Week 12: at Buccaneers – 3:25 p.m. on CBS
Likelihood: High
As likely as this game is to be flexed, it’s also the most likely to be protected by CBS. They can only protect one of their games from flexible scheduling and they have three Chiefs games during the afternoon slot that all make sense. The Week 14 game between Kansas City (Patrick Mahomes) and New England (Tom Brady) in 2019, which was also an afternoon game, drew 28.1 million viewers. With Brady now in Tampa Bay, it’s safe to say that this matchup will draw similar intrigue. From a viewership standpoint, this is a game that CBS will want to keep away from NBC and “Sunday Night Football.”