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NBC's NFL Crew Weighs in on Patriots QB Battle, Ravens' Chances of Breakthrough

NBC NFL Patriots Ravens Cris Collinsworth Mike Tirico Drake Maye Jacoby Brissett Todd Blackledge AFC
Oct 29, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; NBC Sports broadcasters Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth speak before a game between the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Ford Field. | Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports

Glancing at this season's Sunday Night Football schedule is as revealing for who is not there as for who is.

Completely absent from NBC's slate are the once-unmissable New England Patriots, who are licking their wounds on the heels of a moribund 4-13 season. The Patriots have spent this past week in the headlines, but for precisely the wrong reason: a quarterback battle between veteran Jacoby Brissett and rookie Drake Maye that has continued all the way to end of August.

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