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We have our first game at Houston, where we are historically awful. Then we fly halfway across the country, to play on 3 days rest to open our new stadium. Yeah... they were certainly doing us no favors.

If rumors are true, KC's schedule has @ Buffalo, @ Rams, @ Cincy all in a row ... Yikes!

You’re so easy lol

2021 Bills and 1999 Bills were winning the Super Bowl before disaster struck, so those two teams stick out. 1993 also sticks out as the last hooray. 2003 Orangmen too.

That is an extremely misleading stat. The switch to Amazon is what caused the massive drop-off in numbers. When Amazon took over, TNF decreased in viewership by over 30% immediately. If we look at the pre-Amazon years, 2018 to when Amazon purchased, TNF numbers averaged a little under 14 million viewers (13.3 to 13.8). Last years TNF numbers were only a small increase (approximately 10%) of 2019's TNF numbers. In other words, when all the other recent stadiums were being opened, TNF had very comparable numbers to what they have now (the big increase is only in relation to the huge drop they originally caused). Sunday Night Football is what the vast majority of other stadiums opened on. SNF averages 53% more viewers than TNF (Even with amazon). I have the full spreadsheet of viewership numbers if anyone wants it.

If this was truly the reason, they would have done it for the past 10 new stadiums too.

Agreed. It’s horse manure that the NFL would give us a stadium opening TNF game.

Tasker is not meant to bring you great football analysis. He is the wacky uncle with an affable personality who makes the conversation fun if you don’t criticize what he says or take it too seriously. I enjoy Tasker because I accept him for who he is. Its not like Maddy Glabb, who has zero redeeming qualities on air.

Is this event likely to see similar reduced prices we typically see 1 hour before kickoff, or will this be an outlier?

I have a nearly completed NIS study that I can add a co-author to before medical journal submission. You would be responsible for editing and light verification. If you are a physician resident interested in cardiology (or internal medicine in general), this can be a great add-on to your CV. If interested, please PM me with your institution email and I will send you the manuscript.

Saw this photo from the Bills. Whoever has these seats is sittin pretty! Perfect view of the field and under cover (away from the elements). Congrats to everyone who is exciting on enjoying the new stadium.

Im surprised to hear that there are any remaining successful travel agents. All the ones I know have gone out of business as the internet has made their job obsolete.

Steep!

You're right. I saw Sunday but didnt realize it was afternoon, not night. So MetLife got a Monday Night Game and 4pm Sunday game.

Looking at the previous new-stadium openers: Vikings (US Bank stadium): Sunday Night Football Rams (SoFi stadium): Sunday Night Football Falcons (Mercedes Benz stadium): Sunday Night Football 49ers (Levi stadium): Sunday Night Football Raiders (Allegiant stadium): Monday Night Football Jets (Metlife stadium): Monday Night Football Cowboys (AT&T stadium): Sunday Night Football Colts (Lucas Oil stadium): Sunday Night Football Arizona (Saint Farm stadium): Sunday Night Football We are the only team in the past 20 years to get a Thursday Night game to open our new stadium.