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NFL moves Chiefs vs. Chargers Week 17 game to afternoon slate

The NFL has flexed the Chiefs-Chargers Week 17 game to a different time slot and network.

The NFL has announced changes to the Week 17 schedule and the Kansas City Chiefs are losing their last early game of the season.

The Chiefs are now set to host the Chargers at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday, Jan. 3 at Arrowhead Stadium. The game was originally scheduled for a noon kickoff, but it’ll now be played among several games set to be played in the afternoon slate. The game was also originally scheduled to be broadcasted on CBS, but will now be broadcasted on FOX instead.

This means Kansas City will have played just five games during the early slate in the entirety of the 2020 NFL season. If there was more tailgating at Arrowhead Stadium this year, fans would likely be irate by the move.

Here’s a look at the NFL’s new schedule for Week 17:

The NFL typically uses flexible scheduling to ensure that games with playoff implications are played during prime-viewing times. After the Chiefs locked up the No. 1 seed in Week 16, this game is essentially meaningless for Kansas City. They likely won’t even play their starters this week, so the move makes little sense in that regard.

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Detroit Lions Week 14 game versus Packers flexed to late afternoon

Detroit Lions Week 14 game versus the Green Bay Packers has been flexed to the afternoon, and will now be played at 4:25 p.m. EST.

All of the sudden, the Detroit Lions are in demand.

After flexing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lions Week 16 game to Saturday, December 25th, the NFL has decided to flex the Lions Week 14 game (December 13th) versus the Green Bay Packers to 4:25 p.m. EST. The game will be aired on FOX, as is traditional for this divisional matchup.

The Lions will join a group of afternoon games that features the Atlanta Falcons at LA Chargers, New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Football Team at San Francisco 49ers.

After firing coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn over the weekend, the Lions are surprisingly getting some attention, as people are likely interested in the shakeup, but the fact that quarterback Aaron Rodgers has the Packers in the Playoff hunt is likely the bigger draw.