About two weeks ago, the NFL decided to flex the Green Bay Packers’ Week 14 matchup with the Chicago Bears from the early afternoon time slot into the late afternoon. The reason was simple: to get a critical NFC North matchup in front of more eyeballs.

Now that TV broadcast maps are out, it’s clear why they made that call. According to the map from 506sports.com, nearly every TV market in the USA will see Packers-Bears on FOX in the late window. Instead of competing with three other games at noon central, the only other game on FOX at the same time is the Rams visiting the Cardinals, a contest with little significant playoff impact due to the Cardinals’ 3-9 record.

Instead, Packers-Bears will decide the NFC North division lead, and its move into the late afternoon indeed puts it on the l

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