NFL looking at playing on Thanksgiving eve this upcoming season

[NewEra]

4 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

How so? If the NFL does it right (and I’m not saying they will) they’d just schedule the two teams around their mid-season bye week. You can watch the game or not, but since nobody works the next day (as opposed to Monday night which has been a thing for 50 years) it seems that Thanksgiving Eve is a natural. 

How is it a a brick in the house that greed built?  It’ ls being considered for one reason.  Money. 
 

 

[Augie]

20 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

How so? If the NFL does it right (and I’m not saying they will) they’d just schedule the two teams around their mid-season bye week. You can watch the game or not, but since nobody works the next day (as opposed to Monday night which has been a thing for 50 years) it seems that Thanksgiving Eve is a natural. 

 

If we’re doing what’s “natural” and makes sense, the Super Bowl would be on a Saturday night since few people work the next morning. But nope, that’s not what we do because we can make more money doing something else. Let’s not pretend they do anything for any reasons other than what benefits the owners. It is not about the fans, or sadly even the integrity of the game. 

[Gregg]

36 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

They should schedule games for every night of the week, every week.  🤑

 

I remember during the Covid years when games were getting cancelled and rescheduled, they had the Ravens and Steelers playing on a Wed afternoon. I was at work and only saw the 4th quarter when I came home but it was just weird seeing an NFL game on a Wed afternoon. 

[Paup 1995MVP]

14 hours ago, Mango said:

 

The game just isn't the same product as hockey, basketball, etc. and that's putting recoverytime aside.

 

Football doesn't have any flow to it. It's not an "I'll catch the 4th quarter after my work dinner" or "I missed tuesdys I'll catch Thursday" game or league.

 

It's stop and start. 20 seconds of full attention one minute to grab a beer. For forever you could count on that almost entirely on Sunday afternoons.

 

The more the league tries to force that square peg into a round hole the more it starts to chip away at the product.

 

I watch a lot more random games early (football is back!) and late season (assuming playoff implications). But I make almost no effort for SNF, MNF, or TNF these days for most of the year.

I will watch most of the games because i like to bet on them.  But some of the Thursday Nite matchups are pretty bad.  One that stands out is a Thursday nighter a few years back between Washington and Chicago.  Carson Wentz vs Justin Fields.  I think the final was 10-7.  A horrible game.  (Any game with Justin Fields playing is probably going to suck for that matter)

 

Thursdsy nights should be for college football anyways.  
 

if the league would play Sundays, Sunday nights and Monday nights exclusively, the games would certainly seem more important.  (And the Saturday games in December-no reason for them with all the college bowl and playoff games going on)

 

It sure would be nice if some of the owners would get it.  And force it on Roger.  

[BillsPride12]

52 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

They should schedule games for every night of the week, every week.  🤑

It's only a matter of time

[Gregg]

2 minutes ago, Paup 1995MVP said:

I will watch most of the games because i like to bet on them.  But some of the Thursday Nite matchups are pretty bad.  One that stands out is a Thursday nighter a few years back between Washington and Chicago.  Carson Wentz vs Justin Fields.  I think the final was 10-7.  A horrible game.  (Any game with Justin Fields playing is probably going to suck for that matter)

 

Thursdsy nights should be for college football anyways.  
 

if the league would play Sundays, Sunday nights and Monday nights exclusively, the games would certainly seem more important.  (And the Saturday games in December-no reason for them with all the college bowl and playoff games going on)

 

It sure would be nice if some of the owners would get it.  And force it on Roger.  

 

College football's season is shorter than the NFL and the Bowl games start around Jan. When the NFL goes to Saturday games late in the season it's because those time slots are open as college football's regular season is over. Those Saturday NFL games don't interfere with the Bowl games.

[papazoid]

anything that makes the Octobox smaller

[frostbitmic]

16 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

I remember during the Covid years when games were getting cancelled and rescheduled, they had the Ravens and Steelers playing on a Wed afternoon. I was at work and only saw the 4th quarter when I came home but it was just weird seeing an NFL game on a Wed afternoon. 

I remember watching that game, was it a Wednesday afternoon game or Tuesday  ? ... I have a hard enough time remembering last week, but I do remember an afternoon game on a non traditional football playing day.

[Bills fan since 87]

18 hours ago, wagne591 said:

Hi for one stopped watching football on Thanksgiving Thursday night games Wednesday night games Friday night games Saturday games unless it’s the end of the season unless the bills are playing. The product got too washed down and the games are pretty boring

They can put football on a Tuesday morning at 10 am and I would watch.

[US Egg]

NFL views their followers as lackeys, that they’ll do whatever it takes to watch all things NFL. They’re continually showing that is pretty much the case. The TV ratings and merchandise sales prove the lemmings will follow, watch and spend. An avowed ‘Bills only’ fan buying Bills jerseys, merchandise etc. in essence is still an NFL patron.

[RobbRiddick]

19 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I’ll come clean and be perfectly honest - I probably wouldn’t watch. It’s not my little protest or anything, it’s just that the NFL has done so much to saturate the market that I’m getting sick of Roger and the league as a whole. I just don’t care about the NFL very much, because squeezing games in on a Wednesday night just for more viewers tells me they don’t care much about the integrity of the game, so why should I care? 

 

Thursday night games don’t provide adequate rest and preparation for teams or players. Wednesday night? Now you’re just %$&*ing greedy. Even if they were both coming off a bye, I still don’t like it.

 

I used to be all in on everything the NFL had to offer. The Sunday highlights during Monday Night Football used to be must see TV. Now? I just watch the Bills and I even missed a game this season completely because I had something better to do. That is a first. Some may question my “fan-hood”, but I’m not obligated to buy all the crap they are selling. 

 

 

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Yeah I don't protest by refusing to watch either but I do watch less and less because I find it more and more boring. I've posted about the reasons why many times so won't go into it in detail again but between the spread offenses, the lack of defense, the kickoff changes, the way everything is geared to fantasy fans, meh. 

 

It'll be interesting to see if this all comes back to bite them at some point, but maybe that's how the younger fans want it and they'll just lap it up forever more. But there's always a tipping point for everything. Netflix once asked the money men at Blockbuster for investment and got laughed out of the room. Blockbuster were kings and held all the cards...

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

On 3/12/2026 at 9:04 AM, Augie said:

 

If we’re doing what’s “natural” and makes sense, the Super Bowl would be on a Saturday night since few people work the next morning. But nope, that’s not what we do because we can make more money doing something else. Let’s not pretend they do anything for any reasons other than what benefits the owners. It is not about the fans, or sadly even the integrity of the game. 

Game: Saturday.

Halftime show: Sunday.

Suits me just fine.

🤨

[DrBob806]

On 3/11/2026 at 3:03 PM, Augie said:

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I used to be all in on everything the NFL had to offer. The Sunday highlights during Monday Night Football used to be must see TV. Now? I just watch the Bills and I even missed a game this season completely because I had something better to do. That is a first. Some may question my “fan-hood”, but I’m not obligated to buy all the crap they are selling. 

 

 

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I'm right there with you. I'll even predict it will be at least one NFC East team playing in it.

Edited March 13 by DrBob806