Ravens-Bengals Week 17 Game Flexed to 4:25 p.m.

Dec 24, 2017 at 11:53 PM

Garrett Downing

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Next week's Ravens-Bengals game at M&T Bank Stadium has been flexed from 1 p.m. to 4:25 p.m., the NFL announced late Sunday night.

The league moved all the games with AFC wild-card implications to 4:25 p.m. to ensure that no team has an advantage by playing later in the day. The Buffalo-Miami, Jacksonville-Tennessee and Oakland-San Diego games will also all be at 4:25 p.m.

"We felt that both from a competitive standpoint and from a fan perspective, the most fair thing to do is to schedule all Week 17 games in either the 1 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. ET windows," said NFL Senior Vice President of Broadcasting Howard Katz. "This ensures that we do not have a matchup on Sunday Night Football on New Year's Eve that because of earlier results has no playoff implications for one or both of the competing teams."

Unlike previous years, there will be no Sunday Night Football game that begins at 8:30 p.m.

The Ravens currently have the No. 5 seed in the AFC, but they have to beat the Bengals to guarantee a playoff spot. They can still make the playoffs if they lose next week, but would need help.

Here's the full breakdown of the Week 17 playoff implications.

1 / 45

OLB Matthew Judon

2 / 45

S Chuck Clark

3 / 45

RB Alex Collins

4 / 45

OLB Terrell Suggs

5 / 45

QB Joe Flacco

6 / 45

RB Danny Woodhead

7 / 45

OLB Terrell Suggs

8 / 45

G/C Ryan Jensen

9 / 45

WR Mike Wallace

10 / 45

DT Willie Henry

11 / 45

DT Michael Pierce, OLB Matthew Judon, DT Carl Davis and DT Brandon Williams

12 / 45

QB Joe Flacco

13 / 45

OLB Za'Darius Smith

14 / 45

DT Willie Henry and OLB Tyus Bowser

15 / 45

ILB C.J. Mosley

16 / 45

QB Joe Flacco

17 / 45

WR Mike Wallace

18 / 45

TE Benjamin Watson

19 / 45

S Tony Jefferson and Special Teams Players

20 / 45

QB Joe Flacco

21 / 45

WR Chris Moore

22 / 45

RB Alex Collins

23 / 45

WR Chris Moore

24 / 45

QB Joe Flacco

25 / 45

RB Javorius Allen

26 / 45

WR/RS Michael Campanaro

27 / 45

K Justin Tucker

28 / 45

K Justin Tucker

29 / 45

ILB C.J. Mosley and DB/LB Anthony Levine

30 / 45

DB/LB Anthony Levine

31 / 45

OLB Terrell Suggs

32 / 45

WR/RS Michael Campanaro

33 / 45

QB Joe Flacco

34 / 45

RB Javorius Allen

35 / 45

QB Joe Flacco

36 / 45

OLB Matthew Judon and OLB Za'Darius Smith

37 / 45

TE Maxx Williams

38 / 45

TE Maxx Williams and WR Chris Moore

39 / 45

OLB Za'Darius Smith

40 / 45

RB Alex Collins

41 / 45

OLB Matthew Judon

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Head Coach John Harbaugh and Colts Head Coach Chuck Pagano

43 / 45

QB Joe Flacco and Colts QB Jacoby Brissett

44 / 45

QB Joe Flacco and Colts WR Kamar Aiken

45 / 45

CB Maurice Canady and OLB Za'Darius Smith

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