Awful Announcing
"There's a high bar for flexing Sunday. There's a higher bar for flexing Monday. And there's an even higher bar for flexing Thursday."
TNF flex rules have been approved, but the bar is quite high.
This proposal could let Sunday afternoon games move to Thursday nights in weeks 14-17, and could also mean teams could play on Thursdays after Sunday games up to twice a season (above the current limit of once).
Charter's decision to join Comcast's streaming device/smart TV project rather than do their own gives the combined venture significant scale, and perhaps paves the way for some eventual OTT service bundling deals.
MNF matchups may get better in the new round of TV deals if a reported flex option for ESPN comes through.
The game will be played at 8:20 p.m. ET on Sunday Night Football on NBC.
Bills-Steelers will replace Vikings-Chargers in the NBC lineup.
The Seahawks-Eagles game Nov. 24 is moving to the afternoon in favor of Packers-49ers. The NFL also confirmed a pre-Christmas tripleheader on Saturday, Dec. 21, and announced the teams involved.
The Bears might end up with at least one more flex down the stretch, too.
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