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We’re Getting a Monday Night NFL Playoff Game

Kevin Kinkead

By Kevin Kinkead

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Some NFL news from ESPN:

NFL playoffs on a week night? Why not?

This means we’ll have playoffs on Saturday, Sunday, and then Monday, in the following time slots:

  • Saturday, January 15th: 4:35 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.
  • Sunday, January 16th: 1:05 p.m., 4:40 p.m., and 8:15 p.m.
  • Monday, January 17th: 8:15 p.m.

That feels a little funky on the surface, since the opening weekend of the NFL playoffs has always been a two-day affair. Last year, when the field was expanded to 14 teams, they did three games on Saturday and three games on Sunday, then in the divisional round it was two games each on Saturday and Sunday.

Ask around though, and I think most people would be fine with stretching wild card weekend to three days.

Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com

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