No more shitty matchups down the stretch! Where's Headhunter?? You're boys are going down and everybody's going to get to see it!Saints-Cowboys game on Dec. 10 moved to Sunday night
Game will be played on NBC
Because of the new flexible NFL policy in scheduling the prime-time games for the last four weeks of the season, the New Orleans Saints-Dallas Cowboys game scheduled for Dec. 10 will be aired on NBC at 7 p.m.
You need to own it all, bitch.KC Paul 3.0 wrote:Because I AM lazyGoober McTuber wrote:Why don't you go look it up at nfl.com, you fat lazy retard.
Joe in PB wrote: Yeah I'm the dumbass
schmick, speaking about Larry Nassar's pubescent and prepubescent victims wrote: They couldn't even kick that doctors ass
Seems they rather just lay there, get fucked and play victim
The hottest QB in the league will be playing in that game, just not for the Cowboys. If you guys can manage some turnovers then you have a good chance to pull it off, if not then well...we'll see....Brees has been throwing the shit out of the ball and with the exception of a few costly mistakes our recievers have stepped up big time. I hope Colston will be back in time for this game as it could definitely help revive his ROY chances.Headhunter wrote:Hottest QB in the league.
Who needs rushing when you have passing? They have so many weapons to go to its retarded! Horn, Henderson, Colston, Deuce, Bush...Headhunter wrote: You're also bringing in the leagues 29th rated Rushing Offense against the leagues 4th rated rushing D. Good luck with that.
Cmon Ben. You are not going to come in here and say your squad is going to throw all over us. I know you are not saying that.TenTallBen wrote:
Who needs rushing when you have passing? They have so many weapons to go to its retarded! Horn, Henderson, Colston, Deuce, Bush...
Brees threw 3 int's in each of the Ravens and Steelers games. If that doesn't happen then they'd possibly be 9-1. I just know that the Saints have too much talent this year to lose to anybody else. If they do lose it, it's because they shoot themselves in the foot. I think they've had enough of those experiences this year to learn from them.
DallasFanatic wrote: The Aints are a good team but they don't exactly strike fear in opposing defenses. Look for the Boys to put pressure on Brees and force him to throw the picks.
Thats real.
This is true. Very worrisome game coming up at Arrowhead in two weeks. The Ravens may well be the best team in the league right now that nobody ever talks much about.WhatsMyName wrote:Ravens beat the Bolts. Anyone notice how the Ravens are flying under everyone's radar?
Ah Wags, you instigator you. I won't take the bait any more than to say "get back to me when someone in your precious AFC beats the Colts".War Wagon wrote:
As for Aints at Boys, who gives a shit? It's an NFC game, for shits sake. If this were minor league baseball, it'd be like you NFC honks rooting for Pawtucket at Poughkeepsie.
covers head...
poptart wrote:Flex-schedule is bad for a number of reasons.
No surprise the NFL is balls-deep in it.
For starters, network fuckings are taking place.
And the fuckings the major networks take are only the tip of a large iceberg of fuckings.
There's a major trickle-down effect here, and multiple 'small media' fuckings are taking place by the moving of game times and networks.
It's a VERY extensive list of folks being walked over by this schedule manipulation.
Oh well, .... they'll all get over it.
They'll swab their sore twats and deal with it.
This IS the National Football League we're talking about, after all.
Some fans DO travel -- and considerable distance to go to NFL Games.
Well, Steeler fan is one obvious example.
They bring many folks to away games.
Travel arrangements are made ..... hotels, airline flights, etc, etc ....
All of these things must be changed .... if they even can.
And on top of that, a game moved to Sunday night very possibly means that travel back home will not take place until Monday morning.
Anyone work .... ?
Who needs a fucking yob anyway ... ?
It's the NFL we're talking 'bout.
But the most compelling reason why flex-schedule is a bad idea is that it's very bad for the long-term health of the league.
Every child wants parents that'll give him a bowl of ice cream for breakfast instead of Cream of Wheat.
So mom and dad cave in and give him ice cream one day.
