The NFL made a huge mistake regarding the Buffalo Bills, and they need to correct it immediately
The league made a huge mistake when it comes to the Bills and Patriots game.
The Buffalo Bills are coming off their victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 13, keeping their playoff hopes alive with some big games coming down the stretch.
The Bills’ upcoming schedule features the Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, and New England Patriots. This isn’t in order, and there’s a reason for that.
Perhaps the biggest game on the remaining schedule in terms of playoff implications and excitement is the Bills-Patriots contest on Dec. 14. However, the NFL made a huge mistake, and they need to correct it immediately.
As it sits, the game between the Bills and Patriots isn’t a primetime game, but rather a normal 1 p.m. (ET) kickoff, and that just doesn’t sit right with me. If the Bills win this weekend against the Bengals and the Patriots lose on “Monday Night Football,” that game could carry even more weight as the Patriots look to win the division for the first time in years.
NFL doesn’t have much time to alter schedule
The New England Patriots are set to face the New York Giants on “Monday Night Football,” and the NFL doesn’t have much time to alter the schedule if it were to make a change for the upcoming Bills-Patriots contest.
The league has until Tuesday to make the switch if it’s going to flex out the Bills game into “Monday Night Football.” Why would they flex the game, you may ask? Well, the current matchup is between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins, and we’re not sure anyone would rather watch that than the AFC East showdown between two playoff teams.
While networks get a chance to protect certain games, we highly doubt the network is forcing the league’s hand by keeping the Bills and Patriots at 1 p.m. Conversely, we doubt that the matchup between the Dolphins and Steelers is one that the league was pounding the table for it to be on prime time television, no disrespect to either team.
At the end of the day, the league has a chance to put one of the most meaningful AFC matchups of the season on the biggest stage. With playoff stakes rising by the week and the Bills surging at the right time, there’s simply no reason for this game to stay buried inside the early slate. The NFL still has time to get it right, but the clock is ticking fast.
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