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Promo from last week's TNF: When Bill Belichick is your best player:

Always post the source in all your post (where relevant), in this case, the tweet that said that.

Oh I think the fans overseas love it. As far as popularity is concerned, American football is not even in the top 10: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-most-popular-sports-in-the-world.html Rank - Sport - Name - Amount of Fans - Regions 1 Football (Soccer)3.5 Billion Europe, Africa, Asia, America 2 Cricket 2.5 Billion Asia, Australia, UK 3 Field Hockey 2 Billion Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia (not ice hockey) 4 Tennis 1 Billion Europe, Asia, America 5 Volleyball 900 Million Europe, Australia, Asia, America 6 Table Tennis 850 Million Europe, Africa, Asia, America 7 Basketball 800 Million America, Oceania, Middle East 8 Baseball 500 Million America, Japan 9 Rugby 475 Million Oceania, South Africa, England 10 Golf 450 Million America, Oceania, Europe [baseball?? WTF?] And you saw the results for teams in Week 1, like Buffalo and KC. In fact, our Jets loss set the tone for this failed (so far) season.

Move to the west coast and the games start at 10 AM!

Not sure if you can make someone of Von's level and reputation inactive. It would be like benching LeBron James, sort of. Besides, he might be angry this week and have something to prove. He'll be motivated. We need him for KC. Until the NFL suspends him at least, which they haven't done.

UPDATE: CBS Late: Butte, MT from DEN-LAC to BUF-KC (Wed.) Maps has been changed. Billings, MT is the only Montana market on DEN-LAC now.

[Note 1: Doubleheader this week is CBS.] [Note 2: There *is* a MNF ManningCast this week which will cover both MNF games simultaneously.] [Note 3: Remember: the TNF game is free and legal to all on Twitch--no Amazon Prime account needed.] [Note 4: There are two MNF games this week starting at the same time, so the ESPN one will NOT be simlucasted on ABC.] [Note 5: The final byes of the season are this week.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2023&wk=14 https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/2023_NFL_Season NFL Week 14, 2023 - December 10, 2023 NATIONAL BROADCASTS: TNF - Amazon Prime Video/Twitch (free) Thursday, December 7 - 8:15 PM ET: New England at Pittsburgh Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung [simulcasts: WFXT (FOX/25) Boston and WPXI (NBC/11) Pittsburgh.] SNF - NBC Sunday, December 10 - 8:20 PM ET: Philadelphia at Dallas Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark MNF - ABC/ESPN2 Monday, December 11 - 8:15 PM ET: Green Bay at New York Giants (A) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters [ManningCast on ESPN2: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning. ManningCast will cover both MNF games simultaneously.] MNF 2 - ESPN/ESPN2 Monday, December 11 - 8:15 PM ET: Tennessee at Miami (B) Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick, Laura Rutledge [ManningCast on ESPN2: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning. ManningCast will cover both MNF games simultaneously.] [simulcasts: WTVF (CBS/5) Nashville and WSFL (CW/39) Miami] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBS Early: Sunday, December 10 - 1 PM ET: █ Red (including Alaska and Hawaii): Jacksonville at Cleveland (B) Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn █ Blue: Houston at New York Jets (C) Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins █ Green: Tampa Bay at Atlanta (E) Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta, Aditi