second appearance after they lost against the Dolphins and got flexed out against the Bengals. As well the Ravens' second appearance after they beat against the Bengals. Thanksgiving Night featured an interconference matchup between Mac Jones and the New England Patriots against Dalvin Cook and the Minnesota Vikings. Flexible scheduling rules went into effect in Week 5; the scheduled game will revert to the afternoon if a more compelling game arises as the season progress. The scheduled SNF game will revert to the afternoon the scheduled game could be swapped with the more competitive game's time slot. The final game of the season is likewise is a flex game the slot was left blank when the schedule came out. It was filled by the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers and played on January 8, 2023. (For the first time since SNF began, neither team that participated in the final telecast qualified for the playoffs that season. The Lions, which had been eliminated earlier in the day when the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Los Angeles Rams, beat the Packers, 20-16; the result qualified the Seahawks for the playoffs.) In addition, there are four Super Bowl rematches on Sunday Night Football for the 2022 season. The first one in Week 3 featured a rematch of Super Bowl XXIV between the 49ers and the Broncos. The second one in Week 4 was a rematch of Super Bowl LV between the Chiefs and the Buccaneers. In Week 10, the 49ers hosted the Chargers in a rematch of Super Bowl XXIX. Finally, Week 13 featured a rematch of Super Bowl V between the Colts and the Cowboys. Similarities to ABC's NFL coverage Much of NBC's SNF production crew comes from ABC/ESPN, including Fred Gaudelli and Drew Esocoff (who respectively serve as producer and director of the broadcasts), as ESPN moved most of its previous Sunday night crew over to Monday Night Football. Michaels, Madden and Andrea Kremer also came to NBC directly from ABC/ESPN, and Football Night in Americas Sterling Sharpe was a member of ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown in recent years (calling several Sunday night games for the network in 2005). With regard to using ABC/ESPN talent, NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol said, "I was not interested in the quote, unquote vanity of starting anew ... There's not a lot of room for experimentation." In addition, NBC has the starters for each