Cardinal vs Bengals Flexed to Sunday Night Football

[Scooby-Doo]

Just heard it from the local radio show.

 

[Rock Strongo]

giggity

 

[Balljim55]

Good Call - it'll be a humdinger of a ball game

 

[Davis_Mike]

They removed SD vs KC. That gives the Cards back-to-back SNF games.

 

[Cincyfan78]

Gives the Bengals 3 straight prime-time games. Better hope Prime-Time Andy doesn't show up, and 1:00 Sunday Andy continues his roll.

 

[cdumler7]

Had me nervous that they then flexed the Chiefs/Chargers game to the same time slot as the Broncos. I live in Chiefs country so I always get those games. Thankfully Broncos play at noon on that Sunday.

As for the Cardinals/Bengals game that one sounds very interesting indeed. Very good choice for the Flex. Very much a Cardinals fan that Sunday.

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Gives the Bengals 3 straight prime-time games. Better hope Prime-Time Andy doesn't show up, and 1:00 Sunday Andy continues his roll.

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I hope we see prime time Andy on Sunday night. Metaphorically speaking of course.

 

[Broncos6482]

Had me nervous that they then flexed the Chiefs/Chargers game to the same time slot as the Broncos. I live in Chiefs country so I always get those games. Thankfully Broncos play at noon on that Sunday.

As for the Cardinals/Bengals game that one sounds very interesting indeed. Very good choice for the Flex. Very much a Cardinals fan that Sunday.

Me too. Did they move the Chiefs game to 3:15?

 

[Davis_Mike]

I have to think week 16 vs GB & 17 vs Sea might also get flexed in.

Currently:
16 - Cin vs SF
17 - Pit vs Bal

 

[Cincyfan78]

I hope we see prime time Andy on Sunday night. Metaphorically speaking of course.

Well, bright side is:

They really should win the first 2...losing @ Arizona wouldn't be a killer, especially since it would be an NFC loss, and not an AFC loss. If they are going to lose a prime-time game, I'd rather that be the game and the Bengals find a way to win @ Denver, where Home Field could be on the line.

 

[Cincyfan78]

I have to think week 16 vs GB & 17 vs Sea might also get flexed in.

Currently:
16 - Cin vs SF
17 - Pit vs Bal

Agreed. Was talking about that to a friend.

With how poorly SF is playing, the other games could be much more intriguing, but also depends on who gets protected.

 

[cdumler7]

Me too. Did they move the Chiefs game to 3:15?

Yeah from the sound of it that is what they did. The game is in San Diego so I don't think they would try and start the game at what would be 10 a.m. for the local crowd.

 

[Davis_Mike]

Agreed. Was talking about that to a friend.

With how poorly SF is playing, the other games could be much more intriguing, but also depends on who gets protected.

The 16 & 17 Cards games could have top playoff seeding on the line & maybe even the NFCW title as well.

 

[cdumler7]

Agreed. Was talking about that to a friend.

With how poorly SF is playing, the other games could be much more intriguing, but also depends on who gets protected.

It also depends on how many prime time games a team has had at that point. I think the limit is every team can only have 5 prime time games in a single season.

 

[Scooby-Doo]

Cards second half schedule... Six of the Eight games are against teams with .500 or better records. The only game I would call a gimme would the niners. Time to man up!

@Seahawks
Bengals
@Niners
@Rams
Vikings
@Eagles
Packers
Seahawks

 

[PatsFan2003]

Indeed. I think it's time for the Cardinals to show that they aren't fakers and can take it to a superior AFC team.
Besides everyone loves Carson Palmer.

 

[dkmightyhammer]

I have to think week 16 vs GB & 17 vs Sea might also get flexed in.

Currently:
16 - Cin vs SF
17 - Pit vs Bal

There won't be any flexing of the week 17 game since there is no Sunday night game. Everybody plays during the day that week. No Thursday, no Sunday night, no Monday night because it's the last day of the reg season with playoffs the next weekend.

 

[Number7]

There won't be any flexing of the week 17 game since there is no Sunday night game. Everybody plays during the day that week. No Thursday, no Sunday night, no Monday night because it's the last day of the reg season with playoffs the next weekend.

No, there is a Sunday night game, they just won't decide until Week 16 is over with.

