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December 13, 2004

Monday Night Blues

Cris Carter puts it succintly:

Tonight's game is a perfect example of why the NFL should go to a flexible schedule. With it, we'd have better matchups than the Kansas City Chiefs against the Tennessee Titans late in the season on Monday Night Football.

Because of parity, the league has totally changed as far as which teams should be shown from year to year in prime time. A flexible schedule would ensure that we're seeing the top teams. It's best for the league and the fans.

Agreed. Even though the flexible prime-time matchups are in the new TV contract, the details still have to be worked out. Such as, how much lead time is acceptable to make changes to the league schedule? One week seems like too little; three weeks seems like too much. Perhaps two?

Even though it's not a marquee matchup, there are still the fantasy implications of the game. Several of the players will play key roles in determining the winners of two of the games in the first playoff round of the BDFL.

Posted by Alex Harden on December 13, 2004 8:23 PM |

Comments

Yes, this is one time I am NOT torn between coding and watching the game!!

Posted by: Shane | December 13, 2004 10:09 PM

It even had an impact in my game - I was able to beat the only previously undefeated player in my league, and actually came within 12 points of making the playoffs.

Why did they shut Chris Brown down in the second half? Why?!

Posted by: Don | December 14, 2004 9:23 AM

I am siding with Don, although Trent Green did not have enough of a Peyton Manning like game to earning me a playoff victory in the BDFL, I surged into the playoffs by beating the topranked team in my Yahoo Public league. Woohoo! Or in this case Yahoo!

Posted by: Scotbuff | December 14, 2004 2:12 PM

Unfortunately, in my Yahoo! Public League I remained in the bottom two teams, which left me out of the playoffs.

Posted by: aharden | December 14, 2004 4:00 PM

I must be in, because I have a game scheduled for week 15. This is the first year I have played in a Yahoo Public league so I am not quite sure I understand the playoff scenario yet. I am sure it is probably explained somewhere, but what fun would it be to read the rules. That would destroy the challenge. Beside, not knowing what I am doing worked great for the Fantasy Baseball League I won on Yahoo this past season.

Posted by: Scotbuff | December 14, 2004 4:30 PM

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