The Minnesota-Carolina matchup Dec. 20 will remain the NFL's Sunday night game even though NBC had the option to choose another one.
The league said Tuesday that the Green Bay-Pittsburgh game that day will start at 4:15 p.m. EST instead of 1 p.m.
The league's flexible scheduling policy allows it to change the Sunday night game to select a better matchup starting in Week 11.
The Vikings are 10-2 entering this weekend's meeting with Cincinnati. The Panthers are 5-7 before playing at New England.
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