The NFL has made its first major scheduling swap of the 2024 regular season.
The Indianapolis Colts and Minnesota Vikings will move into prime time for Week 9, taking on the ‘Sunday Night Football’ slot from the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles, the league announced Monday.
The Jaguars’ game against the Eagles will move to 4:05 p.m. ET on Nov. 3 and be broadcast on CBS.
The matchup had been marked as a highly anticipated reunion, as Jaguars coach Doug Pederson was set to face off against the organization he helped lead to its first Super Bowl in the 2017 season. Pederson also played quarterback for the Eagles in 1999, compiling a 2-7 record.
But the Jaguars have sunk to a 2-5 start this season, fueling speculation that Pederson’s job security could be tenuous.
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Jacksonville’s only other prime-time appearance this year was a 47-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 3 as part of a twin bill for ‘Monday Night Football.’
The Vikings, meanwhile, jumped out to a 5-1 start as one of the league’s biggest early-season surprises, while the Colts sit at 4-3, with all four wins coming in the last five weeks.
The two teams will be meeting for the first time since their historic December 2022 tilt, in which the Vikings completed a record comeback by erasing a 33-point deficit to beat the Colts 39-36 in overtime.
This story has been updated to include new information.