No SNF vs. Saints :(

[LARams_1963]

Bummer, we got flexed, but only too the 1:25pm spot. Not too Sunday night game. Would have been nice to have a night primetime game in LA!

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...nts-games-vs-rams-panthers-get-flex-treatment


Saints' games vs. Rams, Panthers get flex treatment



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• By Nick Shook NFL.com
• Published: Nov. 14, 2017 at 05:22 p.m.
• Updated: Nov. 14, 2017 at 05:46 p.m.

Get out the bent-arm emojis -- it's flexing season.

As we move into the latter portion of the 2017 slate, game times are suddenly subject to change. Records and stakes matter!

The Week 12 schedule gets a little jucier in the late afternoon slot, with New Orleans' matchup against the Los Angeles Rams moving to 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS. The move, however, means the Rams-Saintswon't be flexed to Sunday Night Football, as some had speculated it could have. In the same week, Tennessee at Indianapolis stays in the 1 p.m. slot but moves to FOX.

In Week 13, a major NFC South battle moves into the national slot with the Carolina at New Orleans game shifting to 4:25 p.m. ET and staying on FOX. Denver at Miami will move to FOX, but stay in the 1 p.m. ET time slot.

While those changes sure are appetizing, the original (and still delicious) Sunday Night Footballentrees remain the same. The prime-time slot doesn't see any changes for neither Week 12 nor Week 13.

The updated schedule is below.

UPDATE: NFL schedule changes for Weeks 12 & 13

Week 12
NO at LAR moves to 4:25 PM ET on CBS
TEN at IND moves to FOX (stays at 1:00 PM ET)

Week 13
CAR at NO moves to 4:25 PM ET (stays on FOX)
DEN at MIA moves to FOX (stays at 1:00 PM ET)

No changes to Sunday Night Football pic.twitter.com/p4wXJV3OPY

— Randall Liu (@RLiuNFL) November 14, 2017

 

[LACHAMP46]

@flv

is this that bet we made? same week???

http://www.ramsondemand.com/sportsbook/which-game-will-be-shown-as-the-week-12-snf-game-on-nbc.1822/

 

[SanAnRam]

@flv

Thank you sir. Your efforts are sincerely appreciated!

 

[Prime Time]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/11/15/nfl-sunday-night-flex-scheduling-packers-steelers-mmqb-newsletter

NFL, Broadcasters Choose Between Old School, New
By Jacob Feldman

SEAN M. HAFFEY/GETTY IMAGES

No one could have predicted the 2017 season we've watched so far—the brutal injuries, the rising stars, the New York Giants—and that includes the NFL’s schedule-makers. But that’s why flex scheduling exists, allowing the league and NBC to swap a new matchup into Sunday Night Football when need be.

On Tuesday though, the parties decided to keep the preseason pick for Week 12 (the week following this weekend, when the Eagles and Cowboys face off), sticking with Packers-Steelers despite the lack of Aaron Rodgers, instead of options including a mammoth battle between the 7-2 Rams and 7-2 Saints. Los Angeles-New Orleans did move into CBS's late afternoon marquee position, but the decision still spoke to the stakeholders' priorities.

Ratings feel more important for the NFL than ever before, with slipping numbers being watched closely both on Wall Street and in the White House. That's put an ever bigger spotlight on programming decisions, and this year, the choice is stark. In the NFC, all four current division leaders—the Rams, Saints, Vikings, and Eagles—finished third or last in their divisions a year ago, and Drew Brees is the only superstar QB among the bunch.

So, needing to lure viewers, will the league and broadcasters cling to pre-scheduled brand-name franchises (like Pittsburgh, Dallas, and Baltimore), or will they try to pitch America on the upstarts? It's important to keep in mind there are complicated corporate politics being played and complex rules affecting these decisions, but regardless, it's a trend to watch.

On the league's website, flexible scheduling is hailed as a way to give "surprise teams a chance to play their way onto primetime" and no teams are more surprising than the Saints and Rams. New Orleans will likely play in the same late afternoon spotlight when it faces Carolina Dec. 3.

L.A. could still earn a night game when it takes on the high-flying Eagles Dec. 10 in a battle of the NFL's top two scoring units. In the AFC, the Jaguars have a case to make that same week when they host the Seahawks, though Philadelphia is set to play Seattle the previous Sunday night, complicating matters. But let's not get lost in the details here. No matter the combination, I'm ready for some new faces in primetime.

