According to ChatGPT, home teams have about a 63 percent win-rate on Thursday’s since 2006, which is like 7 points better than any other time (I think the league average home team wins at a 56 pct rate). Just that alone tells you something is wrong, the league putting a finger on the scale for the home team, in my view.
I suspect we would find that in November and December, that 63 percent number creeps up due to injuries and fatigue piling up. Just a guess, but giving a team a significant advantage should be enough to kill a concept.
It does put the Bills loss in Houston into some perspective.