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  • Birds/Vikes flexed to SNF 12/26

    We are the kings of NFL ratings!

  • #2
    Seems like it...............I don't really like all of the attention. Feeds the dona in their primas.
    http://shop.cafepress.com/content/global/img/spacer.gifOK, let's try this again...

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    • #3
      Nah - let them ride the wave. I think it actually might boost these young guys' confidence moreso than anything. They are giving us more than I think any of us envisioned to this point. Let's hope they ride the hype and play above their heads (especially on "D" because I have no worries about the "O" and the exposure).

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      • #4
        Wow... I can't believe that game was flexed. Is it possible the league wants one more Favre payday.

        I love that to by the way... my family is all coming over for Xmas that day and I was worried about missing the game. Won't now. They will be long gone.

        All I want for Xmas is the 2nd seed.
        You know Darren if you'd have told me 10 years ago that someday I was going to solve the world's energy problems I'd have said your crazy.... now lets drop this big ball of oil out the window.

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        • #5
          Why would they do this? The Vikings blow.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by andrewaters View Post
            Wow... I can't believe that game was flexed. Is it possible the league wants one more Favre payday.

            I love that to by the way... my family is all coming over for Xmas that day and I was worried about missing the game. Won't now. They will be long gone.

            All I want for Xmas is the 2nd seed.
            You sure have been on a roll lately AW!!!
            "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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            • #7
              My birthday is Jan 7. Should I ask for a Super Bowl win.

              ONly ever year.
              You know Darren if you'd have told me 10 years ago that someday I was going to solve the world's energy problems I'd have said your crazy.... now lets drop this big ball of oil out the window.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by andrewaters View Post
                My birthday is Jan 7. Should I ask for a Super Bowl win.

                ONly ever year.
                Might as well-things happen in 3s.
                "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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                • #9
                  buy a lottery ticket too.

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                  • #10
                    Don't know for sure but my guess is that this is two fold for the league. First, the birds are always a good draw. Second, Favre is a good draw. If they aren't putting Farce on IR this will be the last chance for them to get him on prime time. I don't think any game on the last weekend get flexed to prime time and there isn't a Monday night game so thenextbest thing is to go to the prior week.
                    Wait until next year is a terrible philosophy
                    Hope is not a strategy
                    RIP

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                    • #11
                      remember that Fox & CBS can protect some sort of mix of games (perhaps one per network) and so what NBC is left with is a group of games that may not be a marquee matchup so they go with what the best ratings will be. That leaves you with the Birds.

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                      • #12
                        i actually think that NBC gets its pick of games for the most part... this says a lot for the birds
                        You know Darren if you'd have told me 10 years ago that someday I was going to solve the world's energy problems I'd have said your crazy.... now lets drop this big ball of oil out the window.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by sfphillyfan View Post
                          Why would they do this? The Vikings blow.
                          1) Jets-Bears was protected by CBS
                          2) Giants-Packers was protected by Fox
                          3) Brett Favre is a big TV draw and this could be his last-ever prime-time game
                          4) The Eagles, especially with the Michael Vick angle, are a huge TV draw this year

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by stevemc View Post
                            remember that Fox & CBS can protect some sort of mix of games (perhaps one per network) and so what NBC is left with is a group of games that may not be a marquee matchup so they go with what the best ratings will be. That leaves you with the Birds.
                            Some of you may know there is a website (the506.com) where TV maps are posted showing which areas of the country are receiving various games on Fox and CBS. At that site, there is also a message board. On that message board, one of the posters has access to inside information about which games Fox and CBS protect Weeks 11-16 of the season. (No games are eligible to be protected in Week 17; also, Fox and CBS need to make their protection selections in the mid-to-late October time frame.) Each network can protect 5 games total over those 6 weeks. According to the source on that board, both Jets-Bears and Giants-Packers were protected by their televising networks (CBS and Fox respectively).

                            On a related note, because the Eagles will be making their 4th SNF appearance and 6th prime-time appearance during the 2010 season on 12/26, the 1/2 Cowboys at Eagles game CANNOT be flexed to SNF; it is guaranteed to be televised on Fox. NFL TV rules do not allow teams to have more than 6 prime-time and 4 NBC appearances in a season (and even in those cases only up to 3 teams can make that many prime-time or NBC appearances).
                            Last edited by CHIP72; 12-15-2010, 11:11 PM.

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                            • #15
                              saving the biggest TV market for Fox and CBS is an obvious move. it is about number of TVs.

                              so let's see then... the sunday night games were:

                              49ers
                              Giants
                              Cowboys
                              Vikings

                              one monday night game.

                              i still say the cowboys game gets slotted into the late afternoon slot
                              You know Darren if you'd have told me 10 years ago that someday I was going to solve the world's energy problems I'd have said your crazy.... now lets drop this big ball of oil out the window.

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