Fox was planning to air Cowboys-Bills in 89% of the nation, with
Eagles-Seahawks going to 10%. By moving the latter to ABC, Fox can pump
Cowboys-Bills to the whole nation. (and you notice, the Cardinals used
their blackout two weeks ago, knowing this could happen.
I read that Fox left Cowboys-B
>From a podcast interview with the NFL’s VP of Broadcast Planning: flexing
is done to move playoff relevant games from 1 PM to prime time. So it’s not
a simple matter of looking for games that will draw more viewers. The
Chiefs and Patriots (Chiefs in, Patriots out) is less relevant than Eagles
and
All times East: That's the 14th through 18th of December, when three games
are played Saturday, all principally on NFL Network, but the league has to
pick from five contests to determine those three... they took
Vikings-Bengals (1pm), Steelers-Colts (4:30), and Broncos-Lions (8:15),
leaving Fal