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Looking ahead to next week's games, a fair amount of out of town fans will be able to enjoy watching the Pats play the Raiders - even though it is one of several early games.
The game will definitely be televised in all of New England (including Hartford), in Nevada (current Raider territory), northern California, Oregon and Washington (Raider territory when they were in Oakland).
It will also probably be shown in the following areas:
Florida (except Jacksonville, which would air division rival Houston)
Gulf Coast (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)
Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
Everything west of Texas, with the exception of southern California (LA and San Diego will get the Chargers game instead)
The other early games on CBS are Houston at Pittsburgh, Tennessee at Minnesota and Bengals at Eagles, so there there is a good possibility of the Patriots being broadcast in many neutral markets. CBS gets only one game in week three and their late games are Jets at Colts and Panthers at Chargers.
For the late game on Fox most of the country will get Dallas at Seattle. Fox loves to showcase Dallas and I think they will go with the Cowboys over the Brady-Gronk show in neutral markets. I will be curious to see if the Bucs are broadcast in all of Florida (Fox and CBS both have a tendency to think all of the state is interested in all other state teams for some reason - for example Miami games airing whenever possible in Tampa, or Bucs games broadcast in Dolphin territory).
Tampa Bay at Denver will air in those two teams normal markets, plus New England (Brady factor > "America's Team").
I'm also curious to see if Fox - who loves the NFC East - will still make 49ers-Giants their big game early, or instead broadcast Rams-Bills in neutral markets. Garoppolo is out and SF has several other key injuries, and the Giants are going nowhere now that Saquon Barkley is out. LA-Buffalo is a much better game, but Fox has a history of not only jamming the NFC East down our collective throats, but of also not promoting an AFC (CBS) team with just a few rare exceptions.
Maps should be available Wednesday.
The game will definitely be televised in all of New England (including Hartford), in Nevada (current Raider territory), northern California, Oregon and Washington (Raider territory when they were in Oakland).
It will also probably be shown in the following areas:
Florida (except Jacksonville, which would air division rival Houston)
Gulf Coast (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)
Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
Everything west of Texas, with the exception of southern California (LA and San Diego will get the Chargers game instead)
The other early games on CBS are Houston at Pittsburgh, Tennessee at Minnesota and Bengals at Eagles, so there there is a good possibility of the Patriots being broadcast in many neutral markets. CBS gets only one game in week three and their late games are Jets at Colts and Panthers at Chargers.
For the late game on Fox most of the country will get Dallas at Seattle. Fox loves to showcase Dallas and I think they will go with the Cowboys over the Brady-Gronk show in neutral markets. I will be curious to see if the Bucs are broadcast in all of Florida (Fox and CBS both have a tendency to think all of the state is interested in all other state teams for some reason - for example Miami games airing whenever possible in Tampa, or Bucs games broadcast in Dolphin territory).
Tampa Bay at Denver will air in those two teams normal markets, plus New England (Brady factor > "America's Team").
I'm also curious to see if Fox - who loves the NFC East - will still make 49ers-Giants their big game early, or instead broadcast Rams-Bills in neutral markets. Garoppolo is out and SF has several other key injuries, and the Giants are going nowhere now that Saquon Barkley is out. LA-Buffalo is a much better game, but Fox has a history of not only jamming the NFC East down our collective throats, but of also not promoting an AFC (CBS) team with just a few rare exceptions.
Maps should be available Wednesday.