NL postseason scenarios for the final day

Cubs and Brewers are tied heading into the final regular season game today

If they both win or they both lose, they'll play a tiebreaker game at Wrigley Field tomorrow at either 12:05 or 3:09

3:09 if it's the only tiebreaker game tomorrow, 12:05 if there's also a tiebreaker game in the NL West (which would be at 1:09 PT aka 3:09)

Rockies and Dodgers are tied heading into the final regular season game 

If they both win or they both lose, they'll play a tiebreaker game tomorrow at Dodger Stadium at 1:09

The Braves are playing the NL West winner in the NLDS. The Braves can only host that series if they win today and both NL West teams lose today. Otherwise, the NL West winner will host that series.

The last thing is minor, but it's worth mentioning in some capacity. The Indians have a chance to finish with the same record as the Braves, Rockies, or Dodgers. If that happens, and then they meet in the World Series, here's the breakdown of homefield advantage. 

If it's Indians/Braves, hosted by the Braves

If it's Indians against an NL West team, the Indians would host.

So if the Indians want to have the ability to host a potential World Series against the Braves, today's game is meaningful for them as they need to win and hope for a Braves loss.

Ranking Week 3, Week 4 NFL games

16. Cowboys at Seahawks

15. Bills at Vikings

14. Broncos at Ravens

13. Chargers at Rams

12. Patriots at Lions

11. Jets at Browns

10. Packers at Redskins

9. Bengals at Panthers

8. Giants at Texans

7. Raiders at Dolphins

6. Bears at Cardinals

5. Colts at Eagles

4. Titans at Jaguars

3. Saints at Falcons

2. 49ers at Chiefs

1. Steelers at Bucs

15. Texans at Colts (1:00)

14. Seahawks at Cardinals (4:05)

13. Jets at Jaguars (1:00)

12. Browns at Raiders (4:05)

11. Bengals at Falcons (1:00)

10. Saints at Giants (4:25)

9. 49ers at Chargers (4:25)

8. Buccaneers at Bears (1:00)

7. Vikings at Rams (Thursday)

6. Eagles at Titans (1:00)

5. Chiefs at Broncos (Monday)

4. Bills at Packers (1:00)

3. Dolphins at Patriots (1:00)

2. Lions at Cowboys (1:00)

Game of the Week: Ravens at Steelers (8:20)

Battle: Los Angeles

The Giants and Jets have always played at 1:00.
Until 2011, they had always played at 1:00 on a Sunday, but in 2011 they played on a Saturday.
Until 2015, they had always played at 1:00 on the doubleheader network, but in 2015 they played on the singleheader network.
Regardless, they've still always played at 1:00.

With the Chargers and Rams starting their in-city rivalry today, they are playing at 1:05 on a Sunday on the singleheader network. I'll keep note of that to see if it remains the same moving forward, as the Giants and Jets have always done.

NFL schedule notes

I first posted this as a Facebook status the night the schedule came out.

NFL schedule notes: (roadteam-hometeam unless otherwise specified)

Full TNF schedule: (8:20 ET)
1: ATL-PHI NBC
2: BAL-CIN NFLN
3: NYJ-CLE NFLN
4: MIN-LAR Fox
5: IND-NE Fox
6: PHI-NYG Fox
7: DEN-ARZ Fox
8: MIA-HOU Fox
9: OAK-SF Fox
10: CAR-PIT Fox
11: GB-SEA Fox
12: ATL-NO NBC Thanksgiving
13: NO-DAL Fox
14: JAX-TEN Fox
15: LAC-KC Fox

Full SNF schedule: (8:20 ET NBC)
1: CHI-GB - Packers open 100th season against their oldest rivals
2: NYG-DAL
3: NE-DET
4: BAL-PIT
5: DAL-HOU
6: KC-NE
7: LAR-SF
8: NO-MIN #MinneapolisMiracle rematch
9: GB-NE
10: DAL-PHI
11: PIT-JAX
12: GB-MIN
13: SF-SEA
14: PIT-OAK
15: PHI-LAR
16: KC-SEA
17: announced after Week 16 MNF.. or maybe no Week 17 game like last year lol

