Why there’s no Thursday Night Football game in Week 18

There’s a simple answer for this.

You may be reading this because you’re flipping on your streaming device to Amazon Prime and settling in for the final edition of Thursday Night Football of the 2022 NFL season.

But then you’ve noticed there’s no football on Jan. 5, 2023. And you might be wondering why.

It’s because the schedule ran from Week 2 to Week 17. Although that didn’t include the Thanksgiving slate of games, that schedule covered all 32 NFL teams. And because there are playoff implications in Week 18, playing a game on Thursday night could be a competitive advantage or disadvantage for the teams involved or those affected by it, depending on the outcome.

So, there you go. The next scheduled games are for Saturday!

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