Week 18’s Lions vs. Packers game was moved to Sunday night.
After all, in 2022, the Detroit Lions will host a primetime game. The NFL flexed Detroit’s Week 18 visit to Green Bay to become the final regular season game.
On Monday, the NFL released the schedule for Week 18. The final Sunday Night Football match of the season, broadcast on NBC, features the Lions and Packers.
There are a lot of playoff implications in this game. With a victory, Green Bay claims the last NFC playoff berth. If the Lions triumph and the Seattle Seahawks fall to the Los Angeles Rams, Detroit will be able to play in the postseason. The Lions’ game against the Packers will take place right before that NFC West match in the late afternoon. Green Bay and Detroit are both 8-8.
This year, Detroit was not allowed to watch any nationally televised games other than the customary Thanksgiving Day game against the Bills. The Lions defeated the Packers 15-9 in their first encounter and triumphed in Green Bay during Week 18 of the previous campaign.
The likelihood that Justin Fields will start at center for the Bears in 2019–20 has decreased even further.
This week, fans discovered that Fields does not follow the official Chicago Bears Instagram account, which sent social media into a frenzy. In addition, the quarterback recently followed Kyle Pitts, Drake London, and Bijan Robinson—three players from the Atlanta Falcons.
Because of this, the chances on DraftKings SportsBook Tuesday for Fields to take his first snap of the 2024–25 season for Atlanta increased from +600 to +150. The odds for the Pittsburgh Steelers to land Fields are at -120, while the Bears’ odds have decreased from +200 to +350.
The Bears are almost certain to choose USC quarterback Blake Williams with the first overall choice (-900) in the latest odds. The Bears plan to make their final selection at the NFL Combine the following week, according to a number of reports, before free agent signing day on March 13. They run the danger of losing all of their trade power if they hold out for the QB carousel to start whirling and the market for Fields to collapse.
Important to note: It’s unclear if Fields has ever followed the Bears on Instagram. Should he be, the precise moment of the unfollowing deed would remain a mystery. As of right now, all that is known is that Fields has never been very active on Instagram, where he does not currently follow the team.
