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Week 17 NFL Game Start Times Changed - Mostly To 4:15 PM

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

Five games with playoff implications - three in the NFC, two in the AFC - have all been moved to the late game window, the logic being that none of the teams will think they have nothing to play for by the time their game starts (i.e. 1 PM games which may eliminate some of the teams that have yet to play in Week 17). Additionally, the Rams-Seahawks NFC West showdown has been allowed by Fox to be 'flexed" to NBC for Sunday night football:
http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/12/26/week-17-game-times-changed

Here's my question: Which announcers will be assigned to the big Fox late games? Is it possible that, for the first time in a very long time, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman could finally call a regular season game that does not involve any of the NFC East teams or Brett Favre (Bears-Packers)?
 
I'm wondering if FOX is feeling blue because they were flexed out of the Rams-Seahwaks NFC milmild west title game to NBC. The original schedule had Rams-Seahawks and 49ers-Cardinals as the 4:15 games. Ouch. I'm glad they made the move.
 
I detect a little sarcasm, Studio... But from what I heard on a radio show, Fox "protected" all three of the games now airing at 4:15 PM this Sunday; or also, possibly the fact that NBC could not schedule another game with one of the six teams involved in the three 4:15 PM games in their "flex" period again.
 
cowboybud said:
Joe and Troy will call Bears-Packers.
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Now that makes the most sense. I guess Kenny, Moose and Goose will have dibs on Cowboys/Eagles.
 
Interesting. I think they have taken a clue from soccer's World Cup, where the games are
scheduled to happen concurrently so that teams cannot play knowing the results of other
games which affect them in their bracket.

The Steelers at Cleveland is still set for 1PM. Apparently the NFL does not expect the
outcome of that game to affect anything.
 
It will affect the playoffs. Pittsburgh clinches the AFC North with a win. If they lose and Baltimore wins, then the Ravens would win the division. Besides, they can't put EVERY game in the 4:15 PM (ET) slot.
 
This is a bummer for anyone who had tickets to a 1pm game and now can't make it at 4pm. Reminds me of the times when MLB schedules a 1pm game on a Sunday and then ESPN makes it change to an 8pm game. One of many reasons I prefer to watch sports on TV anyway, especially football.
 
Well, now that the Eagles have lost last night's game - to the surprise of virtually everybody in the world (except for World Wide [Joe] Webb, of course), including the NFL schedulers - rendering the Eagles' home finale against the Cowboys utterly meaningless, since they are no longer in contention for a second seed or a first-round bye, what are the chances that the NFL will move this matchup back to its original 1 PM start time? The Buccaneers are still in playoff contention a little - move their game to 4:15 PM.
 
I guess it still beats holding a ticket to the NHL's Winter Classic here in Pittsburgh this weekend.
After basically 2 months of sub-freezing temperatures, this weekend's forecast is for highs in the
50's with rain. The NHL says they can maintain ice at 55 degrees, but the rain will shut them down.
The game is now on a sliding timetable and could be played anytime between 1PM on Saturday and
noon on Sunday. Tickets for this thing have been scalped in the $2000 apiece range!
 
AFAIK, Panthers-Falcons and Saints-Buccaneers are still on for 1 PM.
Both games have implications in the NFC South; Atlanta clinches the
division with a win (on paper, that should be a no-brainer with Carolina's
record this year), regardless of what New Orleans does, but the Saints
can clinch if they win and the Falcons somehow lose. Either way, both
Atlanta and New Orleans are playoff-bound; it's just a question of which
one gets a wild-card spot.

In the NFC West, it's totally unbelievable that the first-place team (St.
Louis) has a record of 7-8, and their game is on in primetime! But (sorry,
guys and gals whose teams are in that division) I think the whole division
is a joke (and I should talk, I live in the area with the worst team in the
entire league).
 
bpatrick said:
In the NFC West, it's totally unbelievable that the first-place team (St.
Louis) has a record of 7-8, and their game is on in primetime! But (sorry,
guys and gals whose teams are in that division) I think the whole division
is a joke (and I should talk, I live in the area with the worst team in the
entire league).
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In spite of living in a city with a team in the NFC West, I have no bias toward the division. It stinks - this year. But I can understand the Rams/Seahawks game being in prime time. The winner of the game advances to the playoffs, while the loser goes home. Plain and simple. In effect, it is a playoff game. That's not true of the other games you mentioned.

I'm rooting for the Rams, as I don't want to see a 7-9 team in the playoffs. (I'm not crazy about an 8-8 team also, but a few years ago, a 9-7 team from that division almost won the Super Bowl Big Game, despite being labeled, "the worst playoff team ever".)
 
bpatrick said:
AFAIK, Panthers-Falcons and Saints-Buccaneers are still on for 1 PM.
Both games have implications in the NFC South; Atlanta clinches the
division with a win (on paper, that should be a no-brainer with Carolina's
record this year), regardless of what New Orleans does, but the Saints
can clinch if they win and the Falcons somehow lose. Either way, both
Atlanta and New Orleans are playoff-bound; it's just a question of which
one gets a wild-card spot.

In the NFC West, it's totally unbelievable that the first-place team (St.
Louis) has a record of 7-8, and their game is on in primetime! But (sorry,
guys and gals whose teams are in that division) I think the whole division
is a joke (and I should talk, I live in the area with the worst team in the
entire league).
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And both of their wins were against NFC West teams.
 
Despite the weakness of the NFC West, SEA-STL is the most compelling game this weekend. Plus, it gives NBC a chance to get on a platform to rail against the current system, although it is doubtfull they will "rail" too hard. The winner of this game will be under extreme scrutiny by fans, and if by chance the winner advances, then it becomes a REAL story! Stranger things have happened.
 
Need I remind people of the regular season record of the 2006 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals?
 
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