"OOoooooOoOOOOooh, I luv u, mommy and daddy -- you're the bestest and stuff!!!!!!"
Next thing you know, junior ONLY wants his ice cream.
Won't be satisfied without it.
The league is unwittingly (well, truth is they sort of know what they are doing, but they're only interested in the MONEY advantage -- short term) diminishing the majority of it's product by this flex-schedule move.
So far, dimwit fan has been slow to catch on to the fact that the quality of the league ain't all that good, but this move by the league will serve to actually BOLD PRINT that very fact to joe fan.
I find that ironically amusing. haha
Good yob, league.
Parity blows goats, btw.
Are there any REALLY good teams in the entire league ... ?
Not hard at all, however, to rattle off 15-20 SHIT teams though.
hahaha
Hey, I can understand the reasoning for flex-schedule.
The entertainment options available to the general public are SO far greater than in a past generation.
And also, the attention span of the average American is on par with a gerbil.
Click, click, click goes the remote.
No tittie and ass .... ? *click*
So of course the league wants to put the most 'compelling' product out there for viewing.
Hey, if they league had followed a different path a LONG time ago they wouldn't be whoring around like this right now.
They're pretty damn pitiful.
Fuck the league.
I hope NFL headquarters burns to the ground.
Tart may be a Chicken Little wannabe, but he's right this time. The NFL is looking at short money and short term fixes when they should be looking at ways to make ALL of their games compelling prime time matchups. This is the kind of fan flex scheduling fucks over.KC Paul 3.0 wrote:Save the drama for yo mama, Pops....flex-scheduling is good for the FANS, and that's all that matters.
And lets not even get started with fans in what the NFL likes to call "secondary markets". Why the hell should anyone in Rochester buy a ticket for a late season Bills game early on when they don't even know what time the game will be? There's a big difference between coming home at 6:30 Sunday night and getting home at 1:00 AM Monday morning. A couple of flex schedule fuckovers is all it will take to get fans in who live 70 or more miles away (25% of the Bills season ticket base) to think twice about buying tickets to a potential flex scheduled December game."So once again the $$$ rule. This time at my expense and I'm not happy about this at all. I grew up in a Pittsburgh suburb, moved to Philly for college, then Delaware and now I'm living in Boston. But my devotion as a Steelers fan has never wavered. This pre-season I got a ticket for the Dec. 3 game and was thrilled to finally get to attend a game at Heinz Field. I set up airfare immediately, the 1 p.m. game allowing me to catch an 8:30 flight back to Boston after the game so I could be back at work Monday. But I find out from your online article this week that the game has been changed to 4:15 p.m. and now I'm screwed. I had to call and change my flight time because there is no way I'm making my flight unless I leave the game at halftime, and that's never going to happen. The cost for switching flights is an additional $130, and there is no later flight Sunday night. I have to catch a 7:30 a.m. flight back on Monday morning. That gets me in to Logan Airport at 9:00 where I pick up my car and pay an additional night's fee for parking. And if you've ever been to Boston you know that's going to be ridiculously expensive. Then I have to drive at least an hour, with all the traffic, to my office. So with the time it takes for me to collect my bags and get to the car, I'll be lucky to get there by 11:00. Fortunately I still have relatives in Pittsburgh who I can stay with Sunday night, but what if I didn't, like perhaps some Tampa Bay fans who might be coming in? I'd have to hastily arrange for another night's hotel stay. If I had a rental car I'd have to hastily arrange for another rental day. All of these changes could easily end up costing me well over $350.
"The NFL has no regard for the fans this affects. I'm sure the networks are paying them ridiculous amounts to make this happen for their ratings. So if you can ask the new commissioner who I send the bill to for my additional costs I'd be grateful. Otherwise I'll think long and hard about purchasing another ticket in the future."
