally televised game but this time it’s adjacent to a holiday instead of on one.
The NFL has flexed the Lions Week 16 game versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Saturday, December 26th at 1:00 p.m. EST and will be aired on the NFL Network and local broadcast stations.
The Lions will be the first of three games played that day, the NFL announced, with the San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals game airing at 4:30 pm EST, and Miami Dolphins at Las Vegas Raiders at 8:15 pm EST will wrap up the day.
After firing coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn over the weekend, this is not a game that would be typically be flexed to a national spotlight, but with Tom Brady and a loaded Buccaneers roster coming to Detroit with Playoff aspirations, the NFL jumped at an opportunity to get them some more television time.
