Week 12 kicks off with an AFC clash between the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans. The week will be capped by an NFC showdown between the Carolina Panthers and the San Francisco 49ers on "Monday Night Football.

Disney and YouTube TV are in a protracted fight over carriage fees, and all of the Disney-owned channels have been pulled from the latter. That includes ABC and ESPN. But the good news is that the vast majority of the NFL’s weekly games are broadcast on network television.

While it's no secret that live sports programming is just about the only thing keeping the lights on in the linear TV space, the NFL continues to find new ways to underscore how it puts the "broad" in broadcasting.

The San Francisco 49ers and Carolina Panthers are set to kick off Sunday night, and Kyle Shanahan's team will be without a few players.