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NFL flexes Patriots’ Week 16 matchup with Bills out of 1 p.m. ET window

The Week 16 AFC East matchup in Orchard Park will no longer be a matinee.

Next Sunday’s game between the 3-11 New England Patriots and the 11-3 Buffalo Bills has been flexed to 4:25 p.m. ET, the NFL announced Monday. It will remain on CBS.

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The divisional kickoff at Highmark Stadium, which will mark the first career meeting between quarterbacks Drake Maye and Josh Allen, was previously scheduled for 1 p.m. ET. In additional changes to the early afternoon, the Cincinnati Bengals-Cleveland Browns game has been switched from FOX to CBS.