NFL Week 18 Schedule Adjustments Highlight Playoff Contenders

AP -- The NFL's schedule changes for Week 18 will feature a Sunday night showdown for a playoff berth.

To finish off the NFL's first 17-game season, the Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders game was flexed from daytime to primetime. Both AFC West rivals are 9-7 and the winner will advance to the postseason.

The league also switched two games from Sunday to Saturday. Kansas City, already the AFC West champion, will be at Denver, followed by Dallas at Philadelphia. Neither of those games has the strong postseason implications of Chargers-Raiders.

Here is the full Week 18 schedule (all times in Central Time):

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Saturday, January 8

• Kansas City at Denver, 3:30 pm (ESPN/ABC)
• Dallas at Philadelphia, 7:15 pm (ESPN/ABC)

Sunday, January 9

• Chicago at Minnesota, 12 pm (FOX)
• Green Bay at Detroit, 12 pm (FOX)
• Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 12 pm (CBS)
• Cincinnati at Cleveland, 12 pm (FOX)
• Tennessee at Houston, 12 pm (CBS)
• Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 12 pm (CBS)
• Washington at New York Giants, 12 pm (FOX)
• Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 pm (FOX)
• New Orleans at Atlanta, 3:25 pm (FOX)
• New York Jets at Buffalo, 3:25 pm (CBS)
• San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 3:25 pm (FOX)
• New England at Miami, 3:25 pm (CBS)
• Carolina at Tampa Bay, 3:25 pm (CBS)
• L.A. Chargers at Las Vegas, 7:20 pm (NBC)