Overview
- There is no Thursday Night Football in Week 18, with play opening Saturday as the Panthers visit the Buccaneers before the 49ers host the Seahawks.
- Sunday features a full slate capped by Ravens at Steelers on Sunday Night Football to determine remaining division and seeding outcomes.
- The NFL’s advance planning and limits on Thursday flexing after Week 16, plus rest considerations, help explain the absence of a Week 18 Thursday game.
- Amazon Prime’s Thursday package concluded on Christmas, and Prime will stream one wild-card game as an exclusive broadcast.
- The postseason schedule is set with wild-card games Jan. 10–12, the divisional round Jan. 17–18, conference championships Jan. 25 and Super Bowl 60 on Feb. 8, airing across ABC, CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC with streaming on ESPN+, Paramount+, Peacock, Prime Video and Fubo.