NFL moves Jaguars-Giants game in Week 11 to a 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff

The NFL announced Monday that the Jacksonville Jaguars' visit to the New York Giants on Nov. 22 will kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS, shifting from its original 1 p.m. slot at MetLife Stadium. In a corresponding move, the Pittsburgh Steelers' trip to the Philadelphia Eagles moves up to 1 p.m., vacating the late-afternoon window. Both teams involved in the promoted game enter Week 11 atop their divisions: the Giants improved to 5-2-1 with a 19-11 win at Philadelphia on Sunday, while the Jaguars sit 6-2 after a 33-10 Thursday night rout of Baltimore. The Eagles, by contrast, carry a seven-game losing streak into their bye week before hosting Pittsburgh.

The swap illustrates how the league's expanded flexible-scheduling apparatus now treats the 4:25 p.m. ET window as a de facto national showcase. Since 2026, flex rules cover Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night, but Sunday afternoon games can still be shuffled between 1 p.m., 4:05 p.m. and 4:25 p.m. ET with as little as 12 days' notice. CBS retains both games, but the Jaguars-Giants matchup becomes the network's primary national broadcast in the late slot, alongside Raiders-Broncos at 4:25 p.m. and Jets-Chargers at 4:05 p.m. The only other late-afternoon game that week is Minnesota-San Francisco in Mexico City on Sunday night.

New York has won three straight since the Week 5 tie with Washington and holds a half-game lead in the NFC East. A Thursday night home game against the Commanders on Nov. 19 offers a chance to extend that edge before the Jaguars arrive. Jacksonville, meanwhile, has won four of five behind a defense that has allowed 17 points or fewer in three consecutive games. The Week 10 trip to Tennessee looms as a potential trap before the cross-country flight to East Rutherford.

Ticket holders for both affected games face a scramble. The NFL's flex policy requires only 12 days' notice for Sunday afternoon shifts in Weeks 11-13, meaning fans who bought tickets expecting a 1 p.m. start at MetLife now have a late-afternoon kickoff that pushes postgame travel into the evening. Steelers fans planning for a 4:25 p.m. kickoff in Philadelphia must adjust to a noon local start. The league's scheduling release notes that further changes remain possible through Week 17, particularly if the Monday and Thursday night flex windows are exercised later in the season.