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NFL announces time and date for Week 15 Saints-Falcons game

The NFL announced its time and date for Week 15 Saints vs. Falcons game amid announcements on multiple flex scheduling moves:

There we go: we’ll have to thank the NFL schedule-makers for not waiting until after Monday night’s game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to announce when the New Orleans Saints will play their next game. New Orleans will come out of its bye week and host the division-rival Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, Dec. 18 with kickoff scheduled at noon CT. TV coverage will be broadcast regionally on FOX. The game’s time and date was previously listed as to-be-determined.

So make your travel plans accordingly. This game might have been scheduled differently had the Falcons not ended their Week 13 game with the Pittsburgh Steelers on a last-minute Marcus Mariota interception, but that’s in the past now. Odds are this matchup won’t be quite as compelling as hoped, but we’ll see. Maybe the Saints can knock off Tampa Bay on the road and plan to exit their bye week and go on a run. They aren’t mathematically eliminated from the playoffs just yet, after all.

As for other changes on Monday’s Week 15 flex scheduling update; three games will be played on Saturday, Dec. 17 on NFL Network:

  • 12:00 p.m. CT: Indianapolis Colts vs. Minnesota Vikings

  • 3:30 p.m. CT: Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns

  • 7:15 p.m. CT: Miami Dolphins vs. Buffalo Bills

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Report: NFL could play on Saturdays if no college football this season

The National Football League is considering playing on Saturdays if college football is canceled this season, according to a report.

The powers who be in the NFL are considering a number of options to ensure the 2020 regular season could be played in one shape or form this year in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

One option is to schedule games on Saturdays if college football is canceled, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.

“With the NFL expected to release its schedule soon, its officials have discussed giving the league some flexibility to move games to Saturdays this fall if college football postpones its entire season, according to sources,” Marchand writes.

The NFL normally plays a slate of Saturday games late in the season when college football has wrapped up for the year.

The league is expected to announce some sort of schedule for the 2020 season by May 9. As of Wednesday, however, the NFL announced furloughs, pay cuts and pension contribution reductions for its employees.

Whether or not an actual season will truly come to fruition is still up in the air and at the mercy of the coronavirus.

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