 

[LumberTubs]

This is good news. 9:25pm on a Sunday night is do-able but not 1:30am on a Monday.

Signed,

a British Rams fan

 

[RamsJunkie]

What a crock of shit that they think a Rodgerless packers vs steelers game is better than Saints at Rams.

 

[HellRam]

What a crock of crap that they think a Rodgerless packers vs steelers game is better than Saints at Rams.

It's completely asinine. They complain about ratings and do nothing about it. I talk to football fans all the time who are sick of the same teams on all the damn time for the prime-time games. You know the teams. All the more reason to rid Goodell, the NFL just seems clueless right now.

Nothing exciting about the Hundley lead Packers.

 

[BonifayRam]

The NFL is goo goo ga ga over Pittsburgh Steelers. Seems like most all the talking sportscasters :grouphug:have selected them to be the NFL SB winners this season.....the team to beat.

Its a breath of fresh air to have a North Eastern NFL team getting so much attention.:shocking:

 

[Jacobarch]

The NFL is goo goo ga ga over Pittsburgh Steelers. Seems like most all the talking sportscasters :grouphug:have selected them to be the NFL SB winners this season.....the team to beat.

Its a breath of fresh air to have a North Eastern NFL team getting so much attention.:shocking:

Which is weird, they haven't looked that impressive.

The Media will always be like that tho, and sometimes I don't blame them. Look at teams like the Steelers and Packers. They have been good for as long as I've watched football. It's hard to pass up on teams with the prestige those teams have.

 

[Prime Time]

Watched an ESPN NFL one-hour show the other night. The first twenty minutes was on the Patriots and the Cowboys. The Rams got 60 seconds and then it was on to the Steelers. Then it was back to the Cowboys with a few other teams interspersed.

ESPN is located in Bristol, Connecticut with the Patriots just to the north and the Steelers to the west. The Cowboys? Well they're supposedly America's Team and good for ratings. If the Giants and Jets were playing well they'd be slobbering over them too. Media bubble and all that.

 

[RhodyRams]

just great..we get to watch Juju Smith play hide and seek...again


le sigh

 

[lordbannon]

Great. CBS is the one football channel I don't get. Normally, I don't care, because screw the AFC....but now two out of three weeks (and for an NFC vs NFC game this time?!?!) ? I don't pay for Sunday Ticket to NOT see the Rams.

I'll have to actually find an antenna....

 

[kurtfaulk]

Watched an ESPN NFL one-hour show the other night. The first twenty minutes was on the Patriots and the Cowboys. The Rams got 60 seconds and then it was on to the Steelers. Then it was back to the Cowboys with a few other teams interspersed.

ESPN is located in Bristol, Connecticut with the Patriots just to the north and the Steelers to the west. The Cowboys? Well they're supposedly America's Team and good for ratings. If the Giants and Jets were playing well they'd be slobbering over them too. Media bubble and all that.

This is why you can't watch those shows live. You gotta tape it and fast forward through it until you see something that interests you.

.

 

[Picked4td]

I'm sure a big reason it wasn't flexed to snf is because they can only flex 2 games and it's not like the packers and steelers aren't popular teams. They are likely expecting to flex the Rams eagles game and probably want to keep their other flex open for either a playin game or for a week with less popular teams

 

[PressureD41]

This is why you can't watch those shows live. You gotta tape it and fast forward through it until you see something that interests you.

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Yup I PVR the sh!t out of the morning programs each Monday, and fast fwd to the Rams. With Coffee & Bailey's

 

[OC--LeftCoast]

I'm sure a big reason it wasn't flexed to snf is because they can only flex 2 games and it's not like the packers and steelers aren't popular teams. They are likely expecting to flex the Rams eagles game and probably want to keep their other flex open for either a playin game or for a week with less popular teams

Well that would mean the stinking Over Rated Eagles would go back to back on SNF

As of now they are SNF vs Seattle the week before they play the Rams

Little surprised nobody had noticed that yet or mentioned it

 

[Prime Time]

This is why you can't watch those shows live. You gotta tape it and fast forward through it until you see something that interests you.

No can do, my VCR is on the fritz.

 

[Soul Surfer]

I've always thought that they would flex the Sunday night game at Seattle that is the more exciting game.
It should have playoff implications as well.

 

[threesox84]

Blame USC. Part of the deal with the Rams was no night games on school nights.