Tampa Bay's Week 17 game at Carolina has been flexed to 4:25 p.m. ET by the NFL (broadcast network TBD).
The NFL uses “flexible scheduling” on Sundays in Weeks 11-17. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all NFL Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives teams a chance to play their way onto primetime and into the late-afternoon 4:25 PM ET time slot on CBS or FOX.
Tampa Bay's Week 17 game at Carolina has been flexed to 4:25 p.m. ET by the NFL. Broadcast Network TBD.
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