The New York Giants are preparing for their Week 10 matchup on Thursday Night Football against the Washington Commanders, but the league has made some changes to their schedule for the following week.
The NFL is flexing the start time for the game at MetLife Stadium between the Giants and the Jacksonville Jaguars to 4:25 pm ET instead of 1 p.m.
It is replacing the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, which takes its spot at 1 p.m.
This change is largely being made for two
reasons: The Jaguars and Giants are both in first place, making it one of the marquee matchups of the week. On top of that, the Eagles have struggled mightily, losing seven in a row. That streak has been capped off by the team’s most recent loss to the Giants, which sent them to 2-7 on the season.
The Steelers and Eagles have a rare in-state rivalry in Pennsylvania that doesn’t get a lot of attention because they don’t play every year. The Giants and Jaguars, on the other hand, present a much more intriguing matchup in terms of overall football competition and playoff implications in both conferences.
The Giants and Jaguars are joined in the late window by two other games on the West Coast. The New York Jets will face off against the winless Los Angeles Chargers, while the Las Vegas Raiders play a divisional matchup against Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos.
This puts the Giants front and center for the national TV game of the week on Sunday afternoon. It is a testament to how well they have played over the first half of the season, and now they will get a chance to play in front of more eyeballs.
