Which is the first Steelers Game That Will Nationally Televised...

Or at least on in the South Jersey/Philly area? I've just been watching highlights on NFL Red Zone and following on the yahoo app. I suppose I could find a feed but the quality sucks and I don't have NFL Sunday ticket or anything like that.

 

October 29th.. Steelers at Lions on NBC.

 

We're going into the Lions den/stadium hope we get the W. Go Steelers

 

Since the Eagles are home and have a 1:00 game, I think that CBS probably won't have a double header again, IIRC the broadcasting rules.
I can say with pretty good certainty that week 4 vs Baltimore will be the televised game in the Philly/South Jersey area.

 

As Heinz said, October 29 will be the next national game.

Weeks 4 and 6, Baltimore and KC should have pretty wide coverage.

 

If the steelers and ravens are both 3-0 in week 4 their game could be close to national coverage and might even get flexed since the colts and seahawks are slotted for oct 1 SNF two struggling teams nobody wants to see .......

 

Do they schedule-flex that early in the season? I thought it was only after Week 10.

 

Ravens game won't be flexed.

 

Here's the only one that matters:

NBC - February 4, 2018; 5:18pm CST
SB LII
US Bank Stadium
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Steelers not appearing in this game will render all preceding games meaningless.

 

The Vikings game was nationally televised

 

Which basically means "The win against (insert team here) means nothing if..."

 

Too early to flex our game, only two games can be flexed between week 5 and week 17, so you was half right, and I was totally wrong:

Flexible Scheduling
Allows teams to play their way onto the Sunday night schedule

In 2006 the NFL implemented a primetime "flexible scheduling" element on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and in Week 17. In 2014 that was extended so that games between Weeks 5 and 17 could be affected by flex scheduling. However, only two games may be flexed into Sunday Night between Week 5 and 10.

Flexible scheduling ensured quality matchups on Sunday night in those weeks and gave surprise teams a chance to play their way onto primetime. The NBC Sunday night time slot for "flex" weeks lists the game tentatively scheduled for Sunday night.

Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game will be moved to an afternoon start time. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights.

Just as the six major college football conferences have done for many years, the NFL has the flexibility to move the start times of games on Sundays, using a 12-day notice format.

For example, a game scheduled for a Sunday could move from a 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff to an 8:15 p.m. start, but the change would be made and announced no later than the prior Tuesday, 12 days prior. Sunday afternoon games, as in the past, can still be moved between 1:00 and 4:05 or 4:25 p.m. ET.

In Week 17, in order to ensure a Sunday night game with playoff implications, the decision to move the start time may be made on six days notice.

 

I was trying to change it up a bit, you know, like the secret to a good marriage.

 

I finally gave in and switched to directv. It is a game changer, every play of every game as many times as you want!

 

I live in South Jersey too. Have been very fortunate over the years to see a lot of Steeler games on TV here. This year not so good so far. You do know that you can listen to the game for free at Steelers.com. I use to go to the bars that have all the games but got tired of sitting there for 3 plus hours and having to watch with fans of so many different teams.