To the surprise of few, the winner-take-all matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens for the AFC North championship next Sunday will be played at 8:20 p.m. at Acrisure Stadium.
The league announced the dates and times for Week 18 of the regular season after the conclusion of Sunday’s slate of Week 17 games.
The showdown between the Steelers and Ravens, with the winner taking the division title and the loser missing the playoffs, was deemed the most attractive game of the weekend, thus earning the “Sunday Night Football” spot on NBC.
A matchup with similar stakes in the NFC South between Tampa Bay and Carolina was flexed into the 4:30 p.m. Saturday spot on ABC and ESPN.
The Steelers are 0-2 on “Sunday Night Football” this season, having lost 35-25 to Green Bay on Oct. 26 and 25-10 to the Los Angeles Chargers on Nov. 9.
The early line, according to DraftKings, has Baltimore as a three-point favorite.
