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Could we have 3 more primetime games this regular season?


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Okay, before you get all uppity and call me crazy, know that I know that this is a huge long shot... I'm focused on Miami and just want to keep winning and win out...

But...

Week 14: Panthers/Saints - very likely at this point (imho) to be flexed in place of Packers/Falcons (yawn)

Week 15: Panthers/Jets - only game that week, if I am reading it right, to feature two over-.500 teams... It is tentatively Cincy/Pittsburgh, but right now that one is looking pretty lopsided towards Cincy...

 

Week 16: Panthers/Saints rematch... This one is now looking like it will have the most competition for flexing... Colts/Chiefs, Seahawks/Cardinals, and Bears/Eagles... But our game could easily be the most interesting/important scenario in the league that week

 

Would NBC even consider us 3 weeks in a row? How would you feel about playing SNF 3 weeks in a row if they did?

Pretty interesting the way things are shaping up for flex games in the NFL in the coming weeks, any way you look at it...

 

Here's one of the sites I was looking at when this idea started swirling...

 

http://sports.morganwick.com/category/football/nfl/snf-flex-scheduling-watch/#sthash.AKjZSXiH.dpbs

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3 weeks would be awesome IMO. Won't happen, but would be sweet. I can see one being switched. Prob the first one in NO because they are undefeated there. Plus, Colts-Chiefs would win out because of Andrew Luck. (Unless Panthers & Saints were tied up or that game would determine division champ)

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It's almost certain that our Week 14 game is flexed, with SF/Sea being protected, and the decision having to be made in 4 days.

 

The rematch week 16 will more than likely get moved to 4pm if we aren't flexed.  If Colts/Chiefs looks unappealing, and Baltimore is eliminated (scheduled game is NE-Bal), we've got a good shot at the prime time slot.

 

Nice find on that website, some very good detail in breaking down the possible time changes.

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Hope not. I REALLY hope Eagles/Lions gets the nod. It would make things easier in the dome IMO with a 1pm start, and give us a better chance of more flex the next two weeks. Maybe, just maybe, they look at Detroit and Philly as larger markets and first place teams they won't have the rest of the year.

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Hope not. I REALLY hope Eagles/Lions gets the nod. It would make things easier in the dome IMO with a 1pm start, and give us a better chance of more flex the next two weeks. Maybe, just maybe, they look at Detroit and Philly as larger markets and first place teams they won't have the rest of the year.

 

Hoping Week 14 isn't flexed. Isn't the New Orleans record at home on primetime games something ungodly?

 

Was hoping for the same thing, I just don't see it happening. 

 

Would be nice, they're gonna be on a somewhat shorter week as it is.  They play Monday night in a game that's a 5 hour flight away on the other side of the country.  It's a big game they can't look past.  We should be back in Charlotte reviewing film before they even kick off.  Don't want to give them any extra time to prep, even if its only a half day.  Will certainly change the HFA as well, if it gets flexed.

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Was hoping for the same thing, I just don't see it happening. 

 

Would be nice, they're gonna be on a somewhat shorter week as it is.  They play Monday night in a game that's a 5 hour flight away on the other side of the country.  It's a big game they can't look past.  We should be back in Charlotte reviewing film before they even kick off.  Don't want to give them any extra time to prep, even if its only a half day.  Will certainly change the HFA as well, if it gets flexed.

 

They play Monday night in Seattle, so they will not get back to New Orleans early tuesday morning.

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