Looking at NFL Network’s Lineup of Games
The NFL Network starts broadcasting its weekly game on Thursday.
Here’s a peek at the schedule (my comments in parentheses)
This Week: Thursday at 8:00 PM ET
Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers
(Mike Singletary, coach, hosts his old team, for whom he played middle linebacker)
Week 11: Thursday, November 19 at 8:00 PM ET
Miami Dolphins at Carolina Panthers
(Wildcat vs. mild cats)
Week 12: Thursday, November 26 at 8:00 PM ET
Giants at Denver Broncos (Thanksgiving)
(A Giants game at Denver triggers memories of a different world — the Giants played there on the night before 9/11.)
Week 13: Thursday, December 3 at 8:00 PM ET
Jets at Buffalo Bills (in Toronto)
(This is a break for the Jets, right? Sanchez didn’t play well against the Bills in poor conditions at home. Now he gets to play indoors, and Buffalo loses much of its home-crowd advantage.)
Week 14: Thursday, December 10 at 8:00 PM ET
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
(The rivalry aspect should make it a game for at least a while)
Week 15: Thursday, December 17 at 8:00 PM ET
Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars
(The Colts may not have much to play for by this point)
Week 15: Saturday, December 19 at 8:00 PM ET
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints
(This one looks juicy. Romo vs. Brees)
Week 16: Friday, December 25 at 7:00 PM ET
San Diego Chargers at Tennessee Titans (Christmas)
(Must they play on Christmas?)
If you don’t have the network, you’re out of luck, unless …..
From the NFL Network’s news release:
“In accordance to the NFL’s long-standing policy dating back to 1987, all NFL Network games will be carried on over-the-air television in the city of the visiting team and in the city where the game is played if it is sold out 72 hours in advance of kickoff.”
And if you have Time Warner as your cable provider, this is part of a statement from NFL Network:
“Time Warner is the only distributor of the five largest that does not carry NFL Network. We are extremely disappointed that Time Warner denies its subscribers NFL Network and the exciting new NFL RedZone channel.”
