For the first time this season, there will not be an NFL game played on Thursday night. The reason is simple: the NFL only scheduled Thursday night games through Week 16, with last week's game between the Titans and 49ers concluding Thursday night games for the 2021 season. 

Unlike the last two weeks, there will be no games on Saturday, either. All but one of the NFL's Week 17 games will be played on Sunday. The only outlier is the Steelers' Monday night game against the Cleveland Browns in what will likely be Ben Roethlisberger'sfinal home game as Pittsburgh's quarterback.