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06331/741627-367.stm
Good point. I have tix for the Saints - Cowboys game 3 hours away in Dallas. Now thats its been moved, I have to come up with an excuse..err..an idea as to how to not be in on Monday.BSmack wrote:[And lets not even get started with fans in what the NFL likes to call "secondary markets". Why the hell should anyone in Rochester buy a ticket for a late season Bills game early on when they don't even know what time the game will be? There's a big difference between coming home at 6:30 Sunday night and getting home at 1:00 AM Monday morning. A couple of flex schedule fuckovers is all it will take to get fans in who live 70 or more miles away (25% of the Bills season ticket base) to think twice about buying tickets to a potential flex scheduled December game.
Don't look now, but the Dec 17th game against the Dolphins could well be a candidate for a Sunday night flex schedule change. Here's what's in the 1:00 time slot for that day.Mississippi Neck wrote:Good point. I have tix for the Saints - Cowboys game 3 hours away in Dallas. Now thats its been moved, I have to come up with an excuse..err..an idea as to how to not be in on Monday.BSmack wrote:[And lets not even get started with fans in what the NFL likes to call "secondary markets". Why the hell should anyone in Rochester buy a ticket for a late season Bills game early on when they don't even know what time the game will be? There's a big difference between coming home at 6:30 Sunday night and getting home at 1:00 AM Monday morning. A couple of flex schedule fuckovers is all it will take to get fans in who live 70 or more miles away (25% of the Bills season ticket base) to think twice about buying tickets to a potential flex scheduled December game.
Not sure if a Bills fan has to worry unless they're playing someone fighting for a playoff position...
From 'Flexible Scheduling 101"mvscal wrote:No. I'm not sure of all the specifics, but Fox and CBS can each protect a certain number of games from being flexed.Nixhex wrote:NBC can't just steal any game they want can they?
I could see Fox protecting the Giants-Eagles game that week. Though honestly I'm not sure how many Giants fans have survived their date with the shower rod.CBS and FOX each get to protect a total of 5 games in the 7 weeks of flexible scheduling, but not more than one game in any week.
http://www.nfl.com/schedules/tv/flexible
That's exactly right.BSmack wrote:The NFL is looking at short money and short term fixes when they should be looking at ways to make ALL of their games compelling prime time matchups.
You seem to have forgotten the 3:15 time slots, one of which (as dave made mention) is currently KC vs San Diego. Or were you thinking they could only flex the early games?BSmack wrote: Don't look now, but the Dec 17th game against the Dolphins could well be a candidate for a Sunday night flex schedule change. Here's what's in the 1:00 time slot for that day.
It's called an aspiration.mvscal wrote:Such as?poptart wrote:That's exactly right.BSmack wrote:they should be looking at ways to make ALL of their games compelling prime time matchups.
While you're at it, go ahead and name any sport at any period of history in which all of their matchups were compelling prime time fare.
Not every team looks the same. You have a few upper echolon teams, a group of wannabes, and then the raiders. I can guarantee no team in the NFL looks, acts or functions like the Raiders. How freakin embarrasing would that be?poptart wrote: There's nothing interesting or compelling when every team look, acts, and functions the same way as every other team.
poptart wrote:My takes have nothing to do with the Raiders, and it's not surprising to see two goobers going to the lowest common denominator in objection to my take rather than bringing any substantial points in support of flex-schedule.
BSmack wrote:How this is supposed to be in the long term good of the game completely escapes me.
Like I said, they are looking at short money. There is no arguing that flex scheduling will result in increased short term profit. What remains to be seen is how season ticket sales will hold up after ticket holders get "flexed" on two weeks notice and what kind of impact this will have on long distance fan support.ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:BSmack wrote:How this is supposed to be in the long term good of the game completely escapes me.
Simple. Like any sport, the NFL knows it's damned near impossible to lose many from their hard core fan base.... no matter how badly they screw them. Whatever irate fans they lose in the flex scheduling process, they'll make up for with higher rated games due to increased casual fan viewing. Higher rated games = more revenue. People will still buy tix, Bri... Whatever person decides getting screwed over is too much for them to handle, there's thousands of people waiting impatiently behind them ready to scoop up the ticket.
