Bye weeks are finally over for the 2024 NFL season, meaning that every week the rest of the way will feature 16 games. In Week 15, that includes the final Monday Night Football doubleheader of the season, as well as a pair of matchups between double-digit win teams.
Looking at the NFL coverage map, let’s see which games will be broadcast in different areas of the country in Week 15 while also previewing each contest.
NFL Coverage Map for Week 15
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CBS Early NFL TV Coverage Map
RED: Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns
The Kansas City Chiefs have four wins by two points or less this season, matching the 2001 Jets and the 2012 Eagles for the most in a regular season during the 2000s. Kansas City’s 10 one-score wins are also one shy of tying the 2022 Vikings for most in a season in league history.
This past Sunday night, KC improved to 5-0 this season when not forcing a turnover (2-2 in such games last season).
In the 2024 calendar year, the Cleveland Browns have one non-divisional win (at the Jaguars in Week 2). The Browns have punted on over 16% of their drives five times this season, including each of their past four games.
This season, eight of Jameis Winston’s 13 touchdown passes have come on balls thrown at least 15 yards down the field.
BLUE: Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans
Tua Tagovailoa has completed 79.2% of short passes this season with a 13-to-1 touchdown-to-interception rate (2023: 74.5% with a 16-to-4 rate). However, the third-down offense has sputtered.
In Week 11, Miami picked up 8 of 12 third-down conversions against the Raiders — they are 9 of 35 since (25.7%).
That could make for a tough matchup against the Houston Texans’ defense. Houston has used a light schedule to dominate on third downs. They’ve coughed up a first down on just 14 of 44 third downs (31.8%) over their past three games.
Houston laid a dud coming out of its bye last season (15-13 loss in Carolina) before rattling off three straight wins in which they totaled 90 points.
GREEN: Baltimore Ravens at New York Giants
The Baltimore Ravens came out of their bye last season with four straight victories, holding their opposition to under 20 points in three of those contests.
The Ravens’ defense has improved. In Weeks 11-13, opponents picked up just 31% of first downs against Baltimore (four games prior: 53.2%).
The New York Giants’ last home win against a team with their starting quarterback active was Week 14 last season against the Packers.
Drew Lock completed just 12 of 22 passes (54.5%) on balls thrown less than five yards downfield against the Saints in Week 14 (NFL average completion percentage on those passes this season is 76.5%). The Giants have converted just 8 of 31 (25.8%) of their third downs over the past two weeks (over 45% in each of their three games prior).
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RED: Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions
The Buffalo Bills are 3-3 in their past six road games, with three of those contests being decided by a field goal or less. Against the Rams, Buffalo averaged 55 yards per drive — 11.3 yards better than their previous best this season.
During their 11-game win streak, the Detroit Lions have won four games by three points or less, including each of their past two. In the win over the Packers last Thursday night, Jared Goff was 10 of 11 with three scores on third and fourth downs.
Week 14 was the fifth time this season Detroit scored a touchdown on at least 40% of its drives. If they do so again, the Lions will match the number of such games (albeit in one more game) with the 16-0 2007 Patriots.
BLUE: Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos
Every Indianapolis Colts road game this season has been decided by a single possession (their last two were one-point victories). In the Week 13 win over New England, the Colts had 20 first downs on nine drives, the first game this season in which they averaged over two chain resets per drive.
Prior to the bye, Anthony Richardson completed three of four red-zone passes against the Patriots. From Weeks 1-13, he had four total red-zone completions on 12 pass attempts.
Bo Nix himself has excelled in the red zone over the past month, completing 14 of 17 red-zone passes in that span (82.4%). The Denver Broncos were stopped on two of their first three goal-to-go opportunities this season. Since then, they’ve converted 16 of 18 (88.9%).
GREEN: New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals
The New England Patriots will hope for better results from their offense than last year’s post-bye (just seven points total in two games after their bye).
Drake Maye’s athleticism creates highlights, but don’t overlook the fact that he has completed at least 80% of his non-pressured passes in three of his past four games. In Week 13’s last-second loss to Indianapolis, New England scored a season-high 2.67 points per possession.
The Arizona Cardinals are looking to avoid a fourth straight loss. If they can’t, they’ll have a four-game win streak and a four-game losing streak in the same season for the first time since 2012 (started 4-0 before losing next nine games).