Full MNF schedule: (8:15 ET ESPN unless otherwise specified)
Week 1 7:10 ET: NYJ-DET
Week 1 10:20 ET: LAR-OAK Gruden's return!
2: SEA-CHI
3: PIT-TB
4: KC-DEN
5: WAS-NO
6: SF-GB
7: NYG-ATL
8: NE-BUF
9: TEN-DAL
10: NYG-SF
11: KC-LAR #MexicoCity
12: TEN-HOU
13: WAS-PHI
14: MIN-SEA
15: NO-CAR
16: DEN-OAK #ChristmasEve

Divisional rivalries and when they happen:
team1-team2 x, y
means they play at team1 on week x and at team2 on week y

CLE-PIT 1, 8
CLE-BAL 5, 17
CIN-CLE 12, 16
CIN-BAL 2, 11
CIN-PIT 6, 17
PIT-BAL 4, 9

ATL-CAR 2, 16
CAR-TB 9, 13
CAR-NO 15, 17 !!!
NO-TB 1, 14
ATL-NO 3, 12
ATL-TB 6, 17

JAX-TEN 3, 14
JAX-HOU 7, 17
IND-JAX 10, 13
IND-HOU 4, 14
IND-TEN 7, 17
TEN-HOU 2, 12

NE-MIA 4, 14
BUF-NE 8, 16
NYJ-NE 12, 17
NYJ-MIA 2, 9
NYJ-BUF 10, 14
MIA-BUF 13, 17

DET-GB 5, 17
CHI-DET 10, 12
MIN-DET 9, 16
GB-MIN 2, 12
CHI-MIN 11, 17
GB-CHI 1, 15

NYG-PHI 6, 12
DAL-NYG 2, 17
NYG-WAS 8, 14
WAS-DAL 7, 12
PHI-WAS 13, 17
PHI-DAL 10, 14

SF-LAR 7, 17
SEA-SF 13, 15
SF-AZ 5, 8
LAR-ARZ 2, 16
ARZ-SEA 4, 17
SEA-LAR 5, 10

KC-DEN 8, 4
LAC-KC 1, 15
OAK-KC 13, 17
DEN-OAK 2, 16
LAC-OAK 5, 10
LAC-DEN 11, 17

Week 17 matchups
CLE-BAL
MIA-BUF
PHI-WAS
IND-TEN
DET-GB
JAX-HOU
OAK-KC
CHI-MIN
NYJ-NE
CAR-NO
DAL-NYG
CIN-PIT
ATL-TB
LAC-DEN
SF-LAR
ARZ-SEA

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Additionally, here are my tweets from earlier tonight:

The NFL's doing something very interesting this year -- this must be in response to Week 16 Saturday games being duds in the past -- NO games are currently scheduled for that Saturday but two of the Sunday games will be picked to be Sat games after Week 8 #ScheduleRelease2018

Bye Weeks as follows

Week 4 2 Teams
Week 5 2
Week 6 2
Week 7 4
Week 8 4
Week 9 6
Week 10 4
Week 11 6
Week 12 2

#ScheduleRelease2018

Standalone 4:25s!
#Week7: DAL-WAS @NFLonCBS
#Week9: LAR-NO @NFLonFOX
#Week10: SEA-LAR @NFLonCBS
#Week12: PIT-DEN @NFLonCBS
#Week13: MIN-NE @NFLonFOX
#Week15: NE-PIT @NFLonCBS
#ScheduleRelease2018

Games happening in ETZ/CTZ at 4:05/4:25 ET during normal flex periods
#Week13: NYJ-TEN, MIN-NE
#Week14: PHI-DAL
#Week15: NE-PIT
#Week16: PIT-NO
#ScheduleRelease2018

2018 international games:
#London
#Week6: SEA-OAK 1p @NFLonFOX
#Week7: TEN-LAC 9:30a @NFLonCBS
#Week8: PHI-JAX 9:30a @nflnetwork
#MexicoCity
#Week11: KC-LAR 8:15p @espn
#ScheduleRelease2018

#Week11 currently has no 4:25 ET game scheduled which means one will be flexed in later on #ScheduleRelease2018

Prescheduled #crossflexes:
#Week1: JAX-NYG, TEN-MIA
#Week2: CLE-NO
#Week3: IND-PHI
#Week4: NYJ-JAX, CLE-OAK, NO-NYG, SF-LAC
#Week7: CLE-TB, DAL-WAS
#Week10: LAC-OAK, SEA-LAR
#Week12: CHI-DET #Thanksgiving
#Week16: NYG-IND, WAS-TEN
#ScheduleRelease2018