The s are at the moment locked into an early season collision course with the San Francisco 49ers. These two bitter NFC West rivals are slated to face off for the primary time this yr in Week 5 at Lumen Discipline. Now, for a third-straight assembly between the Seahawks and 49ers, the entire nation shall be witness to their impending conflict.
On Tuesday, the NFL introduced they had been flexing the Seattle vs San Francisco recreation right into a extra distinguished time slot. Beforehand, the Seahawks' had been scheduled to tackle the Niners within the 1:00 pm Pacific Time late window of video games. Now, the NFL is giving them the prime FOX remedy. Seattle will now play at 1:25 pm Pacific Time, which is important as a result of that is the nationally televised FOX recreation of the week.
The Seahawks could have their recreation known as by FOX's prime broadcast duo of Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady. These guys didn’t name a single common season Seattle recreation final yr, solely their two house playoff video games.
NFL SCHEDULE FLEX 🚨
Week 5 – Bears at Packers strikes to 1:00 ET on FOX (initially scheduled for 4:25 ET)
With this flex, 49ers at Seahawks turns into the primary 4:25 recreation on FOX’s Week 5 slate
— ProGridSports (@ProGridSports) 6
It says lots about how the NFL now views the Seahawks, as a result of they’re willingly opting to advertise their recreation over a Packers vs Bears showdown. On the opposite facet of the coin, it actually goes to point out how disappointing Inexperienced Bay is that this yr that the NFL is kicking one in all their largest manufacturers out of the nationwide highlight for every week.
Seattle is 2-1 on the yr and San Francisco is 3-0, each vying for the highest spot within the NFC West. It’s not an understatement to counsel the end result of Week 5 might probably have huge ramifications for a way the NFC playoff image finally shakes up!
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