During this three-game losing streak, Kyler Murray has completed just 9 of 30 pressured passes with zero touchdowns and five interceptions. Arizona has averaged under 28 yards per drive twice this season (both meetings vs. Seattle).
The Cardinals’ red-zone defense is keeping them competitive. They’ve allowed a touchdown on five of 15 red-zone trips over the past five games.
FOX Early NFL TV Coverage Map
RED: Washington Commanders at New Orleans Saints
The Washington Commanders have a point differential of +74 in their seven home games this season and +6 in six road games.
Through 10 weeks, Jayden Daniels had one deep interception. Yet, he’s been picked off on a deep pass in each of his past three games.
The good news is that the Commanders’ offense has done a better job of finishing drives. Over the past four games, Washington has turned 12 of 14 red-zone drives into touchdowns (85.7%).
The New Orleans Saints averaged 1.0 points per drive against the Giants, the third time they failed to clear that mark in a game this season. Now they’ll likely give second-year quarterback Jake Haener his first career start.
To stay competitive, the Saints will likely need their defense to continue ending drives. New Orleans has forced a turnover on downs in four straight games (just once in their previous six games).
BLUE: Dallas Cowboys at Carolina Panthers
The Dallas Cowboys scored 14 points on 17 plays across the opening drives of both halves on Monday night. They scored six points on 42 plays on all other drives.
Cooper Rush has failed to clear 195 passing yards on 30+ attempts in consecutive games. He’s the only quarterback to check both of those boxes against the Giants and Bengals this season.
Defensively, the Cowboys have allowed under 2.0 points per drive five times this season (5-0 in those games). They’ve allowed over that mark eight times (2.3 on Monday night) and are winless in those matchups.
Bryce Young was a perfect 4 of 4 passing in the red zone last Sunday (previous two games: 7 of 20). The Carolina Panthers have converted 10 of their 11 goal-to-go trips into touchdowns over their past seven games.
However, Carolina’s red-zone defense had no answer for Philadelphia last week (three touchdowns on three red-zone drives), something that had proven to be a strength in the three games prior (five touchdowns allowed on 13 such drives).
GREEN: Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Joe Burrow is having a career year (pace: 4,846 yards and 43 TDs), and he’s fueling some special production from Ja’Marr Chase. His WR1 has 75+ receiving yards and a TD catch in four straight, becoming the first Cincinnati Bengals player to do so since Chad Johnson (2004).
However, the defense continues to lack the ability to take away top options. The Cowboys marched down the field to open Monday Night Football with three of Rush’s completions, including the 11-yard touchdown to CeeDee Lamb.
For the Tennessee Titans, a loss this week would give them their fifth three-game losing streak since the beginning of last November (this will be their 23rd regular-season game played over that stretch).
YELLOW: New York Jets at Jacksonville Jaguars
In 244 career starts with the Packers, Aaron Rodgers had three single-season losing streaks of 4+ games. He now has two such streaks with the New York Jets since the beginning of October.
Plenty has changed in the world since Rodgers last had a 300-yard game prior to last Sunday, but not everything. His last 300-yard game saw Davante Adams (with Green Bay) total 10 receptions for 121 yards; Adams had nine receptions for 109 yards in Week 14.
The Jacksonville Jaguars are coming off a win. The last time they won consecutive games was Weeks 11-12 last season.
Brian Thomas Jr. didn’t catch any passes in the first half but hauled in eight after intermission — tied for the fourth-most by a rookie in the second half of a game during the 2000s.
FOX Late NFL TV Coverage Map
RED: Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles
Russell Wilson threw a deep touchdown pass against the Browns. Even with George Pickens sidelined, he has seven deep scores in his seven starts this season. However, the Pittsburgh Steelers averaged 1.1 first downs per drive against Cleveland, their lowest rate of the season.
The defense picked up the slack, with Cleveland converting just 2 of 13 third downs last Sunday (15.4%). For the season, the Browns are 3 of 23 (13%) on third downs against the Steelers, but all other teams are 47 of 131 (35.9%).
Nick Sirianni is the eighth head coach with 11+ wins in three of his first four seasons and the first since Matt LaFleur (2019-22).
