CBS owns the NFL Week Nine doubleheader, and two games will dominate their network distribution. AN AFC North rivalry will air in most markets early, followed by a game featuring two of the NFL’s most well known quarterbacks.

In the early time slot Pittsburgh at Baltimore is slated to be broadcast in 38 states. The Steelers are coming off a bye and are expecting to have Ben Roethlisberger under center after missing time with a knee injury. Unfortunately that means another week of ~~listening to~~ muting Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts. Following that game Indianapolis is at Green Bay, expected to be beamed into every market with the exceptions of Tennessee, southern California and San Francisco.

With the single game FOX is somewhat evenly spread out with regional broadcasts. Most of the northeast will receive the Giants-Eagles game while coastal Southeast gets Carolina at LA. Dallas at Cleveland goes to most of the southwest while Detroit at Minnesota will be shown throughout much of the northern central time zone. Other than southern California (Panthers-Rams), the Pacific coast gets the Saints-49ers.

A game between two 4-3 teams is one of only two matchups between a pair of winning clubs in Week Nine. In the name of the NFL’s quest for parity, every game gets three stars this week. Arizona, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston and Washington join the New England Patriots as teams with a bye. As always, there are a handful of markets that are still undecided and some others will opt to change between now and Sunday.

NFL Week 9 Television Coverage and Odds

??? 5-3 Atlanta Falcons at 3-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Thursday, November 3 at 8:30 pm ET on NFLN; Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya
Falcons -3½ . . . . over/under 51½
Broadcast in all markets.

??? 2-5 Jacksonville Jaguars at 5-2 Kansas City Chiefs
Sunday, November 6 at 1:00 pm ET on CBS; Spero Dedes, Solomon Wilcots
Chiefs -5 . . . . over/under 45½
Broadcast in north Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota (except Minneapolis), Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

??? 4-4 Detroit Lions at 5-2 Minnesota Vikings
Sunday, November 6 at 1:00 pm ET on FOX; Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston
Vikings -6½ . . . . over/under 42
Broadcast in Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (except Kansas City), Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

??? 4-3 Philadelphia Eagles at 4-3 New York Giants
Sunday, November 6 at 1:00 pm ET on FOX; Joe Buck, Troy Aikman
Giants -2½ . . . . over/under 43½
Broadcast in New England, DC, West Palm Beach FL, New York, Pennsylvania (except Pittsburgh), eastern Virginia and West Virginia.

??? 6-1 Dallas Cowboys at 0-8 Cleveland Browns
Sunday, November 6 at 1:00 pm ET on FOX; Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis
Cowboys -7½ . . . . over/under 47
Broadcast in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, San Diego CA, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.

??? 3-5 New York Jets at 3-4 Miami Dolphins
Sunday, November 6 at 1:00 pm ET on CBS; Greg Gumbel, Trent Green
Dolphins -3½ . . . . over/under 44½
Broadcast in western New England, New York and south Florida.

??? 4-3 Pittsburgh Steelers at 3-4 Baltimore Ravens
Sunday, November 6 at 1:00 pm ET on CBS; Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts
Ravens -2½ . . . . over/under 43½
Broadcast in all markets except for western New England, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

??? 3-4 New Orleans Saints at 1-6 San Francisco 49ers
Sunday, November 6 at 4:05 pm ET on FOX; Chris Myers, Ronde Barber
Saints -3 . . . . over/under 51
Broadcast in northern California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon and Reno NV.

??? 2-5 Carolina Panthers at 3-4 Los Angeles Rams
Sunday, November 6 at 4:05 pm ET on FOX; Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch
Panthers -3 . . . . over/under 45
Broadcast in Baltimore, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, southern California, North Carolina, South Carolina and western Virginia.

??? 3-5 Indianapolis Colts at 4-3 Green Bay Packers
Sunday, November 6 at 4:25 pm ET on CBS; Jim Nantz, Phil Simms
Packers -7 . . . . over/under 44
Broadcast in all markets except for southern California, San Francisco and Tennessee.

??? 4-4 Tennessee Titans at 3-5 San Diego Chargers
Sunday, November 6 at 4:25 pm ET on CBS; Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon
Chargers -5½ . . . . over/under 47
Broadcast in Tennessee and San Diego.

??? 6-2 Denver Broncos at 6-2 Oakland Raiders
Sunday, November 6 at 8:30 pm ET on NBC; Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth
Pick’em . . . . over/under 43½
Broadcast in all markets.

??? 4-4 Buffalo Bills at 4-2-1 Seattle Seahawks
Monday, November 7 at 8:30 pm ET on BSPN; Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden
Seahawks -7 . . . . over/under 44
Broadcast in all markets.