Our weekly look at the colorful collage of NFL broadcasts around the country, courtesy, as always, from the folks at the506.com (whatever the hell that is).

 

A total hodge-podge of early and late broadcasts, with San Diego-Green Bay getting the No. 1 crew of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. Chargers-Pack is being shown in the upper Midwest and around Southern California, and in other random pockets of the country. The Say what? curiosity of the day: folks in parts of South Carolina and Georgia subjected to Buffalo-New England bloodbath.

 

San Francisco-Pittsburgh is the big broadcast, being shown throughout much of the east and the bulk of California, the mountain states and the Pacific Northwest. A geographic quirk only total geeks like us would notice: the Minnesota-Kansas City game is basically being thrown throughout the entire upper Missouri River watershed/upper Louisiana Purchase. Seriously, look at this map of the Missouri River watershed, this map of the Louisiana Purchase, this then look again at this map of the Minnesota-KC game.

 

Giants-Redskins garners Fox’s No 1 crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman and is being shown around more of the country than other game this week (other than the primetime games, of course). It’s a testament to the fact that it’s a game that pits storied NFC East rivals from big media markets. It’s also a testament to the fact that the other Fox 4 p.m. game, Carolina-Atlanta, is a total dog.