Eagles-Seahawks to now play Dec. 18 in NFL’s first-ever ‘Monday Night Football’ flexed game
The Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks will now face off on “Monday Night Football” on Dec. 18 at 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN/ABC in the NFL ’s first-ever flexed MNF game, the league announced Thursday. In a corresponding move, the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots will be played at 1 p.m. ET on FOX.
The Week 15 matchup will be one of three straight primetime matchups for the Eagles. Philadelphia plays the Dallas Cowboys in Week 14 on Sunday Night Football, the Seahawks on MNF the next week and the Giants on MNF in Week 16 on Christmas Day.
There will also be three Saturday games during Week 15:
This season is the first that the NFL can flex a MNF game. The league could only reschedule a game between Weeks 12 and 17 on Sundays and had to give teams at least a 12-day notice.
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