2023 Rule Changes Considered

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I see several problems with the Thursday flex.

Fans.  It is bad enough to have a buy a ticket to a game you planned to attend at 1:00 and be heading home by 8 pm be switched to night game in which you get home at 3 am.   But the risk that a game I bought a ticket for a Sunday game getting move to Thursday means I will NEVER buy a ticket to a game.  Even worse for fans who fly to games. 

Time fairness.  When the NFL schedules Thursday games they typically schedule it so that the visiting team had a home game the week before having a road game and the visiting team having a home game.  Each team has a short week and exactly one flight - in once got get home in the other to get to the game.  For example if say week 2 (yeah, I know they won't be flexing that early) Dolphins at NE - Dolphin's would fly twice and NE would fly zero. 

[Fau Teixeira]

it's to prevent the situation where we had the crap broncos on national TV about 6 times last year

[EDGECRUSHER]

it's to prevent the situation where we had the crap broncos on national TV about 6 times last year

The solution to this would be to stop having terrible Thursday Night games that cause injuries. This isn't baseball, guys can't play on 3 days rest without suffering a physical toll.

[CF DolFan]

The solution to this would be to stop having terrible Thursday Night games that cause injuries. This isn't baseball, guys can't play on 3 days rest without suffering a physical toll.

Supposedly statistics do not back that up and that's why the owners and union agreed to it.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Supposedly statistics do not back that up and that's why the owners and union agreed to it.

[CF DolFan]

I'm just wondering what problem it's addressing?

Tackling the qb. They want it to happen less. I’m just finding out about this rule. Somehow I completely missed it. Taking the read option out seems like it will affect a lot of QBs negatively and we are already hurting for good qb play.