{"id":422011,"date":"2023-04-05T21:23:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T21:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=422011"},"modified":"2023-04-05T21:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T21:23:25","slug":"flexing-thursday-night-football-by-nfl-is-an-idea-which-is-not-appreciated-by-neither-the-players-nor-the-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/flexing-thursday-night-football-by-nfl-is-an-idea-which-is-not-appreciated-by-neither-the-players-nor-the-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexing &#8216;Thursday Night Football&#8217; By NFL Is An Idea Which Is Not Appreciated By Neither The Players Nor The Coaches!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL will now routinely let clubs appear in numerous Thursday Night Football games in the same season as part of a number of new regulations and guidelines put in place during this week\u2019s NFL owner\u2019s meetings.<\/p>\n<h2>Flexing &#8216;Thursday Night Football&#8217; By NFL Is An Idea Which Is Not Appreciated By Neither The Players Nor The Coaches!<\/h2>\n<p>In a gesture towards player safety, the league has seldom permitted teams to play on numerous Thursdays with a short week of preparation. As a result, the participants are likely to disagree with this choice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">San Francisco <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/49ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#49ers<\/a> All-Pro tight end George Kittle describing his brutal weekly recovery shows how insane the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a>&#39;s new Thursday Night Football plans are:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;m in multiple car accidents every Sunday\u2026I&#39;ve had games where I hyperextended my knee, that&#39;s gonna affect your\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E2SQdNwQtf\">pic.twitter.com\/E2SQdNwQtf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1642630582025764867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re interested in making sure that we get exposure for all of our clubs. We also believe that these national windows are for clubs that are playing well,\u201d Brian Rolapp, the NFL\u2019s executive vice president\/chief media and business officer, said. \u201cWe want to put the best teams in the best windows.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL is now allowing teams to have  TWO Thursday Night Football games per year. A league that continuously says it is all about improving player safety continues to put the health of its players at risk. Playing 1 game with only 3 days rest isn\u2019t smart. Playing 2 is RIDICULOUS<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RGIII\/status\/1640861201923035137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Thursday schedule will be set when the schedule is released in May, but late in the season, Thursdays should feature the teams with the highest TV ratings. The Texans are among the clubs that most likely won\u2019t play any prime-time games this season, including Thursday nights.<\/p>\n<p>Teams that end up playing in multiple <em>Thursday Night Football <\/em>games on short rest will no doubt be upset over that schedule. It remains to be seen what effect the plan might have on injury frequency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The New York <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Giants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Giants<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a>, Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bears?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bears<\/a> and Green Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Packers<\/a> opposed the \u2018Thursday Night Football flex,\u2019 per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_king?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@peter_king<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For Green Bay: <\/p>\n<p>\u201ca ton of fans both follow them on the road and make bucket-list pilgrimages to Lambeau Field for games, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Packers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Packers<\/a> felt it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pClbIC2sed\">pic.twitter.com\/pClbIC2sed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1642895741550047233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For a proposal to pass, it must receive 75 per cent of the vote, meaning that 24 of the NFL\u2019s 32 owners must vote in favour of the proposal. Even though it goes against the interests of coaches, players, and fans, it is fair to assume that the owners will approve of the idea given the NFL\u2019s dedication to making money.<\/p>\n<p>Read the price that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/salp\/tnf\">Amazon<\/a> paid for the streaming rights to &#8220;TNF&#8221; by scrolling back up. That is one billion dollars annually, capital B. Naturally, the league has an incentive to attempt to deliver the greatest product possible for that price on the pitch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Browns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Browns<\/a> helmet for the Thursday Night Football game: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1MgZidXzPK\">pic.twitter.com\/1MgZidXzPK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stef Fanski (@Oh__Cleveland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oh__Cleveland\/status\/1642194309452640257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Why NFL coaches and players oppose flexing &#8216;TNF&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Football is a risky sport. Nobody in the NFL is unaware of that reality. However, it becomes challenging to even play the game when a player&#8217;s pattern is disturbed.<\/p>\n<p>Devin McCourty, a retired player, spoke to Albert Breer in Sports Illustrated about his experience playing consecutive &#8220;TNF&#8221; games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL needed two more votes for Thursday Night Football to have flex-scheduling. <\/p>\n<p>Among the teams to vote no: Giants, Jets, Bears, Packers, Saints and Steelers, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBreer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlbertBreer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_king?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@peter_king<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos and Panthers abstained.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL plans on revisiting the topic in May.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySportsUpdate\/status\/1642921458044207104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just so awkward,&#8221; McCourty said, per Breer. &#8220;Because if you just play the Thursday night football and then you go back to a regular Sunday, to me, it becomes normal again. Like, &#8216;Alright, I\u2019ll push through this and now, we\u2019ll be back on a normal routine.&#8217; Once you mess that up, I think it\u2019s harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m getting a sneaky feeling that the NFL is going to open up on Thursday Night Football with Miami at Kansas City. What a statement game that would be! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LKNHJOAre3\">pic.twitter.com\/LKNHJOAre3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Fischer (@DavidFischer_71) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidFischer_71\/status\/1643628920674082825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Imagine having that attitude but only receiving 28 days&#8217; warning before your routine could be disturbed and 15 days&#8217; notice before it is guaranteed to happen. It came to the owners&#8217; meetings after receiving the broadcast committee&#8217;s approval, as expected. According to Breer, there was the point that Mara, Rooney, and George McCaskey objected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get rid of Thursday Night Football, have 2-3 games on Saturdays, full day on Sunday\/Sunday night, 1 game on Monday Night Football. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5TMtgI6xyC\">pic.twitter.com\/5TMtgI6xyC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83d\udde3\ud83c\udf99\u203c\ufe0f (@LanceTHESPOKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LanceTHESPOKEN\/status\/1640893633736982528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl\/\">\u00a0NFL \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb\/\">MLB\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL will now routinely let clubs appear in numerous Thursday Night Football games in the same season as part of a number of new regulations and guidelines put in place during this week\u2019s NFL owner\u2019s meetings. 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