NFL Week 17
While the NFL has long made playing on Thanksgiving a tradition, playing on Christmas wasn’t always on the league’s mind. For a long stretch of the NFL’s history, the season was already wrapped up by late December. In other instances, when the league expanded the NFL schedule, the NFL used to go to great lengths to avoid playing on Christmas.
The NFL first played playoff games on Christmas in 1971, but no regular-season games were played on the holiday until 1989. This year’s Week 17 NFL matchups will feature a doubleheader of games on the holiday while most of the rest of the schedule that week will be played on Sunday.
NFL Games for Week 17
The Battles for Week 17
-Ravens at Texans (Dec 25th, 5:30 PM ET): Lamar Jackson vs CJ Stroud, clash of two offensive powers.
-Cowboys vs Eagles (Dec 29th, 5:25 PM ET): One of the most traditional rivalries, two expected teams to be in playoff contention (both teams have made the postseason in each of the past three years) and could determine who wins the division.
-Lions at 49ers (Dec 30th, 9:15 PM ET): Another matchup with a divisional rival could be a crucial one in the playoff race. A rematch of the last NFC title game
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