According to reports, the NFL has announced that the Detroit Lions Week 16 game in Denver against the Broncos will take place on Sunday, Dec. 22 at 4:05 p.m. EST.
The Lions' Week 16 game against the Denver Broncos will be played on Sunday, Dec. 22.
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) November 12, 2019
In case you are wondering why this is news, it is because the game was originally one of five games that were a flex candidate to be played on Saturday, Dec. 21.
Lions-Broncos was one of five games that was a flex candidate to Saturday; there are 3 Saturday games that weekend:
-Texans-Bucs 1 p.m.
-Bills-Patriots, 4:30 p.m.
-Rams-49ers, 8:15 p.m.— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) November 12, 2019