Kinkhabwala █ Yellow (Yellow): Indianapolis at Cincinnati (F) Tom McCarthy, James Lofton, Jay Feely, Tiffany Blackmon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBS Late: Sunday, December 10 - 4:25 PM ET: █ Red (including Alaska and Hawaii): Buffalo at Kansas City (A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson [third game in a row CBS's A-team is doing Buffalo] █ Blue: Denver at Los Angeles Chargers (D) Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan, AJ Ross ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX Single Sunday, December 10 - 1 PM and 4:05 PM ET: █ Blue: Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore (B) Joe Davis, Darly Johnston, Pam Oliver █ Green: Detroit at Chicago (C) Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink █ Yellow (Yellow): Carolina at New Orleans Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake █ Red (including Alaska and Hawaii): Seattle at San Francisco (LATE) (A) Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi █ Orange: Minnesota at Las Vegas (LATE) Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byes: Arizona, Washington ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK and Ireland: https://www.skysports.com/watch/nfl-on-sky https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/ TNF Friday, December 8 - 1:15 AM GMT: New England at Pittsburgh Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Sunday Early Game Sunday, December 10 - 6 PM GMT: Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore Sky Sports NFL only Sunday Late Game Sunday, December 10 - 9:25 PM GMT: Buffalo at Kansas City Sky Sports NFL; Sky Sports Main Event (joined in progress at 10:00 PM) SNF Monday, December 11 - 1:20 AM GMT: Philadelphia at Dallas Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event MNF Tuesday, December 12 - 1:15 AM GMT: Green Bay at New York Giants Sky Sports NFL and Channel 5 MNF 2 Tuesday, December 12 - 1:15 AM GMT: Tennessee at Miami Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia: https://www.ussportsdownunder.com.au/blogs/tv-guides/australian-nfl-tv-guide TNF Friday, December 8- 12:15 AM AEDT: New England at Pittsburgh ESPN Sunday Early Game Monday, December 11 - 5:00 AM AEDT: Jacksonville at Cleveland 7mate Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore ESPN Detroit at Chicago ESPN2 Sunday Late Game Monday, December 11 - 8:25 AM AEDT: Denver at Los Angeles Chargers 7mate Buffalo at Kansas City ESPN SNF Monday, December 11 - 12:20 AM AEDT: Philadelphia at Dallas ESPN MNF Tuesday, December 12- 12:15 AM AEDT: Green Bay at New York Giants ESPN2 MNF 2 Tuesday, December 12- 12:15 AM AEDT: Tennessee at Miami ESPN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand: TNF Friday, December 8 - 2:15 PM NZDT: New England at Pittsburgh ESPN Sunday Early Game Monday, December 11 - 7:00 AM NZDT: Jacksonville at Cleveland Free stream on NZTV+ Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore ESPN Detroit at Chicago ESPN2 Sunday Late Game Monday, December 11 - 10:05 and 10:25 AM NZDT: Denver at Los Angeles Chargers (10:25 AM NZDT) Free stream on NZTV+ Seattle at San Francisco (10:05 AM NZDT) Free stream on NZTV+ Buffalo at Kansas City (10:25 AM NZDT) ESPN SNF Monday, December 11 - 2:20 PM NZDT: Philadelphia at Dallas ESPN MNF Tuesday, December 12 - 2:15 PM NZDT: Green Bay at New York Giants ESPN2 MNF 2 Tuesday, December 12 - 2:15 PM NZDT: Tennessee at Miami ESPN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Note: Shannon Spake's name below in the FOX graphic is spelled incorrectly.]

