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On 2/9/2021 at 3:01 PM, RamblinMan99 said:

Like, why do you guys make topics like these?  
 

You really have all the time in the world on your hands.  

It is the offseason.  Until March when FA starts in earnest and then the draft there isn't much else to talk about right now.

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On 2/7/2021 at 10:17 PM, pf9 said:

Week 1:
Kickoff: Miami at Tampa Bay
SNF: Buffalo at Kansas City
MNF Early: Cleveland at Green Bay
MNF Late: LA Rams VS. Seattle

Thanksgiving Weekend National TV Games

Fox Thursday: Arizona at Detroit (Cardinals have longest Thanksgiving drought of Lions' home opponents)
CBS Thursday: Denver at Dallas (Broncos have longest Thanksgiving drought of Cowboys' home opponents that are not also playing at Detroit)
NBC Thursday: Jacksonville at LA Rams (Rams have longest Thanksgiving drought of all teams not playing at Detroit or Dallas, and Jaguars have the longest Thanksgiving drought of their opponents, could be made more appealing if Jaguars take Lawrence)
SNF: Pittsburgh at Green Bay (rematch of Super Bowl XLV)
MNF: Atlanta at Miami (matchup of oldest NFL teams in Southeast)

Other National TV Picks:

 

I see that you think highly of the Vikings

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Green Bay at Chicago should be the SNF game on Halloween.

For this game, Chicago would wear orange (a color heavily associated with Halloween) from head to toe - including the helmet, where the shell is orange, and the wishbone C is navy blue (pending change of helmet rules).

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The teams previously played on Halloween in 1965, 1993 (at GB unlike the other two), and 1994. The last two took place on the 10th and 11th anniversaries of the death of Bears founder George Halas. The 1994 Halloween MNF game also featured a torrential downpour.

The 1994 MNF game featured a Halloween-themed remix of "Heavy Action", called "Scary Action".

Which gives me an idea. The Packers-Bears game on Halloween night this year should use a Halloween-themed remix of the NBC SNF theme, like "Scary Action", it would prominently feature the organ.

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That is, unless the defending champs happen to have a home game against the team they beat in the Super Bowl the previous year (which happened in 2014, 2016, and 2017, though the former game was not on NBC at all; the latter was on NBC, but it was not the kickoff game). In which case that would be the kickoff game.

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The 17th game is likely to be approved.

Of the extra games, these are the most appealing to air on national TV:

Seattle at Pittsburgh
LA Rams at Baltimore
Arizona at Cleveland
New Orleans at Tennessee
Tampa Bay at Indianapolis
Green Bay at Kansas City

Possibly, San Francisco at Cincinnati could be in primetime to mark the 40th anniversary of Super Bowl 16, which was the very first time the 49ers won a championship.

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