chongli Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) Due to the weather emergency, the PIT-BUF game has been postponed by the NFL until Mondy, January 15 at 4:30 PM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are 3-1 with Nantz and Romo calling our games this year: Week 4 vs. Miami (win) then three weeks in a row for us: Week 11 vs. New York Jets (win) Week 12 at Philadelphia (loss) [Week 13 bye] Week 14 at Kansas City (win) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Wild Card Capsules.pdf NFL Super Wild Card Weekend presented by Verizon 2023 - January 13-15, 2024 Saturday Games: Saturday Late - NBC Saturday, January 13 - 4:30 PM ET: Cleveland at Houston (B) Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen Saturday Primetime - Peacock Saturday, January 13 - 8:00 PM ET: Miami at Kansas City Mike Tirico, Jason Garrett, Kaylee Hartung [simulcasts: WTVJ (NBC/6) Miami and KSHB (NBC/41) Kansas City] [Also announced during the BUF-MIA game that NBC affiliates for the two teams will simulcast the game] [Peacock broadcast team was supposed to be the TNF Amazon Prime crew originally (as NBC produces those games for Amazon), but NBC decided to not use Al Michales since he does do well with new play-by-play analysts (viz. the disaster with Tony Dungy last season in the Wild Card) and Kirk Herbstreit was prohibited for contractual reasons). Also, Chris Collinsworth would have worked with Al Michaels, but Collinsworth does not like to do back-to-back games] [both NBC/Peacock Saturday games confirmed by Noah Eagle in paywalled article by Richard Deitsch in The Athletic:] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday Games: Sunday Early - CBS Sunday, January 14 - 1 PM ET: Pittsburgh at Buffalo (A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Jay Feely, Tracy Wolfson [postponed by the NFL until Monday, January 15 at 4:30 PM ET] Sunday Late - FOX Sunday, January 14 - 4:30 PM ET: Green Bay at Dallas (A) Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi Sunday Primetime - NBC Sunday, January 14 - 8:00 PM ET: Los Angeles Rams at Detroit (A) Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark [confirmed by Andrew Marchand in NY Post article 12/12:] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday Games: Monday Late - CBS Monday, January 15 - 4:30 PM ET: Pittsburgh at Buffalo (A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Jay Feely, Tracy Wolfson Monday Primetime - ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Sunday, January 14 - 8:00 PM ET: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge [ManningCast on ESPN2: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning] =================================================================== UK and Ireland: https://www.skysports.com/watch/nfl-on-sky https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/ Saturday Games: Saturday Late Saturday, January 13 - 9:30 PM GMT: Cleveland at Houston Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Saturday Primetime Sunday, January 14 - 1:00 AM GMT: Miami at Kansas City Sky Sports NFL only Sunday Games: Sunday Early Sunday, January 14 - 6:00 PM GMT: Pittsburgh at Buffalo Sky Sports NFL; Sky Sports Main Event joined in progress at 7:30 PM [postponed until Monday] Sunday Late Sunday, January 14 - 9:25 PM GMT: Green Bay at Dallas Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Sunday Primetime Monday, January 15 - 1:00 AM GMT: Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Monday Games: Monday Late Monday, January 15 - 9:30 PM GMT: Pittsburgh at Buffalo Sky Sports NFL; Sky Sports Main Event joined in progress at either 10 or 10:30 PM most likely Monday Primetime Tuesday, January 16 - 1:00 AM GMT: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Notes: TV: Sky Sports Main Event will not have MIA-KC due to boxing from Quebec, and will join PIT-BUF in progress after Man United vs Tottenham in the Premier League. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia: All games on both ESPN and 7mate: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand: All games on both ESPN and TVNZ+ (free stream): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited January 14 by chongli 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 (edited) NBC/Peacock has three wild card games this year, but next year (2024): Wild Card: 2 CBS 1 FOX 1 NBC 1 ABC/ESPN 1 game for bid to the highest bidder (unless Amazon reached certain viewership thresholds, which they didn't) Peacock and Amazon, as well as the other networks, are in the running for this game for bid. Edited January 8 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 (edited) 3-person booth just confirmed for Pittsburgh at Buffalo on CBS! [EDIT: I am told Feely may be the sideline "kicking expert".] Edited January 8 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetou Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Love it. Although would prefer Romo not declare us winners until :00 on the clock after the 13 second debacle 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome007 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 So weird to have a game on Sunday at 1 PM ha ha. Yet it's still... prime time. The Bills sure have been featured this year by the league! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBFL Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Bucs/Eagles is a weird choice for prime time MNF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 (edited) 5 minutes ago, BBFL said: Bucs/Eagles is a weird choice for prime time MNF. The NFL prefers a 4v5 matchup for the Monday WC since that way only the 1 seed is left in the dark who their opponent will be after Sunday. If it is 2v7 or 3v6, everyone in that conference is held hostage until 11:30 PM Monday. Edited January 8 by chongli 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 29 minutes ago, chongli said: 3-person booth just confirmed for Pittsburgh at Buffalo on CBS! [EDIT: I am told Feely may be the sideline "kicking expert".] Romo just loves calling a Allen game. I wonder if he gives up paycheck money to preferentially call Bills games 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBFL Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, chongli said: The NFL prefers a 4v5 matchup for Monday WC since that way only the 1 seed is left in the dark who their opponent will be after Sunday. If it is 2v7 or 3v6, everyone in that conference is held hostage until 11:30 PM Monday. Thanks, makes sense when put in that verbiage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 That’s pretty crazy the first 3 games of WCW are all the AFC games. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Early weather report: 24 degrees, 34% chance of snow, 17 mph winds. Ugh… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 So, Tirico is going doing back-to-back and Collinsworth isn't because "he doesn't like to"? Well F that guy then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 3 minutes ago, Rubes said: Early weather report: 24 degrees, 34% chance of snow, 17 mph winds. Ugh… Perfect football weather!!! Builds character. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Just now, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: So, Tirico is going doing back-to-back and Collinsworth isn't because "he doesn't like to"? Well F that guy then. Yep...glad you noticed that. If Collisworth had said yes, then NBC could have brought in Al Michaels, who Michaels works well with,. Collinsworth is a wus, lol! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billznut Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 With the other two AFC games being played Saturday before ours on Sunday, we will know our next opponent instantly and not have to wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 8 minutes ago, Rubes said: Early weather report: 24 degrees, 34% chance of snow, 17 mph winds. Ugh… Should have built a dome 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 9 minutes ago, RiotAct said: That’s pretty crazy the first 3 games of WCW are all the AFC games. Yeah, it is. The AFC South champion usually gets the lowest viewed Saturday late afternoon game, since the entire division consists of small markets. That slot is playfully dubbed the "Houston Texans Invitational". And the NFL apparently wanted a big name to force people to subscribe to Peacock Saturday evening...hence KC. They wanted to reserve the much coveted Dallas for late Sunday, the biggest rating window...so FOX had to get that one. And they had to throw CBS a bone, so they gave them Pittsburgh (a huge rating draw) Sunday early (FOX and CBS were set to have Sunday afternoon, the only thing to be determined was which network got what slot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Hope they bring their winter coats. Early forecast is a high of 25 with snow showers and winds 15-25 mph. Good luck with that Mason Rudolph and Steelers kicker/punter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, chongli said: NBC/Peacock has three wild card games this year, but next year (2024): Wild Card: 2 CBS 1 FOX 1 NBC 1 ABC/ESPN 1 game for bid to the highest bidder (unless Amazon reached certain viewership thresholds, which they didn't) Peacock and Amazon, as well as the other networks, are in the running for this game for bid. FOX should ask for refund. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Just now, Limeaid said: FOX should ask for refund. Haha...yeah, there is a semi-rotation though, and only some is known by the public, the the NFL and networks being tight-lipped. I'll post more about this when I have more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Kevi Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 LFG Gotta get cleaner if we want to make a legit run! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 49 minutes ago, BBFL said: Bucs/Eagles is a weird choice for prime time MNF. Monday night must be a 4 vs 5 match up because the schedule opponents is set after Sunday nights game where the MNF winner plays on Sunday. 2/7 and 3/6 winners determine 4/5 opponent. Monday night winner WILL play on Sunday the next weekend it was eagles at bucs or browns at Texans. Given abc did the Texans they probably wanted the nfc game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 (edited) 2 hours ago, djp14150 said: Monday night must be a 4 vs 5 match up because the schedule opponents is set after Sunday nights game where the MNF winner plays on Sunday. 2/7 and 3/6 winners determine 4/5 opponent. Monday night winner WILL play on Sunday the next weekend it was eagles at bucs or browns at Texans. Given abc did the Texans they probably wanted the nfc game. Not necessarily. This year, the AFC and NFC can have their divisionals all on one day (like both AFC games on Saturday and both NFC games Sunday) since there are four networks involved: CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC/ESPN. (It used to be 1 NBC, 1 FOX or CBS, and 2 for the the one that was not FOX or CBS.) The NFL prefers a 4v5 for Monday, but it could have been a 3v6, for example. In that case, both same-conference games would have to be on one day (most likely on a Sunday to allow for better rest, but we don't know that for an absolute fact). ----------- Second (unrelated) post: I believe the Dolphins and Chiefs will be the first teams to play each other twice in a season with neither game being on an OTA channel outside of home markets (first game was on NFL Network in Germany and the second one is on Peacock). Edited January 8 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 (edited) Here