The Philadelphia Eagles committed a turnover in each of their first four games this season, but they haven’t given the ball away in seven of nine games during their win streak (including each of their past four).
BLUE: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Los Angeles Chargers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have played three road overtime games this season. The last team with four such games in a single regular season was the 2003 Panthers.
During the first quarter against the Raiders, Baker Mayfield reached the 30-pass TD plateau for the season, making him responsible for the fourth such season in franchise history (Jameis Winston did it in 2019, Tom Brady in 2020 and 2021).
Justin Herbert has dropped back on 121 third downs, and yet, none of his 104 passes on those plays have been intercepted (eight touchdowns). The Los Angeles Chargers failed to convert two of its first three fourth-down attempts this season, but they’re 6 of 7 ever since.
LA’s defense is great, but can it stop the elite quarterbacks? They’ve faced Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, and Patrick Mahomes in three of their past four games, and they’ve allowed over 2.0 points per drive in each of those contests.
NFL Week 15 National TV Broadcasts
Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers (TNF)
The Los Angeles Rams lost three road games in September but are 3-0 on the road since (all one-score victories). Over its past four games, Los Angeles has allowed 47.2 yards per drive (first nine games: 30.6).
In this matchup, Matthew Stafford is going to dominate if given time. Over his past three games, he’s completed 78.6% of his passes when not pressured (9.7 yards per attempt with six touchdowns and zero interceptions).
In Week 14, the Rams picked up a season-high 28 first downs against Buffalo, an offensive masterpiece that included a 73.3% conversion rate on third down (11 of 15).
The San Francisco 49ers are looking to win two home games in four days (they had two home wins in the previous 90 days).
Brock Purdy completed all five of his red-zone passes against the Bears and is 10 of 12 with three scores inside the opponent’s 20-yard line over his past three games. San Francisco cashed in 83.3% of its red-zone drives against Chicago into touchdowns, a drastic improvement from its rate through 13 weeks (48.9%).
Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks (SNF)
The Green Bay Packers have followed each of their past four regular-season losses with a single-possession victory. In Week 14 against Detroit, Jordan Love turned seven pressured dropbacks into just 26 passing yards (7.3 yards per pressured dropback through the first 13 weeks). His 17 non-pressured dropbacks netted 180 yards and a score.
The Seattle Seahawks have totally flipped their late-season trend from 2023. In Weeks 11-14 last season, Seattle went 0-4 with three divisional losses. In Weeks 11-14 this season, they’ve gone 4-0 with three divisional wins.
Defensively, after giving up 7 of 11 third-down conversions to the 49ers in Week 11, the Seahawks have allowed just 12 third-down conversions on 37 attempts (32.4%).
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings (MNF on ABC)
The Chicago Bears’ last road win came with Justin Fields under center and Joshua Dobbs calling the shots for the Minnesota Vikings (Week 12 of last season).
Week 14 was the fifth time this season in which Chicago averaged under 20 yards per drive. But for all the offense’s problems, the Bears’ defense gave up five touchdowns on six red-zone drives to the 49ers last week (previous four games: 9 of 22, 40.9%).
Last week, Sam Darnold posted a 92.2 QB+, the best showing by a Vikings quarterback in our database that goes back to 2019 (previous best: Kirk Cousins 91.0 in Week 18 of 2021).
Defensively, the Vikings have allowed just three touchdowns on their opponents’ 11 red-zone trips over the past two games.
Atlanta Falcons at Las Vegas Raiders (MNF on ESPN)
Cousins is the first starting quarterback with zero passing touchdowns and 8+ interceptions in a four-game span since Ben Roethlisberger in 2005-06. His four straight games without a passing TD is twice as long as any other streak of his career.
It’s not only the Atlanta Falcons offense letting the team down, though. Atlanta’s defense allowed Minnesota to convert 8 of 12 third downs last Sunday (66.7%; highest rate they’ve allowed in a game this season).
Luckily, they’ll face a Las Vegas Raiders offense that is the only team that hasn’t cleared 20 points scored in multiple games since Week 4. Just 2.9% of Raiders passes have resulted in touchdowns this season, a rate that only tops the Giants.
Defensively, the Raiders gave up three touchdowns on three Buccaneers red-zone trips last week, the first time this season with a 0% stop rate.