The NFL will have its lightest Sunday afternoon slate to date in Week 6 of the 2022 season. That’s because the league is beginning its cycle of bye weeks this week, so four of the league’s teams will be rendered inactive.
The Lions, Raiders, Texans and Titans will all be off in Week 6. Tennessee is the only team with a winning record, so that may improve the quality of the games on Sunday afternoon — at least on paper.
Per usual, it will be Fox and CBS that split coverage of the 11-game Sunday slate. CBS will have the right to broadcast the doubleheader in Week 6, but it’s actually Fox that will broadcast a greater chunk of the games.
There is a reason for that. CBS took five games from this slate and is effectively treating the Chiefs vs. Bills game as a standalone contest. It will be the only 4:25 p.m. ET game in the NFL this week and it will be broadcast on CBS for the entire country to see. Its only competition will come from the regionally broadcast Seahawks-Cardinals and Panthers-Rams games on Fox.
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This is a smart move for CBS, as the Bills-Chiefs game is a rematch of the much-celebrated playoff meeting between the two last season during which Kansas City won 42-36 in overtime. There will be plenty of interest in this contest and it may end up being among the best regular-season games this year.
The rest of CBS’s coverage will be largely regionalized, with the Giants vs. Ravens taking center stage in its early afternoon slate. The same will be true of Fox, which will rely on the Packers-Jets game to carry its coverage.
Below is the full NFL coverage map for Week 6, plus a list of major TV markets and the CBS and Fox games that will be presented in each on Sunday.
NFL coverage map Week 6
(NFL coverage maps courtesy of 506sports.com)
Blue: Jets at Packers
Red: Buccaneers at Steelers
Yellow: 49ers at Falcons
Orange: Vikings at Dolphins
Green: Panthers at Rams (LATE)
Light Blue: Cardinals at Seahawks (LATE)
Red: Ravens at Giants
Blue: Patriots at Browns
Green: Bengals at Saints
Yellow: Jaguars at Colts
The Bills at Chiefs game will be nationally televised, so everyone in the country will be able to watch the playoff rematch in Week 6.
TV schedule for NFL Week 6 games
NFL fans will be treated to a nice “Sunday Night Football” matchup in Week 6, as the 4-1 Cowboys will host the 5-0 Eagles in a battle for the top spot in the NFC East. Dallas has won four in a row with backup Cooper Rush starting and has seen Micah Parsons blossom into one of the NFL’s best defensive players. Meanwhile, the Eagles have a loaded roster with few weaknesses and their strong offense should test Dallas in a way that it hasn’t been tested so far this season.
“Monday Night Football” is a divisional matchup as well. The Broncos (2-3) and Chargers (3-2) will do battle for second place in the AFC West. Both Russell Wilson and Justin Herbert have dealt with injuries this season, along with their teams, so it may be the healthier squad that prevails in this one.
Below are the Sunday afternoon games that will be broadcast regionally by CBS and Fox.
CBS coverage
- Patriots at Browns (1 p.m. ET)
- Bengals at Saints (1 p.m. ET)
- Ravens at Giants (1 p.m. ET)
- Jaguars at Colts (1 p.m. ET)
- Bills at Chiefs (4:25 p.m. ET)
Fox coverage
- Buccaneers at Steelers (1 p.m. ET)
- Jets at Packers (1 p.m. ET)
- Vikings at Dolphins (1 p.m. ET)
- 49ers at Falcons (1 p.m. ET)
- Panthers at Rams (4:05 p.m. ET)
- Cardinals at Seahawks (4:05 p.m. ET)
List of Week 6 NFL games by TV market
(TV markets listed in order of size)
| Market | CBS early | Fox early | CBS late | Fox late |
| New York | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Los Angeles | Ravens at Giants | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Chicago | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Philadelphia | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| San Francisco/Bay area | Ravens at Giants | 49ers at Falcons | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Washington D.C. | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Houston | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Boston | Patriots at Browns | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Atlanta | Bengals at Saints | 49ers at Falcons | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Phoenix | Ravens at Giants | — | Bills at Chiefs | Cardinals at Seahawks |
| Tampa/St. Petersburg | Ravens at Giants | Buccaneers at Steelers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Seattle | Ravens at Giants | — | Bills at Chiefs | Cardinals at Seahawks |
| Detroit | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | Ravens at Giants | Vikings at Dolphins | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Miami | Ravens at Giants | Vikings at Dolphins | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Denver | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Orlando | Jaguars at Colts | Buccaneers at Steelers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Cleveland | Patriots at Browns | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Sacramento | Ravens at Giants | 49ers at Falcons | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Charlotte | Ravens at Giants | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Portland | Ravens at Giants | — | Bills at Chiefs | Cardinals at Seahawks |
| St. Louis | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Pittsburgh | Ravens at Giants | Buccaneers at Steelers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Indianapolis | Jaguars at Colts | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Baltimore | Ravens at Giants | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Raleigh-Durham | Ravens at Giants | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Nashville | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| San Diego | Ravens at Giants | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Salt Lake City | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| San Antonio | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Kansas City | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Columbus | Patriots at Browns | Buccaneers at Steelers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Milwaukee | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Cincinnati | Bengals at Saints | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Las Vegas | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Jacksonville | Jaguars at Colts | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Oklahoma City | Ravens at Giants | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| New Orleans | Bengals at Saints | — | Bills at Chiefs | Panthers at Rams |
| Memphis | Bengals at Saints | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
| Buffalo | Patriots at Browns | Jets at Packers | Bills at Chiefs | — |
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