The NFL regular season is nearly over, with the last week of games scheduled for next weekend.
Unlike the rest of the season, when each game will be played is not known until the week before.
This is to ensure that any game that will decide a divisional title or a playoff spot is played at a time when the majority of people would be able to watch it, with games that have no impact on the playoffs normally being played in the early window on Sunday.
This year, the NFL has decided to move two games from the usual slot on Sunday to Saturday.
The #NFLSeasonFinale starts Saturday on ESPN/ABC! pic.twitter.com/6gU94s0AzD
— NFL (@NFL) January 2, 2023
Out of these two games, the most important one will be played in the primetime slot, between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans.
At the beginning of the season, this game would have probably not received much interest from anyone outside of the teams’ respective markets.
The Titans were last season’s number-one seed in the AFC, while the Jags have struggled for the last couple of seasons.
This year, the story is different.
The Jags have won their last four games, and have been competitive in many others, while the Titans have had a mini-collapse in form, losing their last six games.
Coming into the game, the Jaguars lead the division, but the Titans know that a win over the Jaguars can give them the divisional title and a playoff spot.
It is a winner-takes-all game, played in a primetime slot in front of the nation, to decide who makes the playoffs.
