NFL sets date, time for Dolphins-Jets. Here’s the Week 18 schedule
The NFL announced Sunday that the Dolphins’ Week 18 game at the Jets will be played at 4:25 p.m. Sunday on Fox.
Also at 4:25 p.m., CBS will carry Kansas City’s game at Denver.
Both of those games will be televised in South Florida.
The Dolphins would make the playoffs if they beat the Jets and if the Chiefs beat the Broncos.
Denver would claim the final AFC playoff spot by beating Kansas City, which has clinched the AFC’s No. 1 seed and apparently plans to rest several starters. Carson Wentz reportedly will start for Kansas City, to protect Patrick Mahomes from risk of injury.
The Cincinnati Bengals would make the playoffs if they beat the Steelers and if the Dolphins and Broncos both lose.
CBS and Fox both get afternoon double-headers in Week 18.
Dolphins-Jets will be Fox’s primary late window game, with 49ers-Cardinals and Seahawks-Rams airing in the West at that time. The Rams clinched the NFC West title late Sunday night by virtue of Washington’s victory against Atlanta.
The Chiefs-Broncos game will air in most of the country on CBS, with a small segment of the nation getting Chargers-Raiders at 4:25 on CBS.
On Saturday, ABC and ESPN will carry Browns-Ravens at 4:30 p.m. and Bengals-Steelers at 8 p.m.
Vikings-Lions --- NBC’s regular-season finale on Sunday night --- will determine the top seed in the NFC.
The 1 p.m. Sunday window includes two games that would determine the NFC South title -- Saints-Buccaneers on Fox and Panthers-Falcons on CBS. Tampa Bay would clinch the division with a win.
Teams from the same division often play at the same time in Week 18, but the Bills-Patriots game was scheduled for 1 p.m. on CBS, before the Dolphins-Jets game.
Other 1 p.m. games: Giants-Eagles, Texans-Titans on CBS and Washington-Dallas, Jacksonville-Indianapolis and Chicago-Green Bay on Fox.
This story was originally published December 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM.
