And in that game last night between Denver and Kansas City, what happened? Oh yeah, reigning MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a knee injury and could be out for a few weeks to the rest of this season. Gee, I wonder how this could have been prevented? Maybe if the NFL didn't make Mahomes play on 3 days rest!
Seriously, can Thursday Night Football just DIE already? It's not needed, nobody except diehard football fans would miss it, it doesn't make Thanksgiving games as special as they once were because now they're playing every Thursday of the season (granted it's still somewhat special because it's played on a holiday), and on top of that it's just bad for player safety in this age where the long-term effects of concussions on players health are more known than ever.
Oh but who am I kidding, it's not going away because the NFL just wants to boost their profits any way they can even if it means risking their players health. This is a great example of why greed is in my opinion the deadliest sin of the seven. Paul Tagliabue during his tenure as NFL commissioner may have turned a blind eye to the concussion problem, but at least he knew how much NFL football was enough to schedule per week and that was all games on Sunday except one primetime game on Monday.
And one more nitpick. If the game's gonna be on the local FOX affiliate why does it have to be on NFL Network as well? Why not show some original programming relating to those teams playing like Top Tens, America's Game, A Football Life, just anything but the game FOX is airing.