Jonathan Vilma on the call for FOX broadcast of Saints-Panthers

Jonathan Vilma is on the call for FOX’s broadcast of Week 14’s Saints-Panthers game:

Jonathan Vilma is coming back to the Caesars Superdome. The fan-favorite former New Orleans Saints linebacker is on the call for this week’s game broadcast, offering analysis from the FOX Sports booth with Kenny Albert on play-by-play and Shannon Spake reporting from the field. Kickoff with the Carolina Panthers is scheduled for Noon CT/1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Dec. 10.

Vilma knows Dennis Allen well; the Saints head coach worked on staff as their defensive backs coach on the Super Bowl XLIV-winning team. So he’s likely going to offer some well-informed analysis during the game.

The Saints can’t afford another loss, especially to the one-win Panthers. Allen’s team has fallen into a three-game losing skid (briefly interrupted by their bye week) that put them in third-place in the NFC South, widely regarded as the worst division in pro football. Here’s hoping Vilma can share his take on a much-needed win for New Orleans.

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Lions vs. Saints draws a de facto national broadcast

It’s not technically a national broadcast, but most of the country will get the Lions and Saints in the early broadcast window

This Sunday’s matchup between the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints is not a national broadcast. However, the vast majority of the country will get the game in the early afternoon broadcast window.

The game is one of three for FOX Sports in the 1 p.m. ET time slot. Joe Davis and Darryl Johnston will be on the call, and chances are it will be available in your area if you liv in Michigan or anywhere south and west of Detroit.

If you live anywhere in the red areas of the map (courtesy 506 Sports), the Lions-Saints game will be on your local FOX affiliate.

The markets in blue are showing the Commanders vs. Dolphins, while the green ones will carry the Falcons vs. Jets matchup. With the Bears and Vikings both on the bye week, it leaves much of the nation for the Lions to roam. aint

Week 13 NFL broadcast maps: Will your local station carry Saints-Lions?

Week 13 NFL broadcast maps: Will your local station carry Saints-Lions?

Will your local TV station carry Week 12’s matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions? The latest broadcast map projections from 506 Sports have the game being covered throughout most of the west as well as in the neighboring states of the hometown markets. The game will be the most televised game of the early window on Sunday.

This week’s game will be broadcast on FOX, with kickoff scheduled for Noon CT. Joe Davis and Daryl Johnston will call the game from the booth, with sideline reporter Pam Oliver checking in from the field. Areas marked in red on this map (plus Alaska) are showing the Saints-Lions game, while those in blue will see the Dolphins-Commanders tilt and the regions in blue are covering Falcons-Jets:

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FOX assigns the same broadcast crew to Saints’ Week 13 game as in Week 12

FOX Sports broadcasters Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston, and Pam Oliver are being subjected to even more of Derek Carr’s offense. They’re on the call again in Week 13:

FOX Sports broadcasters Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston, and Pam Oliver are being subjected to even more of Derek Carr’s offense. They’re on the call again for Week 13’s New Orleans Saints game after hosting last week’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

It wasn’t an easy game to watch, full of disappointing Saints drives ending without touchdowns and injuries to key players. Hopefully their next assignment will be more entertaining. The Detroit Lions (8-3) will visit the Saints (5-6) on Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Caesars Superdome with kickoff scheduled for Noon CT/1 p.m. ET. It’ll be interesting to see how Davis, Johnson, and Oliver’s perspectives are influenced by having covered the Saints so recently.

The Saints’ season will not be over with a loss, but they can’t afford to drop many more games. With the wild card race shaping up without them, New Orleans’ playoff hopes rest on winning the NFC South, and an upset against Detroit would go a long way to building confidence in their ability to go the distance. Carr must play at a higher level and guide the offense into the end zone after coming up short on five trips into the red zone a week ago.

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Jaguars vs. Texans broadcast map: Where will the game be on TV?

What areas will have the Jaguars vs. Texans on their local TV station?

The Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans will play for the top spot in the AFC South on Sunday, but not everybody will be able to watch.

While two of the Jaguars’ first three games of December are scheduled to be nationally televised primetime matchups, the consequential divisional duel in Houston will only be on in about 11 states.

In-market fans will have the Jaguars’ Week 12 road game at EverBank Stadium on their local CBS affiliate and can stream the game on fuboTV.

Andrew Catalon will be on play-by-play coverage in the booth with Tiki Barber and Matt Ryan providing analysis.

Fans in the blue area on the map below will have the Jaguars vs. Texans game on their local CBS station at 1 p.m. ET, according to 506sports.com:

For the majority of the country, it’ll be the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals (highlighted in red) on CBS at 1 p.m. ET.

Those who aren’t in an area highlighted blue will need NFL Sunday Ticket, now offered by YouTube, to watch the Jaguars as an out-of-market game.

