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NFL announces Saturday flex decisions for Week 17

The Broncos’ game against the Bengals in Week 17 has been flexed to Saturday, Dec. 28. It will be nationally televised on NFL Network.

The NFL has finalized its Week 17 schedule that will feature three Saturday games on Dec. 28.

As expected, the Denver Broncos‘ game against the Cincinnati Bengals has been set for Saturday with a 2:30 p.m. MT (4:30 p.m. ET) kickoff.

Before the Broncos-Bengals showdown, the Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots game will be played at 11:00 a.m. MT. After the Denver-Cincy matchup, the Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams game will be played at 6:15 p.m.

All three Saturday games will be nationally televised on NFL Network and available to stream on FuboTV.

Two other games that were in contention for the Saturday windows — Atlanta Falcons at Washington Commanders and Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants — have now been scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 29.

After facing the Bengals on the road in Week 17, the Broncos will host the Kansas City Chiefs in their regular season finale in Week 18. Denver will wear its iconic throwback uniform against Kansas City.

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Sean Payton hints Broncos-Bengals game will be flexed to NFL Network

Sean Payton expects the Broncos-Bengals game in Week 17 to be flexed to a Saturday window on NFL Network.

Get ready to watch the Denver Broncos in a pair of nationally-televised games with Christmas right in the middle.

The Broncos are currently scheduled to play the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday Night Football on Dec. 19. Nine days later, Denver is expected to play the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday, Dec. 28 as part of NFL Network’s triple header of games in Week 17.

“Christmas is always the challenge in the NFL, period,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said during a conference call with reporters on Monday when asked about the team’s upcoming schedule. “All I wanted them to know is we think we’re playing the Bengals on a Saturday. I don’t know if it’s been announced yet or not, but we’re just trying to manage the Thursday game and then the Saturday game so these guys can at least have answers for their wives. That was really the whole point of it.

“The focus obviously for us is this Thursday. For them with family traveling and whatnot… We’re basically going to next week create… Pretend Saturday is a Sunday and work backwards. Tuesday is going to be like a Wednesday for us, you guys. Wednesday will be like a Thursday. Thursday will be like a Friday, and Friday will be like a Saturday, and we’ll travel.”

The Broncos-Bengals matchup is one of five games in contention to be flexed into three Saturday windows on NFLN on Dec. 28. Payton expects the game to be flexed, with an announcement likely coming soon.

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Broncos-Bengals is one of 5 candidates for Saturday flex in Week 17

The Broncos-Bengals game is one of five candidates to be flexed to one of three Saturday windows in Week 17.

The Denver Broncos (8-5) have already played in two nationally televised games this season and they’ve been flexed into a third. Soon, they could be flexed into a fourth.

Two weeks ago, the NFL flexed the Broncos’ Week 16 Sunday afternoon game against the Los Angeles Chargers from Dec. 22 up to Thursday Night Football on Dec. 19. That marked the first TNF flex in NFL history.

Denver’s game in Week 17 is a candidate for a national spotlight as well.

The Broncos’ game against the Cincinnati Bengals (4-8) is one of five games in contention to be flexed into one of three Saturday windows in Week 17.

The other candidates are the Arizona Cardinals (6-6) at Los Angeles Rams (6-6), Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) at New England Patriots (3-10), Indianapolis Colts (6-7) at New York Giants (2-10) and Atlanta Falcons (6-6) at Washington Commanders (8-5).

Three of those games will be played on Saturday, Dec. 28. The remaining two will be played on Sunday, Dec. 29. Of those games, Broncos-Bengals, Cardinals-Rams and Falcons-Commanders appear the most likely candidates to potentially have playoff implications for both teams involved (if Cincinnati wins a few upcoming games).

The NFL will have three games on that Saturday with MT kickoffs at 11:00 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Unless the Bengals are eliminated from playoff contention before then (and maybe even if they are), the Cincinnati-Denver game appears to be a strong candidate to get flexed.

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NFL makes ‘Monday Night Football’ flex decision for Week 13

The NFL has opted to keep the Broncos-Browns game as the ‘Monday Night Football’ matchup in Week 13. No flex.

The NFL has made a decision on the Monday Night Football matchup for Week 13.

The Denver Broncos (6-5) hosting the Cleveland Browns (2-8) will remain the MNF game after the league opted not to flex it out of the prime-time window. Denver will host Cleveland on Monday, Dec. 2.

The game will be nationally televised on ESPN beginning at 6:15 p.m. MT and available to stream on fuboTV (try it free). Unfortunately, there’s no ManningCast scheduled for the Broncos-Browns game.

First things first, Denver will go on the road to face the Las Vegas Raiders (2-8) in a Sunday afternoon game on Nov. 24. After that, the Broncos will play on MNF before a bye in Week 14.

If Denver is going to make the NFL playoffs this season, beating the next two winnable games on the schedule will be key. The Broncos will have four games remaining after the bye, including a big road game against the Cincinnati Bengals (4-7) in Week 17. If both teams are still in the playoff hunt, the Broncos-Bengals game will be a candidate to get flexed into a nationally-televised window.

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