LOL:

LOL...Chiefs fans freaking out. See the comments in the tweet below:

We also had Cheffers in Week 1 at the Jets and Week 1 in 2022 at the Rams! NFL Capsules Week 14: https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Week 14 Capsules.pdf [scroll 3/4 way down] Carl Cheffers: 16h season as Referee Pos. No. Name Exp. 2022 Crew College Occupation R 51 Carl Cheffers 22 n/a California-Irvine Sales Manager U 22 Brandon Cruse 2 same South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Mangement Consultant DJ 63 Mike Carr 7 same Wisconsin Athletic Director LJ 87 Tom Eaton 4 Rogers Central Florida Fiscal Manager FJ 33 Nate Jones* 5 same Rutgers Firefighter/EMT SJ 103 Eugene Hall 10 same North Texas Federal Agent BJ 133 Martin Hankins Rookie n/a LSU Lamar County Circuit Clerk RO n/a Kevin Brown 5 same Purdue retired Air Traffic Controller RA n/a Karlton Derrick 2 same Stanford Financial Advisor *Nate Jones is a former NFL player. He was a CB for Dallas, Miami, Denver, and New England from 2004-2011. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoneNa20.htm https://www.sportscasting.com/super-bowl-referee-travis-kelce-said-carl-cheffers-shouldnt-work-foot-locker/ "Travis Kelce Once Said Super Bowl Referee Carl Cheffers ‘Shouldn’t Even Be Able to Work at F***ing Foot Locker’' "In 2016, the year before the team drafted Mahomes, the Chiefs finished 12-4 and made the playoffs with Alex Smith at quarterback. In the Wild Card Round that season, the Chiefs played the Steelers in a close, hotly-contested matchup. The Chiefs went down 18-10 with under 10 minutes to go in the game. Smith then led a seven-minute, 15-play touchdown drive to get KC within two points with 2:43 left on the clock. Smith and company just needed a two-point conversion to tie the game, and they got it when the Chiefs QB found Demetrius Harris in the end zone. However, NFL referee Carl Cheffers (No. 51) threw a flag and called a controversial holding call on Chiefs left tackle Eric Fisher. The next attempt failed. Ben Roethlisberger got the ball back, the Steelers got a 1st-down, and Big Ben took three knees to end the game. After the game, Travis Kelce didn’t hold back. The then-budding star said if NFL referees “want to take over the game and make it their own platform, there’s nothing you can do about it.” Kelce vehemently asserted it wasn’t a hold on Fisher and then went on to crush Cheffers in a classic rant that could only have come from the outspoke tight end. “[We] just got out jugulars ripped out because ref felt bad for James Harrison falling on the ground,” Kelce fumed. “It’s ignorance. The ref, No. 51, shouldn’t even be able to wear a zebra jersey ever again. He shouldn’t even be able to work at f***ing Foot Locker.”' https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2023/01/31/super-bowl-referee-carl-cheffers-stats [limited free views] "Based on Carl Cheffers Stats, Expect Lots of Flags and the Under in Super Bowl LVII" "According to BetArizona.com, which was kind enough to send me some stats, Cheffers ranked first in total penalties called per game this season at 12.59. Cheffers also led all NFL refs in penalties called last season. He also was first in total yards in penalties given per game at 109.94. Cheffers and his crew (which will be different for the Super Bowl) also called 21 pass interferences this season, which ranked second among NFL refs."

Thank you, and good research on the Romo games!

Where did you get these? Capsules haven't been released yet. Were they announced on last Sunday's games?

Not anymore. Sigh...

Well, the Cincy wins moves Buffalo from 11th to 12th place in the AFC. Great.

I see losses to Dallas, Baltimore, and us. They aren't getting the number-one seed with an 11-6 record.

Except I can't believe Cincy is any threat to us this season without Burrow, so I would prefer for the Jaguars to lose. Or maybe it is better they win since they are the most beatable number one seed at home??

ManningCast on ESPN2 guests:

In a subscriber-only article, Andrew Marchand writes about the Monday night flex: he confirms the Cowboys (and presumably all NFC teams) have to appear on FOX at least eight times between Weeks 1 and 17, so Fox didn't have to protect the Dallas at Buffalo game in Week 15 and instead chose to protect Philadelphia at Seattle. As an incentive to let the NFL flex that game, the league didn't move Chicago at Cleveland, which FOX wanted to keep, to Saturday. https://nypost.com/2023/12/04/sports/inside-the-elaborate-dance-behind-the-nfls-flex-schedule/ Screenshot:

BREAKING: https://frontofficesports.com/manningcast-mayhem-peyton-and-eli-to-juggle-simultaneous-mnf-games-in-one-epic-show/ ManningCast Mayhem: Peyton and Eli to Juggle Simultaneous MNF Games in One Epic Show "ESPN plans to give TV viewers a double dose of the ManningCast, Front Office Sports has learned. For the first time, the NFL will broadcast two NFL games simultaneously on “Monday Night Football” on Dec. 11, which means Super Bowl-winning brothers Peyton and Eli Manning will do the same on their “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” broadcast. The Mannings are poised to call two games – the Green Bay Packers at the New York Giants and Tennessee Titans at Miami Dolphins – at the same time, akin to a mini Red Zone broadcast, which will be aired on ESPN2. MNF’s top announce team of Troy Aikman, Joe Buck and Lisa Salters will call Packers-Giants on ABC and ESPN+. Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovky, Chris Fowler and Laura Rutledge will have Titans-Dolphins on ESPN and ESPN+. [...] The Mannings will have their normal A-List guests drop in during the alternative telecast. There will also be limited commercial breaks enabling viewers to watch and follow both primetime games side-by-side. Naturally, if one game is more compelling, the brothers will focus on the more compelling contest, said sources." Also: