League Baseball scheduled a travel day for the American League's Houston Astros and the National League's Philadelphia Phillies on October 30, between Games 2 and 3. With Game 3 scheduled for October 31 postponed the following day due to rain in Philadelphia and every subsequent game pushed back by one day, the Week 9 SNF contest featuring the Tennessee Titans and Kansas City Chiefs would compete with Game 7 of the World Series should the latter game be necessary. However, the seventh game became moot when the Astros won the championship in six games. In Week 11, the NFL announced a scheduling change that flexed out a rivalry game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers in favor of a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers. As the Chargers had back-to-back games on Sunday night after the Week 10 game against the San Francisco 49ers, this was the first time in 4 years that a team has played back-to-back Sunday Night Football games since the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams. In Week 14, the NFL announced a scheduling change that flexed out a rivalry game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos in favor of the Miami Dolphins and the Los Angeles Chargers. This would be the Dolphins' second appearance on SNF after they beat the Steelers in Week 7. And this will also be the second time in 4 weeks that the Chargers have hosted a Sunday Night Football game. In Week 15, the NFL announced a scheduling change that flexed out a game between the New England Patriots–Las Vegas Raiders game that was flexed out in favor of the New York Giants–Washington Commanders. This was marked the Commanders' first appearance as a new name. This was also marked the Giants' return to SNF in 2 years. On Christmas Day, the NFL announced a scheduling change in Week 17. The Los Angeles Rams–Los Angeles Chargers game was flexed out in favor of the Pittsburgh Steelers–Baltimore Ravens game. Due to the Rams QB injury Matthew Stafford (as only game for Rams on NBC after they lost against the Bills 31–10). This marks for the 11th time a rivalry game between the Steelers and the Ravens will be seeing each other again on SNF (last SNF game in 2020 the Steelers beat Ravens 19-14). This was also marked the Steelers'