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NFL Makes Changes To Week 17 Schedule With Three Games On Saturday & Falcons-Commanders To SNF

December 17, 2024

The NFL’s schedule for Week 17 just got finalized.

The league announced that a total of six games will be moved to shakeup the schedule with three games being played on Saturday and a change to Sunday Night Football.

NFL announces tripleheader of games for Saturday, Week 17 (Dec 28) on @nflnetwork:#Chargers–#Patriots, 1p Eastern#Broncos–#Bengals, 4:30p#AZCardinals–#Rams, 8p pic.twitter.com/mF3V0xHuNu
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) December 17, 2024

Meanwhile the Dolphins-Browns Sunday Night Football game was moved to 1 p.m. on Sunday and the Falcons-Commanders game is headed for prime time. The showdown in Washington will now be the Sunday night game in Week 17 with Dolphins at Browns getting bumped from the spot.

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Falcons vs. Commanders will now be played on Sunday Night Football at 8:20pm ET on NBC.

Dolphins vs. Browns will move to 4:05pm ET on CBS. pic.twitter.com/4VW1eR75e1
— NFL (@NFL) December 17, 2024

The Falcons-Commanders game could also have huge playoff implications. If the Falcons beat the Giants in Week 16 and the Commanders lose to the Eagles, that would put Atlanta just one game behind Washington in the NFC wild-card standings with the chance to make up that game up on Sunday night in Week 17.

The 17th week of the NFL season is certainly going to be a wild one. Not only is there a Saturday triple-header, but there will also be two Wednesday games with the NFL playing a doubleheader on Christmas that will feature Chiefs at Steelers followed by Ravens at Texans.