NFL Week 11 Television Coverage and Odds

NFL Week 11 features three games between two teams with winning records. The first of those matchups may include a team you would not have thought of. The Baltimore Ravens are now the only AFC North team with a winning record, and travel to Dallas to face the red-hot Cowboys early on CBS. After that CBS will feature Philadelphia at Seattle as part of their doubleheader in the late time slot. And on Monday Night Football we have what looked like an unimportant game when the schedule was announced last spring. That is no longer the case as the 6-3 Houston Texans will face the 7-2 Oakland Raiders in Mexico City in a clash of AFC division leaders to finish the week eleven schedule.

If some of the pairings between games and networks look odd, that is because there is a lot of cross-flex programming going on this week. The concept is to distribute compelling games to more television markets when one network has an abundance of intriguing games and the other network has dogs. This week the Eagles-Seahawks game was shifted from FOX to CBS, while Buffalo-Cincinnati and Miami-Rams moved from CBS to FOX.

One final programming note. The Patriots’ Week 12 game against the Jets at Exit 16W has been flexed, in the more traditional manner. With Gang Green mired at the bottom of the AFC East with a 3-7 record, the Pats-Jets game has been moved out of the 8:30 pm ET Sunday night national prime time slot. 7-2 Kansas City versus 7-3 Denver is a much better matchup, and will now be the Sunday Night Football game. The Pats-Jets will now kickoff at 4:25 pm at MetLife Stadium. Unless there are further changes the Patriots will have no more night games in the regular season.

Thursday Night Football on NBC and NFL Network

4-5 New Orleans Saints at 3-6 Carolina Panthers (-3½, over/under 51½)
Thursday November 17 at 8:25 pm ET on NBC and NFLN; Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya
Broadcast in all markets.

Early Sunday Games on CBS

5-5 Tennessee Titans at 4-5 Indianapolis Colts (-3, 52½)
Sunday November 20 at 1:00 pm ET on CBS; Spero Dedes and Solomon Wilcots
Broadcast in Huntsville AL, southern Illinois, Indiana, central and western Kentucky and Tennessee.

2-7 Jacksonville Jaguars at 5-4 Detroit Lions (-6½, 47)
Sunday November 20 at 1:00 pm ET on CBS; Andrew Catalan, Steve Beuerlein and Steve Tasker
Broadcast in northern Florida, southern Georgia, Michigan, Toledo OH and Green Bay WI.

5-4 Baltimore Ravens at 8-1 Dallas Cowboys (-7, 44½)
Sunday November 20 at 1:00 pm ET on CBS; Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts and Evan Washburn
Broadcast in all markets except for Cincinnati, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York City, and those markets airing one of the three other early CBS games.

4-5 Pittsburgh Steelers (-9, 49) at 0-10 Cleveland Browns
Sunday November 20 at 1:00 pm ET on CBS; Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Broadcast in eastern Kentucky, Fargo ND, Ohio (except Cincinnati and Toledo), Pennsylvania (except Harrisburg and Philadelphia) and West Virginia.

Early Sunday Games on FOX

4-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 7-2 Kansas City Chiefs (-7½, 44½)
Sunday November 20 at 1:00 pm ET on FOX; Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston and Laura Okmin
Broadcast in Fort Smith AR, Florida (except Jacksonville, Miami and West Palm Beach), northern California, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Reno NV, southern Oregon, Utah and wyoming.

2-7 Chicago Bears at 6-3 New York Giants (-7, 47½)
Sunday November 20 at 1:00 pm ET on FOX; Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch and Pam Oliver
Broadcast in all markets not airing one of the four other games on FOX.

4-4-1 Arizona Cardinals at 5-4 Minnesota Vikings (Pick’em, 44½)
Sunday November 20 at 1:00 pm ET on FOX; Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews
Broadcast in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Las Vegas NV, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin.

4-5 Buffalo Bills at 3-5-1 Cincinnati Bengals (-4½, 45½)
Sunday November 20 at 1:00 pm ET on FOX; Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis and Chris Speilman
Broadcast in Kentucky, western New York, Ohio, Altoona PA, Erie PA and West Virginia.

Late Sunday Game on FOX

5-4 Miami Dolphins at 4-5 Los Angeles Rams (Pick’em, 40½)
Sunday November 20 at 4:05 pm ET on FOX; Chris Myers, Ronde Barber and Jennifer Hale
Broadcast in southern California, Hawaii, Jacksonville, Miami, West Palm Beach, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Nashville.

Late Sunday Games on CBS

7-2 New England Patriots (-13½, 51½) at 1-8 San Francisco 49ers
Sunday November 20 at 4:25 pm ET on CBS; Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
Broadcast in New England, northern California and Reno NV.

5-4 Philadelphia Eagles at 6-2-1 Seattle Seahawks (-6, 44½)
Sunday November 20 at 4:25 pm ET on CBS; Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Tracy Wolfson
Broadcast in all markets except for New England, Reno NV and California (does air in San Diego).

Sunday Night Football on NBC

4-5 Green Bay Packers at 5-3-1 Washington Redskins (-3, 50½)
Sunday November 20 at 8:30 pm ET on NBC; Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya
Broadcast in all markets.

Monday Night Football on BSPN

6-3 Houston Texans ‘at’ 7-2 Oakland Raiders (-6, 46), in Mexico City
Monday November 21 at 8:30 pm ET on BSPN; Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters
Broadcast in all markets.