Anyone thinking that NBC wishes it had a do over now?

[Derinyar]

I understand the idea about flexing up the Bengals/Jets game but now they have one very huge game that they could have moved up instead.

 

[RainMan]

I understand the idea about flexing up the Bengals/Jets game but now they have one very huge game that they could have moved up instead.

It was a bad decision to start with, and undeniably worse now.

It will probably look even worse come Sunday night when Jordan Palmer, not Carson, is starting at QB.

 

[speedkilz88]

There was suppose to be issues with equipment both for Fox and NBC that prevented them from switching out for a sunday night game.

 

[cowboyz]

There was suppose to be issues with equipment both for Fox and NBC that prevented them from switching out for a sunday night game.

?

 

[RainMan]

There was suppose to be issues with equipment both for Fox and NBC that prevented them from switching out for a sunday night game.

Sounds like an official way of NBC saying, "****!"

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Apparently they needed to catch up on AFC games b/c of the TV deals, but this is going to be embarassing for the NFL.

 

[mldardy]

I wish people would stop crying about this Sunday night game. Leave this game where it is. I am tired of waiting all day for cowboy games. Also tired of staying up til past midnight. I am glad we are playing at 4.

 

[WoodysGirl]

There was suppose to be issues with equipment both for Fox and NBC that prevented them from switching out for a sunday night game.

Not sure where you got that from, but this is from Peter King

Peter King

The Bengals get their prime time moment. The Jets get a chance Rex Ryan thought they'd never have. In the end, the Colts and Saints made the league's decision on which game to flex to the last game of the regular-season Sunday night easy. With no historic unbeaten season in the offing, the NFL could take the game with certain playoff implications and put it on NBC with teams around the league waiting to see how the last spot or two in the playoffs would shake out. Two teams have win-and-they're-in situations: the Jets and Baltimore. The Bengals-Jets game is more desirable than Baltimore-Oakland for a few reasons. It's potentially a more competitive game, it's the last football game in Giants Stadium, the Bengals have been eager to play a prime-time game and have more star power than the Raiders, and it's better to have a 10-5 team on TV than a 5-10 team. I doubt the NFL wanted to put Charlie Frye and 20,000 empty seats in Oakland on the showcase prime-time game of week 17.

Lots of people have asked why the Dallas-Philadelphia game, for the championship of the NFC East, wasn't flexed. A couple of reasons. All things being equal, the league would have preferred an AFC game to be flexed. By the end of the current contract in 2013, the league has to have flexed an equal number of FOX (NFC) and CBS (AFC) games to the Sunday night NFL package on NBC. As of today, the league has shifted four more NFC games than AFC games. So this lowers the margin to three. Another factor is that, by virtue of the Giants losing to Carolina and Dallas beating Washington, Dallas and Philadelphia were already playoff-bound. Now it's just a question of which seed each will be.

One more interesting note from the league's scheduling czar, Howard Katz, late last night: I was under the impression that NBC, with its two wild-card games Jan. 9, got the first choice of which game to put in prime time on that Saturday night. Then FOX and CBS would take an NFC and AFC game, respectively, and NBC would be left with the unchosen game for its second Saturday game.

"I don't know how that ever got started,'' Katz said, "but it's not true. None of the networks get a choice. They all lobby, of course, but it's a league decision.''



Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/12/27/mmqb/1.html#ixzz0b05EG2Mf
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[Mavs Man]

Apparently they needed to catch up on AFC games b/c of the TV deals, but this is going to be embarassing for the NFL.

+1 Even after flexing the CBS game, NBC has still covered 3 more FOX games than CBS games, which will need to even out by 2013. But yes, Eagles-Cowboys would definitely have been a much better game in terms of hype, star power, ratings, everything.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I wish people would stop crying about this Sunday night game. Leave this game where it is. I am tired of waiting all day for cowboy games. Also tired of staying up til past midnight. I am glad we are playing at 4.

My complaints are more about Jordan Palmer vs Mark Sanchez

 

[RainMan]

+1 Even after flexing the CBS game, NBC has still covered 3 more FOX games than CBS games, which will need to even out by 2013. But yes, Eagles-Cowboys would definitely have been a much better game in terms of hype, star power, ratings, everything.

However, the Cincinnati-New York game wins in the category of most likely to see someone eat a hotdog on the sideline.

 

[Phoenix]

Dallas & Philly would be > Cincy & Jets ratings-wise. IMHO. What's really on the line in the Cincy Jets game? The freaking NFC EAST is on the line for our game. And Dallas games get ratings. Big time. Lovers and haters. America's team.

Epic Fail on their part.

 

[RainMan]

Dallas & Philly would be > Cincy & Jets ratings-wise. IMHO. What's really on the line in the Cincy Jets game? The freaking NFC EAST is on the line for our game. And Dallas games get ratings. Big time. Lovers and haters. America's team.

Epic Fail on their part.

It's almost comical. At least I'm freed to do something else next Sunday night (like celebrate, maybe?).

 

[Mavs Man]

However, the Cincinnati-New York game wins in the category of most likely to see someone eat a hotdog on the sideline.

:laugh2:

Touché.

 

[fffiasco]

isnt there a cap on how many prime time games a team can have? i think thats the main reason they didnt flex next weeks game.

 

[NorthTexan95]

There was suppose to be issues with equipment both for Fox and NBC that prevented them from switching out for a sunday night game.

Yeah, Mickey said that NBC wouldn't have time to setup their equipment after Fox covers the Cotton Bowl which is at 2 PM the day before. It might not have been the deciding factor but may have been a point Fox raised to try and keep the game.

 

[JD_KaPow]

isnt there a cap on how many prime time games a team can have? i think thats the main reason they didnt flex next weeks game.

No, both the Cowboys and Eagles are under the limit.

 

[Jay]

No, both the Cowboys and Eagles are under the limit.

I thought there was a rule that you could only be flexed to the SNF game once a season? Could be wrong.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Dallas & Philly would be > Cincy & Jets ratings-wise. IMHO. What's really on the line in the Cincy Jets game? The freaking NFC EAST is on the line for our game.

Even bigger than that, a playoff bye will be in play.

 

[Don Corleone]

isnt there a cap on how many prime time games a team can have? i think thats the main reason they didnt flex next weeks game.

Yes, but only through week 16. All bets are off, and no rules apply for week 17. Any game can be flexed.