Week 6 of the 2021 NFL season will contain the thinnest Sunday roster yet. Four teams – the 49ers, the Saints, the Falcons and the Jets – are free this week, which means only 14 games will be played in Week 6. There will be primetime games on Thursday, Sunday and Monday as usual, but there will also be a London game on Sunday morning. That means the normal Sunday afternoon game list will include only 10 games.
The good news is that the list appears to be solid with plenty of intriguing matchups with contenders that NFL fans will want to keep a close eye on.
This week, CBS and Fox are roughly splitting the games available, although CBS is the network that will air two games this week. Meanwhile, Fox will show just one during the game slate Sunday afternoon, with the Cardinals-Browns game looking like the cream of the crop among its options.
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CBS will focus heavily on their late game window as they will prioritize a meeting between the Cowboys and Patriots as their best game of the week. Initially, the Chargers and Ravens is the best game for CBS, although the Chiefs’ game against Washington will be on a lot of waves considering that Patrick Mahomes and Chiefs must bounce back and avoid falling two games below .500.
Below are the full NFL coverage maps for Week 6, plus a list of the major television markets and the CBS and Fox games that will be featured in each on Sunday.
NFL Week 6 Coverage Map
( NFL coverage maps courtesy of 506sports.com )
Red: Packers at Bears
Blue: Rams at Giants
Yellow: Vikings in Panthers
Orange: Bengals at Lions
Green: Cardinals at Browns (afternoon)
Red: Chiefs in Washington
Blue: Chargers in Ravens
Green: Texans at Colts
Red: Cowboys at Patriots
Blue: Raiders at Broncos
TV schedule for NFL Week 6 games
Below are the Sunday afternoon games that will be broadcast regionally. Sunday night’s game will feature a Super Bowl 40 rematch as Geno Smith and the Seahawks travel to Pittsburgh to face Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers.
“Monday Night Football” will be another showdown of two AFC playoff teams from last year. The Bills will play the Titans on the road in Tennessee. Those two teams met last year in a Tuesday night game that the Titans won 42-16.
CBS coverage
- Chiefs in Washington (1 p.m. ET)
- Chargers at Ravens (1 p.m. ET)
- Texans at Colts (1 p.m. ET)
- Cowboys at Patriots (4:25 p.m. ET)
- Raiders at Broncos (4:25 p.m. ET)
Fox coverage
- Packers at Bears (1 p.m. ET)
- Rams at Giants (1 p.m. ET)
- Vikings at Panthers (1 p.m. ET)
- Bengals at Lions (1 pm ET)
- Cardinals at Browns (4:05 p.m. ET)
Week 6 NFL Game List by TV Market
(TV markets listed in order by size)
| Market | Early CBS | Early fox | CBS late | Late fox |
| New York | Chargers at Ravens | Rams at Giants | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| The Angels | Chargers at Ravens | Rams at Giants | Raiders in Broncos | – |
| Chicago | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Philadelphia | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Dallas-Ft. to worth | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| San Francisco / bay area | Chargers at Ravens | Packers at Bears | Raiders in Broncos | – |
| Washington dc | Chiefs in Washington | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Houston | Texans at Colts | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Boston | Chargers at Ravens | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Atlanta | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Phoenix | Chargers at Ravens | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Tampa / St. Saint Petersburg | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Seattle | Chargers at Ravens | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Detroit | Chiefs in Washington | Bengals at Lions | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Minneapolis-St. Pablo | Chiefs in Washington | Vikings in Panthers | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Miami | Chargers at Ravens | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Denver | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Raiders in Broncos | – |
| Orlando | Chargers at Ravens | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Cleveland | Chargers at Ravens | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Sacrament | Chargers at Ravens | Packers at Bears | Raiders in Broncos | – |
| Charlotte | Chiefs in Washington | Vikings in Panthers | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Portland | Chargers at Ravens | – | Raiders in Broncos | Cardinals at Browns |
| St. Louis | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Pittsburgh | Chargers at Ravens | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Indianapolis | Texans at Colts | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Baltimore | Chargers at Ravens | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Raleigh-Durham | Chiefs in Washington | Vikings in Panthers | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Nashville | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| San Diego | Chargers at Ravens | Rams at Giants | Raiders in Broncos | – |
| Salt lake city | Chargers at Ravens | Packers at Bears | Raiders in Broncos | – |
| San antonio | Texans at Colts | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| kansas city | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Raiders in Broncos | – |
| Colon | Chargers at Ravens | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| Milwaukee | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Cincinnati | Chargers at Ravens | Bengals at Lions | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Las Vegas | Chargers at Ravens | Packers at Bears | Raiders in Broncos | – |
| Jacksonville | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Oklahoma city | Chiefs in Washington | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
| New Orleans | Chiefs in Washington | Bengals at Lions | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Memphis | Chiefs in Washington | Packers at Bears | Cowboys at Patriots | – |
| Buffalo | Chargers at Ravens | – | Cowboys at Patriots | Cardinals at Browns |
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.