You could play the Super Bowl in March. From a sports standpoint once the Super Bowl is over their is really nothing going on until baseball starts in April except for the couple weeks of March madness.
If the season does have a delayed start then that will make those playoff games at New Era in February an adventure trying to stay warm. Maybe have to snowmobile it to the game as well.
This makes sense and for the Bills sake I hope so. Could you imagine open at home week 1, fly out west week 2, then home again week 3, go out west again week 4. They should do the same for AFCE vs AFCW games as well.
It's been a long time. Being a bad team for close to two decades will do that. I expect the Bills will play their fair share of nationally televised games on Sunday afternoons as well as the primetime games they will get.
They could play this game Wed night at 3:00 in the morning and I wouldn't care. Just get the W. I predicted 2 primetime games for the Bills. KC at BUF on SNF and BUF at NYJ on MNF.
If Seattle at Buffalo 4:25 is true then when was the last time the Bills had a late start (not counting primetime games) at home. I honestly can't remember the last 4:00 start at home.
As the champs the Chiefs are guaranteed to open at home on Thursday night. Last season was special with the NFL's 100 year anniversary which is why it was Bears-Packers. I would imagine they go back to letting the Super Bowl champs open at home week 1 as the first game.
I am curious to see what the Giants get. They are a big market team and they are one of the NFL's darling franchises. They have basically sucked the past 7 years and this year figures to be no different with a new coach and shortened offseason program given the times. I bet they get at least 1 and maybe 2 primetime games. Also the Bears will get their share of primetime games as one of the teams not mentioned.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/05/04/espn-televise-korea-baseball-organization-games-live/3077792001/South
I miss watching sports so much that I will actually watch this.
My prediction is 2 primetime games for the Bills. Chiefs at Bills on SNF. Mahomes and Allen. Chiefs O vs the Bills D. Old AFL rivalry. The second is Bills at Jets on MNF or TNF. Darnold and Allen. Rivalry game. If the Bills get more primetime games it will be because they got flexed into them as the season goes on.
They will play without fans if they have to. The NFL brings in 15-16 billion a year and most of that is thru TV. The ratings which are extremely high in normal times would be that much higher if fans can't attend. With the Bills poised to have a strong season I would be disappointed if this season got cancelled.
Most frustrating to me was 1990. The season itself was great but the Bills should have won it all that year. They were better than the Giants. Also 10 years earlier if the Bills could have beaten the Chargers in the divisional round as they were leading late in the game 14-13 but lost 20-14. Win that game and the AFC championship game would have been at home against the Raiders. Buffalo had already beaten Oakland 24-7 early in the season so they would have been favorite and had a good chance to play the Eagles in the 1980 Super Bowl.
If there is no CFB that leaves Saturday wide open. A triple header of Saturday football at 1:00, 4:30. and 8:00. That would be a great way to spend a Saturday and most fans wouldn't have to worry about getting up early for work the next day. They should replace TNF with a Saturday triple header. This way all the games are on the weekend except the MNF. The players won't complain about a short week as they don't like TNF for that reason.