Week 17 flex games announced

[PanthersATL]

TL;DR; version?  Seahawks @ Carolina 1p Sunday

longer version? The NFL holds back final schedule for Week 17 and 18 as TBD for scheduling purposes. Go figure

[PanthersATL]

main schedule point is to keep Tampa and Carolina in the same timeslot so the two games can be competitive rather than letting one matchup be a cupcake due to results of the earlier game (assuming that week is important for the NFC South race)
 

[PanthersATL]

Whew, it won't compete against the Pop Tart Bowl (#12 BYU Cougars vs the #22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets - Saturday, December 27, 2025, at 3:30 PM ET)

And yes, the Pop Tart Bowl DOES have the best marketing plan of all the bowls

 

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

Seahawks flying west coast to east coast and playing @1PM eastern is an advantage for us

[LinvilleGorge]

42 minutes ago, PanthersATL said:

Whew, it won't compete against the Pop Tart Bowl (#12 BYU Cougars vs the #22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets - Saturday, December 27, 2025, at 3:30 PM ET)

And yes, the Pop Tart Bowl DOES have the best marketing plan of all the bowls

 

BYU? Hell, they have at least as strong of an argument as ND for being snubbed from the playoffs. Why didn't they take their ball and go stomping home? What are they doing playing?

[PanthersATL]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

BYU? Hell, they have at least as strong of an argument as ND for being snubbed from the playoffs. Why didn't they take their ball and go stomping home? What are they doing playing?

BYU vs GT looks like it'd be a good game in general. Looking forward to that (plus the pop tart shenanigans)

[UnluckyforSome]

12 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

BYU? Hell, they have at least as strong of an argument as ND for being snubbed from the playoffs. Why didn't they take their ball and go stomping home? What are they doing playing?

Somewhat ironically, BYU, previously before joining a reformulated Big 12, was also an Independent. 

[ProcessBlue2]

If we get into a situation where the Seattle game doesn’t matter, would Canales rest starters for the away Tampa game?

There will be a lot more clarity after the game tonight and our game Sunday to these scenarios, but there is a chance where the Seattle game means nothing.

Edited December 11, 2025 by ProcessBlue2

[Shotgun]

13 hours ago, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

Seahawks flying west coast to east coast and playing @1PM eastern is an advantage for us

Fire alarms need to be pulled. Payback time.

[PleaseCutStewart]

Cool, keep us at 1 pm and keep us far away from national primetime games. Don't need another Bryce primetime debacle like the 49ers game.

[PleaseCutStewart]

48 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

If we get into a situation where the Seattle game doesn’t matter, would Canales rest starters for the away Tampa game?

There will be a lot more clarity after the game tonight and our game Sunday to these scenarios, but there is a chance where the Seattle game means nothing.

If we win at NO and the home game against Tampa, I say we rest our starters and do 2 weeks of prep for Tampa (and just ignore watching film on Seattle). Extra plus out of that is not giving Seattle any meaningful tape if we meet them in the playoffs.

That being said, 1) we probably don't win both those games with how Jekyll & Hyde we are, and 2) I doubt DC rests our starters

[Khaki Lackey]

3 minutes ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

If we win at NO and the home game against Tampa, I say we rest our starters and do 2 weeks of prep for Tampa (and just ignore watching film on Seattle). Extra plus out of that is not giving Seattle any meaningful tape if we meet them in the playoffs.

That being said, 1) we probably don't win both those games with how Jekyll & Hyde we are, and 2) I doubt DC rests our starters

As flat as they came out after preseason and a single "victory Monday" I wouldn't be resting the starters either.

[ImfromClayton]

I  Sunday 1pm. Let's go. 

[CRA]

25 minutes ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

If we win at NO and the home game against Tampa, I say we rest our starters and do 2 weeks of prep for Tampa (and just ignore watching film on Seattle). Extra plus out of that is not giving Seattle any meaningful tape if we meet them in the playoffs.

That being said, 1) we probably don't win both those games with how Jekyll & Hyde we are, and 2) I doubt DC rests our starters

if this season has taught us anything.....

the Seattle game might be the one we are most likely to win.  Saints the hardest. Darnold still has those disaster games in him and might gift us.