 

[molsaniceman]

There won't be any flexing of the week 17 game since there is no Sunday night game. Everybody plays during the day that week. No Thursday, no Sunday night, no Monday night because it's the last day of the reg season with playoffs the next weekend.

actually there is a sunday night game week 17

Here are the current tentatively-scheduled games and my predictions:

Week 11 (November 22):

• Tentative game: Kansas City @ San Diego
• Prospects: 1-5 v. 2-4, in pretty bad shape.
• Likely protections: Bengals-Cardinals or Colts-Falcons (CBS) and Packers-Vikings if anything (FOX).
• Other possible games: Pretty much just CBS’ unprotected game; even Packers-Vikings might be too lopsided to be much of an option if it’s unprotected. The Eagles were the only 2-3 team to win and none of the unbeatens lost so I’m still looking at 2-3 teams; that Eagles win helps Bucs-Eagles some, but it’s still substantially behind CBS’ unprotected game. Cowboys-Dolphins is starting to emerge as an even darker horse.

Week 12 (November 29):

• Tentative game: New England @ Denver
• Prospects: Not a single loss between them, and possibly the last Brady-Manning showdown. No chance to lose its spot.
• Likely protections: Giants-Washington if anything (FOX).
• Other possible games: Thanksgiving Weekend, paucity of good games (I think it’s a mortal lock this is CBS’ unprotected week). I doubt it’s a coincidence the game you think is least likely to be flexed coming into the season is the one slated for this week. Vikings-Falcons is at least becoming a respectable option, but it really has no shot, while Bucs-Colts, Rams-Bengals, and Dolphins-Jets continue to wait in the wings.

Week 13 (December 6):

• Tentative game: Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh
• Prospects: 3-3 v. 4-2, a respectable but not worldbeating game, with marquee quarterbacks but small markets.
• Likely protections: Jets-Giants (CBS) and Eagles-Patriots (FOX).
• Other possible games: Only other options involve teams below .500, and even then there are only two games involving only teams at 2-3 or better. Falcons-Bucs is the only unbeaten-vs-2-3 game where the 2-3 team didn’t lose last week, and that only because the Bucs were on bye, and Cardinals-Rams is the only other option. This game will keep its spot if records hold.

Week 14 (December 13):

• Tentative game: Seattle @ Baltimore
• Prospects: 2-4 v. 1-5, same as Chiefs-Chargers earlier. Not looking good.
• Likely protections: Steelers-Bengals (CBS) and Cowboys-Packers or Falcons-Panthers (FOX).
• Other possible games: Either of Fox’s possible protected games would be very attractive, with at least one team unbeaten at the moment, and there may not really be any other option. Raiders-Broncos is another unbeaten v. 2-3 game, and Bills-Eagles at least pits two teams at .500, but that’s it.

Week 15 (December 20):

• Tentative game: Cincinnati @ San Francisco
• Prospects: 6-0 v. 2-4. Massively lopsided.
• Likely protections: Broncos-Steelers (CBS) and Panthers-Giants or Bears-Vikings (FOX).
• Other possible games: Panthers-Giants is increasingly lopsided, sitting at 5-0 v. 3-3, while Cardinals-Eagles is now 4-2 v. 3-3. Packers-Raiders is a bit too lopsided to be an option at the moment, at only a Raiders loss better than the tentative.

Week 16 (December 27):

• Tentative game: Pittsburgh @ Baltimore
• Prospects: 4-2 v. 1-5. One of the NFL’s better rivalries, but not in the best shape right now.
• Likely protections: Patriots-Jets (CBS) and Packers-Cardinals or Panthers-Falcons (FOX).
• Other possible games: As with the week with the first Panthers-Falcons matchup, Fox’s unprotected game is far and away ahead of any other contenders; Giants-Vikings is a very distant second, while Cowboys-Bills and Colts-Dolphins pit 3-3 v. 2-3 teams.

Week 17 (January 3):

• Playoff positioning watch begins Week 9.

- See more at: SNF Flex Scheduling Watch – MorganWick.com

 

[Arizona_Sting]

Should be a good one. These next two games will tell us a lot about our team. Tough roady against Seattle then at home against one of the best in the NFC.