FOX announces Saturday NFL division rival doubleheader when playoff races get spicy

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When NFL part races get blistery and dense precocious successful the 2025 season, you volition beryllium capable to drawback plentifulness of the enactment connected a Saturday connected FOX.

The web announced connected Monday that it would broadcast a Saturday doubleheader connected Week 16 – Dec. 20 – with 4 NFC teams duking it out.

One crippled volition diagnostic a rematch of this past season's NFC title crippled arsenic the Philadelphia Eagles, who unfastened their play connected FOX against the Dallas Cowboys, volition conflict the Washington Commanders successful Landover, Maryland.

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The different crippled volition person the Chicago Bears hosting their longtime NFC North rival, the Green Bay Packers.

A one-hour gameshow volition precede the doubleheader, the 11th by the web – a record. It's besides the 31st model of games this play for FOX, the astir successful the league.

The Birds are coming disconnected their 2nd Lombardi Trophy successful 7 years successful February erstwhile they stopped the Kansas City Chiefs from the first-ever three-peat successful the Super Bowl. The Eagles defeated the Commanders, 55-23, en way to the large crippled successful the NFC championship. Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley each had 3 rushing touchdowns successful the game.

Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley celebrates a touchdown against the Washington Commanders during the 2nd fractional of the NFC Championship Game astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia connected Jan. 26, 2025. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)

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Both the Eagles and Commanders and the Packers and Bears divided their regular-season bid past year. The location squad won some NFC East matchups, portion the roadworthy squad was victorious successful the North battles.

The Packers' nonaccomplishment to the Bears past twelvemonth came successful Week 18, erstwhile it became evident that the Packers were trying to play for seeding precocious successful the game. But they lost, and past dropped their playoff crippled to the Eagles, which had been a rematch of the Week 1 contention successful Brazil.