After all, the Green Bay Packers will play a Sunday afternoon game against the Chicago Bears in Week 18, but it will be no ordinary afternoon game.
TheNFL announced the final week of the regular season and moved the Miami Dolphins-Buffalo Bills game to Sunday Night Football, the game that will decide the AFC East title. The Packers-Bears rivalry game at Lambeau Field begins at 3:25 PM CT (4:25 PM ET).If the Packers win, they will advance to the playoffs with 9 wins and 8 losses. A loss would require a difficult combination of results to qualify.
The Bills-Dolphins game was an obvious choice for Sunday Night Football. Because this game will decide the division title. But the Packers still had a chance to move the game to Saturday. Due to the difficulty of a quick transition from Sunday night to Saturday, the NFL decided to keep the NFC North matchup on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday’s games are Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans vs. Indianapolis Colts. Interestingly, another NFC North game between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings will be played at noon CT.
