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Why does the league have to keep us waiting until the Texans/Steelers game is over to let us know what time each game will be? I would imagine, on Saturday, that Denver (Mountain Time) would get the first game and Seattle (Pacific) would get the second. For Sunday, the Pats (Atlantic) should get the first game and Chicago (Central) should get the second one - especially considering that it'll be the Rams visiting them. Make it the second game for the West Coast fans.

Actually surprised the Patriots arent the saturday night game?
They encamped there in Foxboro during the Belichick/Brady eras.
I still think if Jim Nantz calls the game, its a victory for NE, so I will be watching if CBS carries it.

Brian wolf wrote: ↑Mon Jan 12, 2026 9:18 pm Actually surprised the Patriots arent the saturday night game?
They encamped there in Foxboro during the Belichick/Brady eras.
I still think if Jim Nantz calls the game, its a victory for NE, so I will be watching if CBS carries it.

The winner of Steelers/Texans would automatically be playing on Sunday regardless of who they would have ended up playing. There's no way that team would be given a Monday - Saturday short week in the playoffs.

Yep, the NFL wanted the Steelers for sunday night, but the Texans went off-script.

Brian wolf wrote: ↑Tue Jan 13, 2026 12:44 pm Yep, the NFL wanted the Steelers for sunday night, but the Texans went off-script.

And now we have to pretend to care about Houston once again before their traditional divisional round el foldo