The Carolina Panthers will kick off 2022 a few hours later than planned thanks to a schedule flex for the January 2nd game against the New Orleans Saints. Their Week 17 match-up has been moved to a 4:25 PM kick off, swapping places with the Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore Ravens game, both scheduled to air on FOX.
This change will make it easier for the fans of other teams to watch games that are relevant to their playoff hopes/seeding. This schedule change in no way affects the Carolina Panthers post season hopes as they were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yesterday following their sixth consecutive loss.