NFL GAME DAY DISCUSSION 2025 Week 9 Other NFL Games: Ind-Pit, Min-Det, Den-Hou early; Chiefs-Bills late; Sea-Wash SNF

[jmt57]

There are several other good games on tap this weekend. Unfortunately most of those are on at the same time as the Pats game.
In my opinion the SNF probably should have been flexed out, and the MNF game absolutely should have been changed.
But instead, for the 187th consecutive week, the Dallas Cowboys will be broadcast nationwide.

Using a formula of adding both team's wins, then subtracting the difference in their number of wins, the best games are:
1) 5-2 Buffalo at 5-3 Kansas City - 4:30 - (10-0=10)
2) 4-4 Carolina at 5-1-1 Green Bay - 1:00 - (9-1=8)
3) 7-1 Indianapolis at 4-3 Pittsburgh - 1:00 - (11-4=7)
4) 6-2 Denver at 3-4 Houston - 1:00 - (9-3=6)
5) 3-4 Atlanta at 6-2 New England - 1:00 - (9-3=6)
6) 3-4 Minnesota at 5-2 Detroit - 1:00 - (8-2=6)
7) 5-2 Seattle at 3-5 Washington - SNF - (8-2=6)
8) 4-3 Chicago at 3-5 Cincinnati - 1:00 - (7-1=6)
9) 5-3 San Francisco at 2-6 NY Giants - 1:00 - (7-3=4)
10) 4-3 Jacksonville at 2-5 Las Vegas - 4:00 - (6-2=4)
11) 2-5 Arizona at 3-4-1 Dallas - MNF - (5-1=4)
12) 2-5 Baltimore at 2-6 Miami - TNF - (4-0=4)
13) 5-3 Chargers at 1-7 Tennessee - 1:00 - (6-4=2)
14) 1-7 New Orleans at 5-2 LA Rams - 4:00 - (6-4=2)


Byes: 2-6 Cleveland, 1-7 NY Jete, 6-2 Philadelphia, 6-2 Tampa Bay


CBS Early Games

Red: Indianapolis (-3½) @ Pittsburgh - Ian Eagle, J.J. Watt and Evan Washburn
Blue: San Francisco (-2½) @ NY Giants - Kevin Harlan, Trent Green and Melanie Collins
Green: Atlanta @ New England (-4½) - Andrew Catalon, Charles Davis, Jason McCourty and AJ Ross
Yellow: Chicago (-2½) @ Cincinnati - Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta and Aditi Kinkhabwala
Orange: LA Chargers (-9½) @ Tennessee - Tom McCarthy, Ross Tucker and Amanda Balionis


Fox Single Game:

Early Games
Red: Minnesota @ Detroit (-9) - Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady and Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi
Blue: Denver @ Houston (-2) - Kevin Kugler, Daryl Johnston and Allison Williams
Green: Carolina @ Green Bay (-13) - Adam Amin, Greg Olsen and Pam Oliver
Late Games:
Yellow: New Orleans @ LA Rams (-14) - Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma and Megan Olivi
Orange: Jacksonville (-2½) @ Las Vegas - Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth and Kristina Pink


Nationwide Broadcasts:
4:30, CBS: Kansas City (-2) at Buffalo - Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson
SNF, NBC: Seattle (-3) at Washington - Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark
MNF, ABC/ESPN: Arizona at Dallas (-3) - Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge
TNF, Prime: Baltimore (-7½) at Miami - Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung

 

[denverpatsfan]

It's going to feel dirty rooting for the Chefs...

 

[ctpatsfan77]

It's going to feel dirty rooting for the Chefs...

Root against the Bills, then.

 

[Raccoonsuit]

There are several other good games on tap this weekend. Unfortunately most of those are on at the same time as the Pats game.
In my opinion the SNF probably should have been flexed out, and the MNF game absolutely should have been changed.
But instead, for the 187th consecutive week, the Dallas Cowboys will be broadcast nationwide.

Using a formula of adding both team's wins, then subtracting the difference in their number of wins, the best games are:
1) 5-2 Buffalo at 5-3 Kansas City - 4:30 - (10-0=10)
2) 4-4 Carolina at 5-1-1 Green Bay - 1:00 - (9-1=8)
3) 7-1 Indianapolis at 4-3 Pittsburgh - 1:00 - (11-4=7)
4) 6-2 Denver at 3-4 Houston - 1:00 - (9-3=6)
5) 3-4 Atlanta at 6-2 New England - 1:00 - (9-3=6)
6) 3-4 Minnesota at 5-2 Detroit - 1:00 - (8-2=6)
7) 5-2 Seattle at 3-5 Washington - SNF - (8-2=6)
8) 4-3 Chicago at 3-5 Cincinnati - 1:00 - (7-1=6)
9) 5-3 San Francisco at 2-6 NY Giants - 1:00 - (7-3=4)
10) 4-3 Jacksonville at 2-5 Las Vegas - 4:00 - (6-2=4)
11) 2-5 Arizona at 3-4-1 Dallas - MNF - (5-1=4)
12) 2-5 Baltimore at 2-6 Miami - TNF - (4-0=4)
13) 5-3 Chargers at 1-7 Tennessee - 1:00 - (6-4=2)
14) 1-7 New Orleans at 5-2 LA Rams - 4:00 - (6-4=2)


