The calendar for 2023 and 2024 dictates that there can be no Monday Night Football game in the NFL’s week 17 schedule. New Year’s Day falls on Monday, which means that college football gets to claim that day for itself, leaving the NFL to reschedule a normal Monday night game to this evening instead — Saturday night.
This should be a good one, however, as two teams that have clinched playoff spots in the NFC battle for positioning in the conference. The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys both still have a shot at the conference’s number one seed, and although Dallas has a tougher road — being one game back of Detroit and needing help just to win the division — they are not yet mathematically eliminated.