BillyBalata Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 nflnetwork NFL Network .@nflcommish announced that @nflnetwork will be expanding #TNF schedule to 13 regular season games next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I thought this post might be implying multiple Thursday games per Thursday ... phew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Don't like it. Getting to be too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Meh, I'll enjoy the games. I just hope they work with the schedules to make sure they fit the teams and the players. Ideally I'd like to see a Thursday night game for a team coming off a bye week or some such. I don't really like team's playing poorly because they are on short rest but we'll see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBalata Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Friday that Thursday night NFL Network games will expand from eight to 13 in 2012. NFL Network will carry Thursday night games from Week 2 to Week 15. Goodell also revealed that all 32 teams will be guaranteed at least one prime time game over the course of the season. As long as fantasy owners have access to the internet and/or Twitter, injury updates shouldn't be a concern for early-season Thursday games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Ideally I'd like to see a Thursday night game for a team coming off a bye week or some such. I don't really like team's playing poorly because they are on short rest but we'll see how it goes. +1 This past year, the Eagles played a 4:15 home game against the Patriots (essentially a Sunda Night game by the time it ended at 7:30), then had to travel to Seattle to play a Thursday night game. One day of rest, one day of practice, one day to travel....didn't seem right, and not surprising the Eagles got smoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Friday that Thursday night NFL Network games will expand from eight to 13 in 2012.NFL Network will carry Thursday night games from Week 2 to Week 15. Goodell also revealed that all 32 teams will be guaranteed at least one prime time game over the course of the season. As long as fantasy owners have access to the internet and/or Twitter, injury updates shouldn't be a concern for early-season Thursday games. So with the season opener also a Thursday night game, there is Thursday action every week leading up to Week 16. And to every team getting in the prime-time spotlight....solid for their fan bases to get to experience some under-the-lights energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Another night of football. I love it !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 My wife will be thrilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 +1 This past year, the Eagles played a 4:15 home game against the Patriots (essentially a Sunda Night game by the time it ended at 7:30), then had to travel to Seattle to play a Thursday night game. One day of rest, one day of practice, one day to travel....didn't seem right, and not surprising the Eagles got smoked. Did the Pats not play the previous sunday also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturphy Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 More opportunities for me to be dumb and not get a lineup in before the first game of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) if i had a "normal" schedule, i'd love it. i miss a lot of these and on a few occasions, due to work, i was unable to make necessary lineup changes. Edited February 3, 2012 by Bier Meister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Excellent, there was some talk of this with the recent new TV deals, but no exact numbers. Also very happy to see that all teams will get a chance to play in (but not host) a prime time game. As far as scheduling and trying to make sure the teams playing have rest, its just not possible. Unless they are going to spread the bye weeks out across nearly the whole season (2 teams off for 16 weeks). Even then it would still be extremely complicated. There will be many times a team plays on Sunday (whether 1PM or 4PM not much diff) and then play on Thursday, and one of those teams will have to travel. The best scenario would be to make those Thursday games always be teams that are very close to each other (CLE-PIT, NYG-PHI, DET-CHI, etc.) so that teams do not have long travel days, time changes etc. Of course those people who still don't have NLFN will not get the extra 5 games a year and still say that they'ren ot missing anything. Read this on another forum a portion of the press release, so basically teams will NOT be coming off a bye when they play on Thursday "The expansion of the package assures that every NFL team will have at least one game during prime time television hours. In addition, every club will play on one Thursday following a Sunday game." Edited February 3, 2012 by stevegrab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Did the Pats not play the previous sunday also? my point was that the Eagles had 3 days to travel across the country to play the Thursday night game in Seattle after a late game Sunday. Not sure what that has to do with the Pats ETA: FWIW, San Fran had to do the same thing this year: played Week 11 at home, then traveled across the country to play a Thursday game at Baltimore (which they too lost). To the original point, it would benefit every team if they didn't have to travel across the country for an match-up on a short week. You would think the schedule-makers could figure this out. Edited February 3, 2012 by i_am_the_swammi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodside Warriors Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 My wife will be thrilled. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Well ain't that just spiffy! On the plus side (I guess), at least my leaguemates will now get their lineups in each week without having to remember when Thursday games begin and missing the first one. Wonder how Directv feels about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 My wife will be thrilled. Was going to post the exact same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Couch Potatoe Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Was going to post the exact same thing. Me too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcher Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 if i had a "normal" schedule, i'd love it. i miss a lot of these and on a few occasions, due to work, i was unable to make necessary lineup changes. It didn't hurt you at all in our league! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooty Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 as a fantasy football player I hate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKIDKOKID Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 my point was that the Eagles had 3 days to travel across the country to play the Thursday night game in Seattle after a late game Sunday. Not sure what that has to do with the Pats ETA: FWIW, San Fran had to do the same thing this year: played Week 11 at home, then traveled across the country to play a Thursday game at Baltimore (which they too lost). To the original point, it would benefit every team if they didn't have to travel across the country for an match-up on a short week. You would think the schedule-makers could figure this out. Plus you know SF played a 1pm PST (4pm EST) game then lost an additional 3 hours on their plane ride out east to play a good Baltimore team - an even bigger screw job to SF...would be nice if they could be more considerate of the teams having to fly coast to coast. KO'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawks21 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I love it, as long as it isn't in my city. Had an over three hour commute home from work that day (usually takes 35-40 minutes) and missed most of Seahawks/Eagles game because of it. Certain cities can probably handle it, but putting that many cars onto the Seattle freeways during the rush hour commute was an absolute disaster. I'm sure nobody will listen, but there was quite a local uproar asking for it to never happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I love it, as long as it isn't in my city. Had an over three hour commute home from work that day (usually takes 35-40 minutes) and missed most of Seahawks/Eagles game because of it. Certain cities can probably handle it, but putting that many cars onto the Seattle freeways during the rush hour commute was an absolute disaster. I'm sure nobody will listen, but there was quite a local uproar asking for it to never happen again. No there wasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
half_hennessy Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Absolutely hate it to be honest I will leave it at that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 More football to break up the week and (hopefully) something semi worth watching on TV works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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