Detroit and Tampa Bay renew hostilities on Sunday afternoon at Ford Field. It’s a playoff rematch pitting unbeaten teams and two NFC front-runners against one another in an early-season tilt that could very well have significant postseason seeding ramifications.
Despite all that being true, the game will only be available in the early Sunday window in very limited television markets.
The Lions vs. Buccaneers will be the local FOX affiliate game in the markets in orange on the map below (courtesy 506 Sports). Hopefully the use of Tampa Bay’s older color is simply a coincidence. Kevin Kugler and Daryl Johnston will have the broadcast call for FOX.
It’s a relatively small distribution for a game that is a rematch of the NFC Divisional Round eight months ago. Detroit won that game at home, 31-23. The game in red is a duel between the Saints and Cowboys, while the darker blue is Indianapolis at Green Bay.