Can the Lions game get flexed?

[WotAGuy]

2 minutes ago, The 9 Isles said:

Sounds like it 

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-game-against-bills-could-be-flexed

 

 

I saw this too, but in the end it says the game “could” be protected. That’s got to be a 99.99% probability. 

[Doc Brown]

3 minutes ago, The 9 Isles said:

Sounds like it 

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-game-against-bills-could-be-flexed

 

 

In the article it says CBS can protect this game which they'd be crazy not too.  I'd love a MNF game but those stupid protection rules.

[gonzo1105]

CBS will protect the game. Don't really see the Bills getting flexed to another night game the rest of the season but I guess its possible we get flexed to a Saturday game against the Pats or Jets.

[Bills!Win!]

16 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

CBS will protect the game. Don't really see the Bills getting flexed to another night game the rest of the season but I guess its possible we get flexed to a Saturday game against the Pats or Jets.

just for America to watch Josh rip these teams apart ?

[Warriorspikes51]

CBS 4:25 national game would get higher ratings than MNF I think

[Ethan in Cleveland]

12 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

 

I prefer a 7 PM Monday night game, I don’t know why they don’t do that more

That's 4pm on west coast?

[Fleezoid]

27 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

That's 4pm on west coast?

 

They've monkeyed with Monday night start times a few times. When it was 9pm, East coast kept complaining they had to stay up too late. They eventually tried 8pm, and West coast screamed they couldn't get out of work and home in time. I think they tried 8:30 and 8:35, settling in on what we have now, 8:15-8:20

[Ethan in Cleveland]

1 minute ago, Fleezoid said:

 

They've monkeyed with Monday night start times a few times. When it was 9pm, East coast kept complaining they had to stay up too late. They eventually tried 8pm, and West coast screamed they couldn't get out of work and home in time. I think they tried 8:30 and 8:35, settling in on what we have now, 8:15-8:20

I know. I lived in Pacific time for 20 years. I learned to live with the first quarter on the radio and the rest of the game on TV

 

I miss 10 am games. They were great. Get up, get coffee, watch game, whole rest of the day to work in the shop!

[Big Turk]

There is no way CBS is giving up this game...they would protect it. So while it technically "could" happen it simply won't.  The chance is effectively 0%.

[sullim4]

Correct... CBS is going to protect this game if they can.

So far this year, CBS hasn't gotten many marquee Bills matchups, aside from last week.  I believe that was the first Bills game this season that CBS sent Nantz and Romo to... which is kind of crazy for one of the top two teams in the conference.  That's the likely price they paid to keep KC/BUF on the Tiffany network - BUF/BAL, SF/BUF, BUF/LAR, BUF/SEA all went elsewhere.

 

NBC is getting the 49ers game in two weeks, and ESPN has gotten two Bills games (JAX and NYJ).  The 4:25 slot consistently receives the best ratings - the NFL will milk this for all it is worth.

[SoonerBillsFan]

This should have been the Thanksgiving game.

[CSBill]

23 hours ago, Beast said:

I just wonder if you believe that or are joking.

 

Not really.

[jcamm1966]

I have to crash by 9 on sunday nite so I hate the Sundat nite games

12 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

This should have been the Thanksgiving game.

Just did this couple years ago

CBS banking on Jets, Fish, Cinn all being good, backfired

[UKBillFan]

20 hours ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

Lions-Bills listed as CBS on the bills schedule, so i'd imagine its the romo game and won't get flexed.  

 

Rams the week before is a maybe to flex to MNF, the slates pretty weak and the only other tempting one is vikings falcons, and the vikings play on MNF the next week.  At the same time that'd be 3 MNF bills games, and the cowboys-bengals will probably still draw just fine.  

 

I imagine FOX will look to protect Bills-Rams. Looking at the schedule, cannot see which other game they'd value over that.

[PromoTheRobot]

17 hours ago, sullim4 said:

Correct... CBS is going to protect this game if they can.

So far this year, CBS hasn't gotten many marquee Bills matchups, aside from last week.  I believe that was the first Bills game this season that CBS sent Nantz and Romo to... which is kind of crazy for one of the top two teams in the conference.  That's the likely price they paid to keep KC/BUF on the Tiffany network - BUF/BAL, SF/BUF, BUF/LAR, BUF/SEA all went elsewhere.

 

NBC is getting the 49ers game in two weeks, and ESPN has gotten two Bills games (JAX and NYJ).  The 4:25 slot consistently receives the best ratings - the NFL will milk this for all it is worth.

 

Apparently the Bills-Lions game isn't or can't be protected, and it's a candidate to move to Monday Night. 

 

https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnfl%2Flions%2Fnews%2Flions-game-against-bills-could-be-flexed&utm_campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl1%2Csh%2Fx%2Fgs%2Fm2%2F4

[finn]

On 11/22/2024 at 12:51 AM, sleeby said:

You prefer collinsworth on SNF?  Hell's no I say.  C'mon man.  

Three-plus hours of Collinsworth making everything about Mahomes? No, thanks. 

[UKBillFan]

2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Apparently the Bills-Lions game isn't or can't be protected, and it's a candidate to move to Monday Night. 

 

https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnfl%2Flions%2Fnews%2Flions-game-against-bills-could-be-flexed&utm_campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl1%2Csh%2Fx%2Fgs%2Fm2%2F4

 

The article says CBS could protect the game. I imagine they have time to do so, and will do so before the deadline.

[UConn James]

I wish bc my area is must-carry for the Pats* for local broadcast of all three DMAs I get via antenna (Hartford, Providence, & Boston), and of course they have a 4 pm slot on CBS too. 😒

Edited November 23 by UConn James

[Buffalo03]

On 11/22/2024 at 12:28 AM, Mike in Horseheads said:

football should be played at 1:00 et on the east coast, night games suck

If you stay up to watch Sabres games 4 nights a week, you can make it through Bills night games 3 times a season

[TNBills]

I'm going to be pissed if they move this game. My company has a suite which we have 3 tickets for and my hotel is already booked and paid for, for us to arrive Saturday and leave Monday. My wife already took Monday off and it wouldn't make sense for her to also take Tuesday.

Edited November 23 by TNBills