Weeks 16 & 17 scheduling for 2016, playoffs

[Arky]

(I'm gonna put this here because the Texans should be in the playoff scenarios all the way till the end)

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Week 16 is set up a little different this year due to Christmas Day landing on a Sunday. There will be just be two NFL games on Christmas Day (Sunday) with the majority of the games occuring one day earlier (Saturday the 24th). It goes like this:

Thursday Night Football (Dec. 22) - New York @ Philadelphia (NBC)

Saturday (Dec 24):

Miami at Buffalo 12:00 PM CBS
New York at New England 12:00 PM CBS
Tennessee at Jacksonville 12:00 PM CBS
Minnesota at Green Bay 12:00 PM FOX
San Diego at Cleveland 12:00 PM CBS
Washington at Chicago 12:00 PM FOX
Atlanta at Carolina 12:00 PM FOX
Indianapolis at Oakland 3:05 PM CBS
Tampa Bay at New Orleans 3:25 PM FOX
Arizona at Seattle 3:25 PM FOX
San Francisco at Los Angeles 3:25 PM FOX
Cincinnati at Houston 7:25 PM NFL

Sunday (Dec 25):

Baltimore at Pittsburgh 3:30 PM NFL
Denver at Kansas City 7:30 PM NBC

Monday Night Football (Dec. 26) - Detroit @ Dallas (ESPN)

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Week 17 is "normal" for a Week 17 in that all 16 NFL games will be on Sunday with no TNF and no MNF.

Sunday (Jan. 1):

New Orleans at Atlanta 12:00 PM FOX
Baltimore at Cincinnati 12:00 PM CBS
New York at Washington 12:00 PM FOX
Houston at Tennessee 12:00 PM CBS
Carolina at Tampa Bay 12:00 PM FOX
Green Bay at Detroit 12:00 PM FOX
Jacksonville at Indianapolis 12:00 PM CBS
New England at Miami 12:00 PM CBS
Chicago at Minnesota 12:00 PM FOX
Buffalo at New York 12:00 PM CBS
Dallas at Philadelphia 12:00 PM FOX
Cleveland at Pittsburgh 12:00 PM CBS
Arizona at Los Angeles 3:25 PM FOX
Oakland at Denver 3:25 PM CBS
Kansas City at San Diego 3:25 PM CBS
Seattle at San Francisco 3:25 PM FOX

Now, one of the above games will be flexed to Sunday Night Football but as of this writing, it is undetermined. Texans vs. Titans has to be one of the leading candidates.....

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Most likely playoff scenarios for the AFC South (excluding ties):

1. If the Texans win out, they will win the AFC South.
2. If the Titans win out, they will win the AFC South.
3. If the Titans somehow lose to Jacksonville in Week 16, the Texans could clinch later that night with a win over Cincy.
4. If the Titans win in Week 16, it makes the Texans vs. Cincy game later that night meaningless* and it will set up a showdown game, Texans vs. Titans, in Week 17.

The Texans have been in 1st place in the AFCS all year so it would be very disappointing if they slipped up in the last game of the season..... Let's not let that happen, eh?

*Meaningless to the bottom line, not meaningless to the players and coaches working on "gettin' better"....