NFL TV Schedule 2016: Week 17 Coverage Map, Game Times and Predictions

Cancel your plans Sunday, because in Week 17, there’s no Thursday Night Football or Monday Night Football.

All 16 regular-season finales take place Sunday, so you can start 2017 off the right way—with lots of pro football. 

Some of this week’s matchups don’t matter, and teams that have already clinched a playoff berth or have no chance of doing so may rest their starters. 

But other teams, such as the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Washington and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, are either still in the hunt or must win to secure a postseason spot. 

Here are the TV coverage maps for Week 17’s games, according to 506 Sports: 

Week 17 NFL maps are now up: https://t.co/heU86bFv9g

— 506 Sports (@506sports) December 28, 2016

Below is all the information you need to know about the TV schedule for Week 17, as well as some picks and previews for the must-watch games on tap.

Must-Watch Matchups 

Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos

The Oakland Raiders have clinched their first playoff berth since 2002 and now set their sights on locking up a first-round bye with a matchup against a division rival, the Denver Broncos.

Unfortunately for Oakland, it will have to do so without quarterback Derek Carr, to whom the team owes much of its current fortune.

Carr had surgery to repair a broken fibula, but there’s a small (small) silver lining: As NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday, Carr will attempt to be ready to play in the Super Bowl on February 5 should his team make it that far:  

#Raiders QB Derek Carr, who underwent fibula surgery at LA’s Kerlan-Jobe, is considered an extreme long-shot for the Super Bowl. He will try

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 28, 2016

For now, however, backup Matt McGloin will lead the Raiders into the postseason. 

For their part, the Kansas City Chiefs are hoping …

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