Saints season finale at Tampa Bay to kick off at 3:25 p.m.

The Saints’ regular-season finale at Tampa Bay will kick off at 3:25 p.m. next Sunday.

New Orleans has already clinched its first playoff berth since 2013, but needs either a win or a Carolina loss to Atlanta to clinch the NFC South title. The Panthers-Falcons game will be played at the same time. FOX (WVUE-TV in New Orleans) is televising both games.

In an unusual move, the NFL decided not to put a game on Sunday night.

“We felt that both from a competitive standpoint and from a fan perspective, the most fair thing to do is to schedule all Week 17 games in either the 1 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. ET windows,” said NFL Senior Vice President of Broadcasting Howard Katz said in a league release. “This ensures that we do not have a matchup on Sunday Night Football on New Year’s Eve that because of earlier results has no playoff implications for one or both of the competing teams.”

The complete Week 17 schedule is as follows:

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31

Green Bay at Detroit (noon, FOX)
Houston at Indianapolis (noon, CBS)
Chicago at Minnesota (noon, FOX)
New York Jets at New England (noon, CBS)
Washington at New York Giants (noon, FOX)
Dallas at Philadelphia (noon, FOX)
Cleveland at Pittsburgh (noon, CBS)

Carolina at Atlanta (3:25 p.m., FOX)
Cincinnati at Baltimore (3:25 p.m., CBS)
Kansas City at Denver (3:25 p.m., CBS)
Oakland at Los Angeles Chargers (3:25 p.m., CBS)
San Francisco at Los Angeles Rams (3:25 p.m., FOX)
Buffalo at Miami (3:25 p.m., CBS)
Arizona at Seattle (3:25 p.m., FOX)
New Orleans at Tampa Bay (3:25 p.m., FOX)
Jacksonville at Tennessee (3:25 p.m., CBS)