Byes: 2-6 Cleveland, 1-7 NY Jete, 6-2 Philadelphia, 6-2 Tampa Bay


CBS Early Games

Red: Indianapolis (-3½) @ Pittsburgh - Ian Eagle, J.J. Watt and Evan Washburn
Blue: San Francisco (-2½) @ NY Giants - Kevin Harlan, Trent Green and Melanie Collins
Green: Atlanta @ New England (-4½) - Andrew Catalon, Charles Davis, Jason McCourty and AJ Ross
Yellow: Chicago (-2½) @ Cincinnati - Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta and Aditi Kinkhabwala
Orange: LA Chargers (-9½) @ Tennessee - Tom McCarthy, Ross Tucker and Amanda Balionis


Fox Single Game:

Early Games
Red: Minnesota @ Detroit (-9) - Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady and Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi
Blue: Denver @ Houston (-2) - Kevin Kugler, Daryl Johnston and Allison Williams
Green: Carolina @ Green Bay (-13) - Adam Amin, Greg Olsen and Pam Oliver
Late Games:
Yellow: New Orleans @ LA Rams (-14) - Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma and Megan Olivi
Orange: Jacksonville (-2½) @ Las Vegas - Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth and Kristina Pink


Nationwide Broadcasts:
4:30, CBS: Kansas City (-2) at Buffalo - Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson
SNF, NBC: Seattle (-3) at Washington - Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark
MNF, ABC/ESPN: Arizona at Dallas (-3) - Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge
TNF, Prime: Baltimore (-7½) at Miami - Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung

The tv schedule hasn't made scene in years, it's so frustrating. All these awesome games in the early slot and then dog **** on Thursday and Monday night.

Are the cowboys even popular? Seriously. It seems they get propped up cause the teams valuation is so high and Jerry is everywhere in nfl meetings. Its boring. Lions vs minnesota is where it's at.

So just 2 west coast games and then they have to highlight the bills/chiefs. Romo and nantz aggravate me nowadays and they'll be insufferable today.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Are the cowboys even popular? Seriously. It seems they get propped up cause the teams valuation is so high and Jerry is everywhere in nfl meetings. Its boring. Lions vs minnesota is where it's at.

I don't know how many people like them, but people will hate watch the Cows, too.

 

[TheRainMaker]

The tv schedule hasn't made scene in years, it's so frustrating. All these awesome games in the early slot and then dog **** on Thursday and Monday night.

Are the cowboys even popular? Seriously. It seems they get propped up cause the teams valuation is so high and Jerry is everywhere in nfl meetings. Its boring. Lions vs minnesota is where it's at.

So just 2 west coast games and then they have to highlight the bills/chiefs. Romo and nantz aggravate me nowadays and they'll be insufferable today.

This is why the NFL's ratings have been mostly down for many years. Mark Cuban called it years ago saying the NFL was getting watered down with all these TV contracts. And I've been complaining for years on this board that CBS and Fox have been hijacking potential great late season matchups. How many times did we see the Patriots be stuck in the 1pm (PST)/4pm (EST) where they were playing the Colts, Steelers and later the Chiefs? The NFL scheduling didn't do any favors and this year is no different. Philadelphia at Kanas City week 2 in the afternoon has got to be the most idiotic scheduling I've ever seen. Then you had Baltimore at Buffalo week 1, LA at Philly week 3 and Detroit at Baltimore. At least 2 of the 3 were in prime time, but they've exhausted potential playoff matchups within the first 3 weeks of the season.

But to answer your question, the Cowboys are very popular and are the most valued NFL franchise.

I've never liked Nance since he was inserted in the booth to replace Greg Gumbel which I still don't know why. Gumbel was a known NFL voice and Nance was known for golf. He has been boring for years, but he's been more animated since Romo arrived. I miss NFL on NBC.

 

[DaBruinz]

Anyone else just want the Chiefs/Bills game to end in a tie? LOL

 

[Foxypats]

Anyone else just want the Chiefs/Bills game to end in a tie? LOL

me....that would be the best scenario

 

[Santi]

This packers uniform is awful

 

[PatsfaninTx]

A-aron 7 for 11 for a ridiculous 18 yards.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

Mac 14-14

 

[Santi]

Higgins what a catch

 

[Uptown]

Chargers have the worst injury luck of all time. They need to fire their strength & conditioning personnel expeditiously.

 

[Uptown]

This dude is gonna be a problem.

 

[denverpatsfan]

Mac ****ing Jones. 14 for 14
What is going on??!!

 

[Uptown]

 

[Uptown]

Mac ****ing Jones. 14 for 14
What is going on??!!

Shanahan

 

[Uptown]

 

[TB12TheGoat]

people this week were really calling the 2025 Colts offense the best and most efficient offense ever over the 2007 Patriots lmfao

 

[Wozzy]

Daniel Jones comes back to Earth.