The NFL schedule has been readjusted on the fly this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That has led to some interesting TV programming decisions, too.
None was odder than in Week 12 when NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” featuring the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, was scheduled for Thanksgiving Night. The Ravens’ COVID outbreak forced that game to be postponed almost an entire week and was then played on Wednesday afternoon — on national TV.
That schedule change impacted Week 13, too, with the Steelers now hosting the Washington Football Team on late Monday afternoon. The two teams were supposed to play a standard 1 p.m. ET kickoff Sunday on FOX, but since Pittsburgh played Wednesday, that game got moved to Monday.
Here’s where things get a little complicated. As the great 506 Sports pointed out, the Washington-Pittsburgh game will be seen out of market on FOX but only in select parts of the country. The rest of the country, if it wants to watch the game, will have to do so on NFL Sunday Ticket (on a Monday, no less).
Good news, though, for those who have DirecTV, according to a random Twitter user, retweeted by 506 Sports.
Some more context:
So, there you go. Enjoy the game — if you get it.
