> I count 30 of 36 teams on the SNF schedule (counting the season opener on > Thursday) who made the playoffs in 2021 (83%), vs 18 of 32 playoff teams > (56%) on the Amazon TNF schedule.
You made me look. There are 15 TNF games. Tennessee is in two, while the Lions, Vikings and Giants miss out. However, those three teams (as well as Dallas, Buffalo and New England) play on Thanksgiving. (Thanksgiving night is on NBC, not Amazon.) Essentially, since the short week is such a big deal, the league spreads it around as evenly as possible. No amount of lobbying by Al Michaels, or anyone else, is going to get good teams into more Thursday games. The idea of giving teams byes the week before their Thursday games has been floating around, and it would likely make for better football, but the NFL doesn't seem to be in any hurry to do that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOG7CEO34gEAusKqXv9o%2BwTQtoufzA8NRtgR2FHkhQ_H%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
