Game time changed for N.O.

I know many of you travel to the Bucs games in New Orleans, so take note of this. Kickoff for the Dec. 2 game at the Superdome has been changed from 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

The league allowed the change under its flex scheduling policy that is in place beginning in Week 11. The thinking here is that a bigger TV audience will see the game, the thinking being that it will be a pivotal matchup in terms of the division standings. Guess the Bucs are a bigger draw than we thought.

It remains to be seen whether the Dec. 23 game at San Francisco will keep its prime-time slot. It's currently slated to be the NBC night game with kickoff at 8:15 p.m. But the network and league could elect to swap that game for another. Since only late afternoon games can be moved to the Sunday night slot, the choices would be Atlanta at Arizona, N.Y. Jets at Tennessee or Baltimore at Seattle. Doesn't seem, as of now, that any of those those are particularly intriguing.