By Erik Matuszewski Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — The New York Jets will play the final game of the National Football League’s regular season in prime time as they try to claim a playoff berth for the first time since 2006. The Jan. 3 game between the Jets and Cincinnati Bengals has been moved to 8:30 p.m. New York time and will be televised nationally on General Electric Co.’s NBC network. The matchup was originally scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Jets (8-7) would earn a spot in the NFL’s postseason with a victory over the Bengals, who have already clinched a playoff berth as the American Football Conference North Division champions. Cincinnati has a 10-5 record and is competing with the New England Patriots for the No. 3 playoff seed in the AFC. The Sunday night matchup will be the final game of the NFL’s regular season. New York sent the Indianapolis Colts to their first loss of the season yesterday and is among five teams with 8-7 records competing for the AFC’s final two playoff spots. In another time change, the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles will start at 4:15 p.m. on Jan. 3 instead of 1 p.m. The game, televised by News Corp.’s Fox network, will determine the National Football Conference’s East Division winner. the release. The league’s flexible scheduling creates marquee match-ups for the Sunday night games on NBC during the season’s final seven weeks. To contact the reporter on this story: Erik Matuszewski in New York at matuszewski@bloomberg.net
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Jets-Bengals Game Moved to Prime Time Jan. 3 Amid New York’s Playoff Quest
