NFL Playoffs 2025 Season in 2026

It appears they are still scheming on all four games for this weekend, instead of on only two games as presented by NBC after the game last night.

So much is dependent on whether or not these Steelers win tonight.

NBC had reported that the Bills at Denver and the 49ers at Seattle would play on Saturday, with the time of each start yet to be determined, but it appears this morning that the NFL is still in deliberation on this front.

But I would not be surprised if they simply go with those two games on Saturday, with the massive media market matchup Rams at Chicago on Sunday, which generally draws more fans than if scheduled on Saturday.

Past NFL media precedent has been to schedule the bigger games as the second games on the weekend, but if the Steelers win, the NFL might opt to have their next game on Sunday late and have the game in Chicago on Saturday night, for these two would be the likely biggest draws for ratings. Or perhaps they’ll do the opposite for these two games.

If the Texans win though, I think the media will go according to script and definitely have their next game as one of the first games played, possibly even screwing the Texans over to play on a short break and first on Saturday, which is generally the lowest-rated time slot of the four slots.