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Week 12’s Saints-Falcons matchup will reach a large audience

Week 12’s Saints-Falcons matchup will reach a large audience, with coverage extending beyond the Southeast and up the Mississippi River to Minnesota:

You’ve got a good chance at catching the New Orleans Saints’ matchup with the Atlanta Falcons this week. The latest broadcast coverage maps from 506 Sports has the noon kickoff showing in both teams’ home markets and a swath of the Midwest running all the way up the Mississippi River to Minnesota — plus far-removed locales like Las Vegas, plus television footprints in central Michigan and large parts of Virginia.

See for yourself whether you’ll be able to tune in for the next chapter in the NFL’s most entertaining rivalry series. Areas receiving coverage for the Saints-Falcons game on FOX are represented in red on the map below:

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Jaguars vs. Titans broadcast map: Where will the game be on TV?

What areas will have the Jaguars vs. Titans on their local TV station?

The Jacksonville Jaguars weren’t hard to find on television last week against the San Francisco 49ers. In hindsight, they probably wish that wasn’t the case.

It won’t be the same Sunday when they play the Tennessee Titans. Only pockets of viewers in the Jacksonville area, Tennessee, and areas surrounding Tennessee will have the AFC South matchup on their local channel.

In-market fans will have the Jaguars’ Week 11 home game at EverBank Stadium on their local CBS affiliate and can stream the game on fuboTV.

Spero Dedes will be on play-by-play coverage in the booth with Adam Archuleta providing analysis.

Fans in the green area on the map below will have the Jaguars vs. Titans game on their local CBS station at 1 p.m. ET, according to 506sports.com:

For more than half the country, it’ll be the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns (highlighted in red) on CBS at 1 p.m. ET.

Those who aren’t in an area highlighted green will need NFL Sunday Ticket, now offered by YouTube, to watch the Jaguars as an out-of-market game.

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Jaguars vs. 49ers broadcast map: Where will the game be on TV?

What areas will have the Jaguars vs. 49ers on their local TV station?

Many hoped that the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Week 10 game against the San Francisco 49ers would be flexed into primetime. After all, the Sunday Night Football contest between the Las Vegas Raiders and New York Jets doesn’t exactly scream thriller.

While the game wasn’t moved from its 1 p.m. kickoff slot on FOX, it won’t be hard for most of the country to find the game.

The home game for the Jaguars at EverBank Stadium on Sunday is set to be on national television for well over half the country. In-market fans will have the game on their local FOX affiliate and can stream the game on fuboTV.

Joe Davis will be on play-by-play coverage in the booth with Daryl Johnston providing analysis.

Fans in the red area on the map below will have the Jaguars vs. 49ers game on their local FOX station at 1 p.m. ET, according to 506sports.com:

 

Only the New Orleans Saints vs. Minnesota Vikings in blue and the Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens in green will pull viewers away from the Jaguars and 49ers.

Those who aren’t in an area highlighted red will need NFL Sunday Ticket, now offered by YouTube, to watch the Jaguars as an out-of-market game.

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Week 10 NFL broadcast maps: Will your station carry Saints vs. Vikings?

Week 10 NFL broadcast maps: Will your station carry Saints vs. Vikings?

We’re on to Week 10 of the NFL regular season, with a wide audience catching the New Orleans Saints’ upcoming road game against the Minnesota Vikings. The matchup will be broadcast on FOX at Noon CT/1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 12 with Adam Amin and Mark Schlereth on the call from the booth.

Coverage is projected to extend from the Saints’ home market in Louisiana through large parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Georgia as well as the Vikings’ market in the Midwest: all of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and large parts of Nebraska, Illinois, and Michigan.

But will your local station be carrying the game? Check the Week 10 broadcast map projection from 506 Sports:

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Matt Ryan to make his return to New Orleans on Week 9 CBS broadcast crew

Matt Ryan has a new gig with CBS Sports, but his job this Sunday is familiar: watching the Saints win a game at the Superdome

Have fun out there, Matt Ryan. The longtime Atlanta Falcons quarterback has a new gig with CBS Sports this year, but his job this Sunday is something he’s used to: watching the New Orleans Saints win a game at the Caesars Superdome.

Sure, the Saints are scheduled to kick off with the Chicago Bears in Week 9, not Ryan’s old Dirty Birds squad. But many of the story beats figure to be the same. He’ll be standing on the sidelines as the Saints take some deep shots on offense and wincing in sympathy as Cameron Jordan leads the New Orleans defense.

Ryan went 5-9 against the Saints on their home turf in his long Falcons career, and he teamed up with Jordan for one of the greatest stats in NFL history: the most career sacks of a quarterback by a single defender (23 in 22 games). The pair developed a real rivalry over the years, to a point where Jordan mourned Ryan’s absence in the NFC South after the Atlanta Falcons destroyed their relationship with the franchise’s greatest quarterback and shipped him out of town without any fanfare.

But we shouldn’t make this all about Ryan. He’s going to be joined in the CBS broadcast booth by Andrew Catalon and Tiki Barber, with AJ Ross reporting from the sidelines. Kickoff with the Bears is scheduled for Noon CT on Sunday, Nov. 5.

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