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Browns-Giants Week 15 Game Flexed To Sunday Night Football

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The NFL has decided to flex the Week 15 matchup between the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants to NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

The Browns made the announcement Wednesday on their team website.

Kickoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 20 matchup against the Giants at MetLife Stadium.

Initially, the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys were scheduled to play Dec. 20 on Sunday Night Football.

The Niners-Cowboys game moves to 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 20 on CBS.

It also prompts the New York Jets-Los Angeles Rams game to move to 4:05 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 20 on FOX.

The Browns (9-3) and Giants (5-7) are in trying to secure a spot in the postseason.

It will mark back-to-back weeks the Browns play in primetime.

In Week 14, the Browns host the Ravens (7-5) on Monday Night Football at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland.

Meanwhile, the Giants are looking to win their fifth consecutive game under first-year head coach Joe Judge during their Week 14 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals.

The Giants are tied with the Washington Football Team for the lead in the NFC East.

Former Browns coach Freddie Kitchens serves as the Giants’ tight end coach.

The Browns’ last Sunday Night Football appearance came Sept. 22, 2019, during a 20-13 home loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

It marked the first Sunday Night Football game in Cleveland since Sept. 14, 2008.

Cleveland last played a road game on Sunday Night Football in 2005, when the Browns traveled to play the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Browns are vying for their first playoff appearance since the 2002 season.

The Giants haven’t made the playoffs since the 2016 season.

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About Mark Bergin

Mark Bergin is a freelance journalist and writer. He also hosts the Bleav in Steelers podcast with Ike Taylor. Mark worked for two-plus years as a digital producer at WTSP in St. Petersburg/Tampa, Florida, and for two years at WBIR in Knoxville, Tennessee. He’s covered the Tampa Bay Rays’ stadium search, Jameis Winston’s struggles leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Butch Jones era of Tennessee football. Mark is a native of the Chicago suburbs, and he graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism production.

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