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AggieJ2002

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4:56p, 12/29/25

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Why do the Bills (playing on the East Coast) get a late afternoon kick on Sunday when the Texans have to play the early slot. The Bills get to see what we do to even see if it's worth playing their starters. I thought the whole point of not announcing game times until the week before was to eliminate competitive ad advantages.

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In reply to IrishAg • 5:12p, 12/29/25

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IrishAg said:
JCA1 said:
IrishAg said:
AggieJ2002 said:
I'm assuming the NFL has already penciled us in for the early Saturday playoff slot?

When else would we play, Sunday? That's just crazy talk

Pendergast thinks it may be Monday night.

Are we sure that wouldn't break the 9th seal of the apocalypse?

Whether this ushers in the end of times is above my paygrade.

But probably.

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In reply to AggieJ2002 • 5:50p, 12/29/25

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AggieJ2002 said:
Why do the Bills (playing on the East Coast) get a late afternoon kick on Sunday when the Texans have to play the early slot. The Bills get to see what we do to even see if it's worth playing their starters. I thought the whole point of not announcing game times until the week before was to eliminate competitive ad advantages.

What the NFL should do is kick every game at the same time to avoid the latter teams getting a competitive edge from timing. Soccer has been doing it since the late 70s/early 80s when teams did cheat the time system. Baseball went to that a couple of years ago.

The NFL never will. It's too much of a loss for TV slots.

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In reply to Mathguy64 • 6:30p, 12/29/25

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Mathguy64 said:
AggieJ2002 said:
Why do the Bills (playing on the East Coast) get a late afternoon kick on Sunday when the Texans have to play the early slot. The Bills get to see what we do to even see if it's worth playing their starters. I thought the whole point of not announcing game times until the week before was to eliminate competitive ad advantages.

What the NFL should do is kick every game at the same time to avoid the latter teams getting a competitive edge from timing. Soccer has been doing it since the late 70s/early 80s when teams did cheat the time system. Baseball went to that a couple of years ago.

The NFL never will. It's too much of a loss for TV slots.

Seems like a "split the difference" solution would be to put the games that have no playoff seeding implications at all (this year, games like Raiders-Chiefs, Cowboys-Giants, probably Falcons-Saints) in an early time slot and the rest of the games in a late slot.

If that means you've got 3 games early and 11 games late, so be it.

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