NFL Thursday night games

[DAWG61]

[FONT=&quot]NFL still hasn't learned. Rams and Vikings only get 3 days of rest and now they have another game tonight. No human should play 60 minutes of pro football and then do it again 4 days later. Thursday night teams need a bye week before they play. This week Washington and Carolina are on byes. For no good reason. Next week the Thursday night game is Indianapolis at New England so these two teams should be on byes this weekend not Wash/Carolina. It’s really very easy common sense yet reveals how little the NFL actually cares about their players. [/FONT]

 

[shotgunDawg]

Last week's Thursday game with Baker Mayfield was outstanding.

 

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

It’s really very easy common sense yet reveals how little the NFL actually cares about their non-QB players.

FIFY

 

[WutheringDawg]

But it’s great for the degenerates. Under is almost always the play.

 

[57stratdawg]

I’m pumped about tonight’s game. There are a lot of stars on these two teams.

I wonder if Minn was looking ahead last week a little.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Agree, I know it's early in the season where up to this point they have had no bye's but the teams scheduled for Thursday night's should be off the prior Sunday. If that means no thurs night games until week 4 then so be it. They want to look like they are concerned with players when they are much more concerned with $$'s. But you also hafta take into account while they are playing 2 games in 5 days, they then receive a 10 day break before they play again. I've heard a few interviews with players who like the thurs games because they get 4 days off before starting preparation for the next game.

but agree with shotgun that last week's Thursday game as well as this week's looks phenomenal. I'm guessing in order for Joe and Troy to sign off on their doing those games they insisted on better matchups.

 

[HotMop]

Screw em, they are here for MY entertainment who cares about their future health. ***

 

[Go Budaw]

It’s not like one more day is that much different, and colleges do that all the time without bye weeks. And those guys aren’t making millions either. The NFL also manages practices much differently, very light practice days on Tuesday and Wednesday. All in all the toll on their bodies isn’t any more than it would be under a normal full practice week, and it even provides an additional “half-bye” week on the back end of it with 3 more days rest. This really isn’t a big deal.

 

[tbaydog]

You mean the National Flag Football League....

 

[fishwater99]

But it’s great for the degenerates. Under is almost always the play.

Really? already hit over tonight

 

[WutheringDawg]

Update: this is why I am a bad gambler

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Why can't they figure out how to schedule it such that the Thursday night teams are always coming off of bye weeks?

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

That’s what I’ve been thinking too. It’s doable.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Well then you'd hafta start having byes during weeks 1-3 as well as the last however many week don't have byes. It's really a lot more of a factor at the end of the season. Teams should be healthy and deep enough to handle the stress and strain of these early weeks. Plus those teams do get a mini-bye after they play. Instead of the 2 days they normally get off after they play the Thursday, night teams get 5 days off. A lot of the players/teams like these games for that very reason.