Sunday Nights are for football
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“Sunday Night Football” has become iconic much in the way “Monday Night Football” was for decades. Now, Sunday is the place to be. What teams will have spots in the spotlight in 2022? Let’s take a look…
NFL Week 1
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Thursday: Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams
Sunday: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys
NFL Week 2
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Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
NFL Week 3
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San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos
NFL Week 4
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Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NFL Week 5
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Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens
NFL Week 6
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Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
NFL Week 7
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Pittsburgh Steelers at Miami Dolphins
NFL Week 8
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Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills
NFL Week 9
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Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs
NFL Week 10
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Los Angeles Chargers at San Francisco 49ers
NFL Week 11
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Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers
NFL Week 12
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Thanksgiving Thursday: New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings
Sunday: Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles
NFL Week 13
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Indianapolis Colts at Dallas Cowboys
NFL Week 14
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Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos
NFL Week 15
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New England Patriots at Las Vegas Raiders
NFL Week 16
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arizona Cardinals
NFL Week 17
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Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles Chargers
NFL Week 18
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TBD
Flex appeal
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“Flexible scheduling” will be used in Weeks 11-18. Additionally, in Weeks 5-10, flexible scheduling may be used for no more than two weeks. In Weeks 5-17, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time.
For Week 18, two Saturday games and the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to January 9. The schedule does not list Saturday games or a Sunday night game in Week 18, but games with playoff implications will be moved to those time slots. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives “surprise” teams a chance to play their way into primetime.