is the Australia schedule for Super Wild Card Weekend. All games there are on both 7mate and ESPN. New Zealand: All games on ESPN and TVNZ+ (free stream): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited January 8 by chongli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Have Romo and Nantz called any important Bills games yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 6 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: Have Romo and Nantz called any important Bills games yet? Yep, we had them four times this year (including three weeks in a row for us: Weeks 11, 12, and 14--bye on Week 13). We are 3-1 with them broadcasting: Week 4 vs. Miami (win) Week 11 vs. New York Jets (win) Week 12 at Philadelphia (loss) Week 14 at Kansas City (win) Also thanks for reminding me. I will post this in my OP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 (edited) That peace sign flash by Tyreek below is from the Buffalo game. Ugh! Edited January 8 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ryan Simpsons said: @chongli since its the playoffs, AFC will always be on CBS and NFC on FOX? This year, yes. In years where the rotation has two CBS or FOX games for WC weekend, not necessarily. We don't know the details of the future contracts. In 2021 there was 49ers-Cowboys on CBS in the WC round when CBS had two games, but that may change next season when CBS has two WC games. And for the divisionals, the four games will be on four different networks this year (and in the future): FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC/ESPN. So FOX and CBS are contractually guaranteed a game from their respective conferences, but for NBC and ABC/ESPN, it can be either, like always. Edited January 8 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said: Good find! That's quite a buffalo there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 17 hours ago, chongli said: I believe the Dolphins and Chiefs will be the first teams to play each other twice in a season with neither game being on an OTA channel outside of home markets (first game was on NFL Network in Germany and the second one is on Peacock). I stand corrected. On further research: both legs of Panthers/Buccaneers in 2019 were on NFLN (Week 2 TNF, Week 6 morning game in London). And the Oilers/Steelers in 1990: front leg (Week 2) on TNT and back leg (Week 17) on ESPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 (edited) NBC is airing an extra-long post-game show after their afternoon Saturday game to bridge the gap to their evening Peacock game. They don't want viewers to switch away. Most Eastern and Central Time Zone stations will air this post-game show, but Mountain and Pacific Time Zone stations are balking, as they planned to show their usual 5 or 6 PM locals news at this time. Edited January 9 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 UK and Ireland TV schedule just added to the OP. All games are live on Sky Sports NFL. (Notes: Sky Sports Main Event will not have MIA-KC due to boxing from Quebec, and will join PIT-BUF in progress after Man United vs Tottenham in the Premier League.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 (edited) Brazil schedule (all games live on ESPN and Star+): Edited January 9 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 37 minutes ago, Ryan Simpsons said: Ayy.... Jay Feely is back for playoff coverage! I wonder if he will be on for "Special Teams analyst'' or in the booth with Nantz/Romo. would be nice to see Gene Steratore in the booth to add some insight as well. any thoughts? Feely will be on the sideline as a "kicking reporter". He will only appear on TV a few times for kicking situations, following the offense between the 20 yard lines. He won't be doing any sideline reporting like Wolfson. He is also not in a CBS crew that is high enough to be added as an in-booth PxP analyst. We'll probably hear from Stertore more often, whenever there is a rules situation that needs explanation.Nice to have him on site rather than in the studio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 UPDATE: Extra sideline reporter for PHL-TB on ESPN/ABC: Laura Rutledge (in addition to Lisa Salters), per NFL Capsules: https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Wild Card Capsules.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 (edited) Due to the postponement of the PIT-BUF game, The NFL Today (pre-game show for CBS) will still be one hour long, occurring at 3:30 PM Monday now. Schedule in the OP has been changed. Edited January 13 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 Here is the CBS schedule for Sunday. They are showing the replay of the AFCCG last year of CIN-KC instead, as well as The NFL Today at noon: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 (edited) In the UK, Sky TV NFL will still show the game live, Monday, January 15 at 9:30 PM GMT, with Sky Sports Main Event joining in progress at 10 or 10:30 PM most likely. Since Sky Sports Main Event is joining i progress since it is simulcasting Derby County vs Burton from Sky Sports Football until 10:30pm. All things being equal an NFL playoff game would be the "main event" over an EFL League One match, but given the timing, I expect Main Event will just drop the drop the post-match coverage and switch at full time (notionally 10 PM) to join PIT-BUF in progress. Edited January 13 by chongli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 Fox NFL Sunday (Fox pre-game show) will still be on for 30 minutes at 4 PM Sunday and will nor be expanded to 3:30 as some had wondered. They are prohibited from doing so as It's still CBS's window and they're airing a replay of last season's AFC championship game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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