One month into the 2025 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Francisco 49ers are both 3-1 and easily identifiable as top NFC playoff contenders. The NFL recognized as much on Monday when it elected to put the Week Six showdown between the Buccaneers and 49ers in front of a larger television audience.

The league announced Monday that the Tampa Bay-San Francisco game, presented by Novartis, at Raymond James on Sunday, October 12 has been flexed to the late afternoon slot The game was originally scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. ET but will now kickoff at 4:25 p.m. ET. In a corresponding scheduling change, the New England Patriots game at New Orleans that Sunday will be moved from 4:25 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers meeting is also scheduled to kickoff at 4:

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