NFL Week 3 Sunday Schedule: Patriots-Lions gets SNF time slot

After a wild week two that saw an upset in a rematch of last year’s AFC title game and continued offensive explosions from quarterbacks Ryan Fitzpatrick and Patrick Mahomes, it’s on to week three in the NFL. This week’s games look to be much less exciting on paper than those from last week, but often the most exciting Sundays are those that expected to be duds.

For the Green Bay Packers, a road game in Washington is on the docket in the early time slot, as they try to beat an Alex Smith-led team for the fourth time in five tries. The 49ers went 1-2 against the Packers with Smith under center, while the Packers beat the Chiefs in Smith’s lone start with them against Green Bay.

In the evening time slot, another NFC North team takes the stage, as the Lions host the AFC favorite New England Patriots. Those Pats were on the wrong side of the AFC Championship rematch upset last week, falling 31-20 to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Check out the schedule below and keep it here at APC throughout the day.

Early Games

All games at 1:00 PM Eastern Time

Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings

U.S. Bank Stadium
Minneapolis, MN
CBS

Oakland Raiders at Miami Dolphins

Hard Rock Stadium
Miami, FL
CBS

Cincinnati Bengals at Carolina Panthers

Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte, NC
CBS

Denver Broncos at Baltimore Ravens

M&T Bank Stadium
Baltimore, MD
CBS

Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars

TIAA Bank Field
Jacksonville, FL
CBS

Green Bay Packers at Washington

FedEx Field
Landover, MD
FOX

New York Giants at Houston Texans

NRG Stadium
Houston, TX
FOX

San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs

Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, MO
FOX

Indianapolis Colts at Philadelphia Eagles

Lincoln Financial Field
Philadelphia, PA
FOX

New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, GA
FOX

Afternoon Games

Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams

1:05 PM PT (4:05 ET)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA
CBS

Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks

1:25 PM PT (4:25 ET)
CenturyLink Field
Seattle, WA
FOX

Chicago Bears at Arizona Cardinals

2:25 PM MT (4:25 ET)
State Farm Stadium
Glendale, AZ
FOX

Sunday Night Football

New England Patriots at Detroit Lions

8:20 PM ET
Ford Field
Detroit, MI
NBC