The Patriots’ street recreation at Las Vegas on Dec. 18 has been flexed out of Sunday Night Football and right into a 4:05 p.m. ET kickoff, the NFL introduced Monday.
The league is changing their Week 15 matchup with Giants-Commanders.
Before Monday’s announcement, the Pats had been scheduled to play in primetime for 4 straight weeks, together with subsequent Monday’s scheduled kickoff at Arizona. Pending the results of their Week 14 video games, the Patriots’ and Raiders’ showdown ought to determine one workforce’s postseason destiny.
At 6-6, the Patriots at the moment have a 25% likelihood of constructing the playoffs, per FiveThirtyEight’s projections. At 5-7, Las Vegas, which is favored to win this Thursday towards the Rams, has a 16% likelihood. If the Raiders win Thursday and lose to the Patriots, their odds would plummet to three%.
If the Patriots go unbeaten over the following two weeks, their odds will soar to 64%, whereas an 0-2 exhibiting would all however assure their eventual elimination from the playoffs. Going 1-1, with a win at Arizona or Las Vegas, would hold their odds within the neighborhood of 25% heading into the season’s remaining three weeks.
In Las Vegas, the Pats will even reunite with former offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. Last January, McDaniels took over the Raiders with former Patriots personnel government Dave Ziegler, now the workforce’s GM. After a disastrous begin to its season, Las Vegas has gained three straight, together with a 27-20 win over the Chargers final Sunday.
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