Well, it’s finally over. We didn’t think we would get here 17 weeks ago, but the NFL regular season has come and gone and all we have left are 11 regular-season games that truly matter and these playoff scenarios.
The good news is that we get a lot of football on Sunday so break out those multiple televisions, Sunday Ticket streams, and local HD antennae because we have all the football available on Sunday and not much more after that.
Everyone knows the Sunday night game features the Niners versus the Seahawks in Seattle. The other games you’ll get on Sunday are in the next few pages. Let’s check them out.
CBS Early Games (1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT)
█ LA Chargers @ Kansas City Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon
█ NY Jets @ Buffalo Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely
If New England wins its game on the early session of CBS’ NFL lineup, they will lock up the No. 2 seed. If the Patriots lose, it opens the door for Kansas City.
Fox Early Game (1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT)
█ New Orleans @ Carolina Kenny Albert, Ronde Barber
█ Chicago @ Minnesota Dick Stockton, Mark Schlereth
█ Atlanta @ Tampa Bay Tim Brando, Matt Millen
█ Cleveland @ Cincinnati Brandon Gaudin, Robert Smith
The Packers and Saints will be fighting for seeding in Fox’s early games. I’m still trying to figure out how Cleveland-Cincinnati ended up on the NFC channel, but a more fun question may be who wants to watch that game at all.
CBS Late Game (4:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. PT)
█ Tennessee @ Houston Jim Nantz, Tony Romo
█ Pittsburgh @ Baltimore Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts
█ Oakland @ Denver Andrew Catalon, James Lofton
█ Indianapolis @ Jacksonville Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta
The Texans will know if they have anything to play for before they take the field — or right about as they take the field. If the Chiefs win and Houston are stuck with the four-seed it’s probably best to sit anyone important by the end of the first quarter. Baltimore has already said they are sitting players so Pittsburgh gets an edge up on that race for the final see in the AFC. Oakland needs both Pittsburgh and Tennessee to lose.
Fox Late Game (4:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. PT)
█ Washington @ Dallas Joe Buck, Troy Aikman
█ Philadelphia @ NY Giants Thom Brennaman, Chris Spielman
█ Arizona @ LA Rams Chris Myers, Daryl Johnston
I don’t know why most of the country is getting Dallas-Washington when the Cowboys game relies on the Eagles losing their game to the Giants. That just shows that Dallas rules the roost for ratings.
