NFL Week 18 -- Flipper's time?

But then we defy the unwritten tradition of Houston playing the Saturday early game.

I mean, seriously, have the Texans ever played in any other time slot in the wild-card round?

 

Rams at Lions is so very funny.

 

I think it’s awesome.

 

I think they wanted a game with some national draw to see how the experiment goes. The Chiefs provide that, especially with the Swifties being dumb enough to pay to watch a game just to get a few glimpses of her in the press box.

 

That aspect of the Bills is my primary hope for the Steelers. Their defense gives up a lot of yards even with Watt, but they have been forcing turnovers. They also get a little help with Kazee and possibly Fitzpatrick returning.

 

Never in the opening round.
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They have just had the kinds of teams to show on playoff weekend when people are out doing stuff.
A team for that if God ever made one.

The slotting is usually more interesting than the playoffs. It tells a bit about what the league thinks of its properties, which isn't often.

 

Maybe she’s actually a Burrow fan and getting all of us with the 6.

 

Really? Just a guess, but the Browns will have the biggest audience this weekend.

 

Dolphins-Chiefs on Peacock is incredibly bad PR for the NFL and NBC.

The precedent is already set, of course, with Amazon Prime. Yet, for many of us, this was already something we had, especially for those of us with a partner who buys way too much crap on Amazon anyway. Their streaming content has a lot and that drives people to the platform.

My son has Peacock so he can watch EPL, so I have access to it. But…

The Kansas City market will show it on NBC but they’re a highly-regional team. Will the NBCs in Springfield, Topeka, Omaha, Columbia, Wichita and Des Moines be able to show the game? That’s a demographic that has little reason to already subscribe to Peacock.

Same for South Florida. Miami will show the game but the NBC in West Palm is 30 miles from the Dolphins stadium. Fort Myers is also full of Dolphins fans. Older demographic… they’ll be pissed if it’s not on their NBC.

The world has changed in the last five years, especially for older people.

Self-checkout lanes. McDonald’s where they struggle to punch in their order to the kiosk. An armada of voice mail to navigate to make a medical appointment. They’re not likely to go out to B-Dubs to watch the game on Saturday night.

People are tired of getting nickeled-and-dimed. The Peacock game isn’t just about money but also time of getting it set up (for some). Streaming quality varies. Mine is usually delayed 90 seconds.

I already pay for NFL Network, gladly pay for RedZone (which I stop my Sling subscription tonight after Washington-Michigan). Don’t mind paying for RZ. It’s good value.

But the Peacock game is just so… unseemly.

 

Collinsworth and Tirico spent a bit of time last night talking about setting up Peacock well in advance to stream the game (“Get a kid to help.”) They were inadvertently discussing what a pain in the ass it is. Not the best, marketing ploy, but they were spot on.

 

Springtime for Hitler

 

In the 1970s, the Pillsbury Corp., based locally, on several occasions bought the remaining tickets to ensure a Vikings playoff sellout so the game could be televised locally. The more interesting part of that may be that sellouts of Vikings playoff games were not a sure thing back then.