The Thursday Night Football schedule is over and that means the live stream for Week 17 of the NFL season is not on and the game is not on TV tonight on the NFL Network, as the final matchups of the season are all on Sunday for the last games and playoff spots and positions are on the line for a number of teams, including the Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Packers, Saints and Miami Dolphins.
Everyone played on Thursday night football this year and the games started up officially in Week 2 and lasted until Week 15 with the Denver Broncos against the San Diego Chargers and that game kept Philip Rivers and company in the playoff hunt into the final week of the season. The Chargers are fighting with the Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers for the final playoff spot in the AFC for the wild card and the sixth seed and the rest of the spots are already locked up. The NFC has some spots left open, but only certain teams can get those spots, as the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers are fighting for the NFC North title, while the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys play for the NFC East division title and the final spot in the conference is up for grabs with the Saints and Cardinals for the sixth spot and Carolina could end up there as well.
The Broncos lost to the Chargers in the final Thursday night football game in Week 15 of the season and the first game of the year on the schedule was the New York Jets and New England Patriots and that game saw Tom Brady and company escape with a victory. The first game that was on Thursday night but was not part of the Thursday night football series was the Broncos taking on the Baltimore Ravens to open the season and that game saw Peyton Manning start things off with a bang, tossing seven touchdowns passes to put him on the path to the MVP award this season and some of the other good matchups on Thursday night this season included the Chicago Bears and New York Giants and the next game on the schedule after the Jets and Pats was the Eagles hosting the Kansas City Chiefs in Philly that saw KC continue its unbeaten streak to start the season and after that was the Niners taking on the Rams in an NFC west division matchup and that division is still technically up for grabs.
The Browns and the Bills played after that and another solid matchup was the Raiders and Chargers and the Giants and Bears game was exciting as well, as the G-Men nearly ended their beaten start to the season, but naturally they wouldn't get that done until later in the season. The Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals played on TNF this season and both teams are in the mix in the NFC, with the Seahawks already in the playoffs, but their seed is still up for grabs and the Cardinals are battling for the sixth spot in the conference with the New Orleans Saints. The Seahawks can actually go from first to fifth in the seeding if they lose on Sunday and some of the biggest games includes the Rams and Seahawks, Buccaneers playing the Saints, as they lose and they are out, while the Cowboys and the Eagles play on Sunday night football to end the season.
Check here for the Thursday night football schedule and Week 17 for the 2013 season.