—The feature game this weekend will be the Fox doubleheader game featuring the Lions at Green Bay which will be shown across the country except in parts of the West Coast where the Rams at Seattle game will be shown. The Lions have the best record in the conference and a victory would boost their record to 7-1 while a Green Bay loss would drop the Packers to 6-3. Packer quarterback Jordan Love suffered a groin injury against Jacksonville last week and it is uncertain if he will play.
–If the Lions win, Minnesota can remain a game behind them in the NFC North and boost their record to 6-2 with a win over the Colts, who are 4-4 in the Sunday night game. It was flexed into the prime time spot when the Jaguar-Eagles game was moved to late afternoon. Joe Flacco will replace rookie Anthony Richardson as the Colts quarterback and the Colts can remain a game behind the 6-3 Texan in the AFC South with a win.
–The weekend started Thursday night with the Jets snapping a five game losing streak with a win over the Texans, who were expected to be a contender but haven’t played the way they did last year when C.J. Stroud led them to the division title as rookie. One problem is that the offensive line isn’t giving Stroud enough protection. He also said the Texans have to stop pointing fingers, which seemed to indicate they are doing just that.
–The NFL’s only unbeaten team, Kansas City, is favored to boost its record to 8-0 with a victory over Tampa Bay on Monday night. Except for the Bills and Steelers, who are both 6-2, the rest of the AFC teams have at least three losses so the Chiefs are in a good position to get the top seed and a bye as they go for the first threepeat of the Super Bowl era. The Bills host Miami while the Steelers have a bye.
–Besides the Miami-Buffalo game, CBS has three other early game – Denver at Baltimore, which will get the most coverage, the Chargers at Cleveland and New Orleans at Carolina. With the Broncos and Ravens both 5-3, it is a pivotal game for both teams in the two late CBS games, Chicago is at Arizona and Jacksonville is at Philadelphia.
–In the Fox early game, Dallas at Atlanta gets the most coverage while Washington is at the Giants; Las Vegas is at Cincinnati and New England is at Tennessee in the other three games.
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