Most NFL media people are predicting Panthers/Falcons will be flexed to SNF

[Jimmy]

Nooooooooooooooooo

 

I'd rather it be played on a sandlot in China Grove with my grandmother streaming it live from her medical alert bracelet with a 1980's resolution reminiscent of those days trying to watch skinovision through the scramble.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

It appears that CBS wants to keep the Cin/Pit game and Fox wants to keep the Det/GB game leaving SNF with the Car/Atl game.

[DeeJay]

We're not getting flexed.....

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Rich Eisen is saying he thinks it's Car/Atl.

[ThinkAboutIt]

Why would the networks want to play two teams with losing records...

 

THAT'S WHY, DUH!

 

It's more intriguing. Would you freaking conservatives quit thinking everything comes down to who is more "deserving."

 

Carolina @ Atlanta is much more interesting. It's an elimination game and it's BEWILDERING to most people that either should even be playing for a spot.

 

Of course any smart network would want that game in primetime. Way more to talk about, and a better way to end the season with "stakes + humor".

[Dexterity]

It appears that CBS wants to keep the Cin/Pit game and Fox wants to keep the Det/GB game leaving SNF with the Car/Atl game.

This is what people don't get.

NBC doesn't just take whatever game they want. No way Fox gives up GB.

[iamhubby1]

Yeah, 2 small market teams with losing records is a catch of a game. I am sure the networks are fighting to get our game.

However, if Fox gets the good game of GB/DET, NBC gets STUCK with us. It is a consolation prize, not a gift.

I am positive most fans would rather watch 2 teams fight it out for the #2 seed, than 2 losing teams fight for a Division crown.

The only fans that want to see atl/CAR are atl/CAR fans.

[Donald LaFell]

I figure it would be Lions/Packers. 

[ThinkAboutIt]

This is what people don't get.

NBC doesn't just take whatever game they want. No way Fox gives up GB.

 

People get that. It just doesn't matter as much as the fact that Car/Atl is way more interesting for a SUNDAY NIGHT game than the other two, which is more enjoyable to debate. 

 

Whether a network is "keeping a game" always comes up in flex situations. 

[ThinkAboutIt]

Yeah, 2 small market teams with losing records is a catch of a game. I am sure the networks are fighting to get our game.

However, if Fox gets the good game of GB/DET, NBC gets STUCK with us. It is a consolation prize, not a gift.

I am positive most fans would rather watch 2 teams fight it out for the #2 seed, than 2 losing teams fight for a Division crown.

The only fans that want to see atl/CAR are atl/CAR fans.

 

"Fans" are irrelevant, Mr. Clueless.  

 

For a "national" game, Carolina @ Atlanta matters more because it will be for the final spot in the Playoffs, and for the other reasons I've already stated. 

 

Can you be objective? I can. Just because two teams have better records doesn't mean their game is more marketable. 

 

If Atlanta was already in and Carolina could make it, I'd be saying Green Bay and Detroit. 

[Pazhoosier89]

Car/Atl is essentially a playoff game. That's why it probably gets flexed.

[rayzor]

we've got to learn to play in prime time at some point because, you know, playoffs and the superbowl are kind of prime time games.

 

 

[ThinkAboutIt]

Car/Atl is essentially a playoff game. That's why it probably gets flexed.

 

And why it probably would even if Fox and CBS didn't care. 

[Omega Atrocity]

It appears that CBS wants to keep the Cin/Pit game and Fox wants to keep the Det/GB game leaving SNF with the Car/Atl game.

Fox and CBS can't protect week 17 games. NBC can take whatever game they want.