Weeks 11 to 17 – a game initially scheduled in the afternoon would be moved to the primetime slot, without stripping any teams of a primetime appearance. This way of "flexible scheduling" would not be used at all in 2007, and since 2008, it is only used in the final week, except for the 2017 season, when no primetime game was scheduled for Week 17 due to that Sunday falling on New Year's Eve. The games that eventually made up Week 17 marked the latest regular season games to be played during what is traditionally defined as the "NFL season" (under the format at the time, the regular season could not end later than January 3 in any given year; this changed in 2021, as the NFL expanded to 17 games with the end of the regular season pushed back one week as a result; the 2021 regular season ended on January 9, and under the new format, the latest the regular season could end is January 10). Another scheduling change took place in October, when the Dallas at Oakland game was moved from October 21 to 7 to accommodate a possible Oakland Athletics home playoff game on October 21. The rescheduling ended up being unnecessary as the Athletics would not make it past the Division Series round. Scheduling formula Thanksgiving: Two games were played on Thursday, November 22, featuring Green Bay at Detroit and Denver at Dallas, with Green Bay and Denver winning. Final regular season standings Tiebreakers New England finished ahead of Miami in the AFC East based on better division record (6–2 to Dolphins’ 5–3). Cleveland finished ahead of Tennessee in the AFC Central based on better division record (5–5 to Titans’ 3–7). Jacksonville finished ahead of Cincinnati in the AFC Central based on head-to-head sweep (2–0). N.Y. Giants finished ahead of Arizona in the NFC East based on head-to-head sweep (2–0). New Orleans finished ahead of Atlanta in the NFC West based on better division record (4–4 to Falcons’ 3–5). Baltimore was the second AFC Wild Card based on better record against common opponents (3–1 to Jets’ 2–2). Green Bay was the first NFC Wild Card based on better conference record (9–3 to 49ers’ 8–4). Playoffs Milestones The following teams and players set all-time NFL records during the season: * – Sack statistics have only been compiled since 1982. Statistical leaders Team Individual Awards All-Pro Team