Schedule quirk

[LennG]

 How is it possible for us to be scheduled to play TWO games on a Thursday night and both games against the Cowturds? I know every team usually gets a T Thursday night gig, but for the Giants to have to play TWO games on a short week and both games against the same team. That is Bullsh* t, really.

        

 

[bldevil]

I would argue exactly the opposite.  For starters, given the power Jerry Jones has in the NFL, if playing on a Thursday were a disadvantage then the Cowboys wouldn't be playing 1 or more games per year on a Thursday.  They'd have something better.  But the Cowboys don't choose to change the NFL's proclivity to put the Cowboys on Thursday.  Why? Because it helps them.

A Thursday game helps the Thursday home team more than the Thursday away team.  Both teams have short weeks.  So that's a push.  But the away team loses proportionately more time due to  a fixed amount of travel during a short week.  Advantage Thursday home team.  Oh...and who gets a Thursday home game each year?

The losers, if you will, are the opponents in the following week who have to play the Thursday combatants who have 3 extra days rest.  That is, the Seahawks are at a disadvantage (relative to no Thursday game) because the Giants have extra rest going into that game.  Same goes for the Steelers who have to play the Cowboys who will have extra rest.

I think the reverse is true for Monday Night Football, especially for the visiting team.  The visiting team loses travel time and has a short week to prepare for their next opponent.  Much rather a Thursday away game and a Monday home game than the reverse. 

The Mon night away game at the Steelers...let's complain about that.

[jgrangers2]

It used to be that every team had to play a TNF game but they scrapped that last year. The Jets will have another TNF game against Houston later in the year, for example. That said, there are effectively 16 TNF games in a season plus an additional two Thanksgiving games. Even if the old rule was still in place, there would be four teams that have to play multiple Thursday games and Dallas and Detroit would be two of those each year.

[Trench]

Thanks for pointing this out guys. I never realized any of it

[TDToomer]

Why is this such a big deal? I have plans all day on Sunday so this works out great for me. Dallas is struggling and we are improving.

[AZGiantFan]

Why is this such a big deal? I have plans all day on Sunday so this works out great for me. Dallas is struggling and we are improving.

And they are televised nationally, so I get to see them.

[uconnjack8]

And they are televised nationally, so I get to see them.

All Thursday games are on Amazon Video nationally and broadcast stations in local markets.  If you are an Amazon Prime member you can watch the game.

[AZGiantFan]

All Thursday games are on Amazon Video nationally and broadcast stations in local markets.  If you are an Amazon Prime member you can watch the game.

Were you correcting my use of the word televised?  Since I cut the cord I consider anything on mytelevision to have been televised.

[uconnjack8]

Were you correcting my use of the word televised?  Since I cut the cord I consider anything on mytelevision to have been televised.

No, TBH, not sure why I responded like I did.  I think I read your post as a question somehow (hadn't had all of my coffee yet) and was responding about how it would be televised.   

Cutting the cord was one of the best things I have done over the last few years.

[AZGiantFan]

No, TBH, not sure why I responded like I did.  I think I read your post as a question somehow (hadn't had all of my coffee yet) and was responding about how it would be televised. 

Cutting the cord was one of the best things I have done over the last few years.

No huhu

 

[LennG]

I wasn't complaining about the 2 Thursday night games, just isn't it weird both have to be against Dallas.

And since I'm on that note it still pisses me off that they always have that home game on Thanksgiving while everyone else has to travel.

[EDjohnst1981]

I'm not sure if it's a benefit for the Cows to have two Thursday games. That's two short weeks in order to prepare.

[kartanoman]

I wasn't complaining about the 2 Thursday night games, just isn't it weird both have to be against Dallas.

And since I'm on that note it still pisses me off that they always have that home game on Thanksgiving while everyone else has to travel.

You know, Lenn, there was also a time, starting in 1980, when the Giants began playing their final game of the season on a Saturday 12:30 PM kickoff. I always thought that was cool, for some reason. Not sure if it provided them any advantage, but it always brings me back to the greatest game in Giants Stadium history, at that time, which was the final exclamation point for the end of the original "Wilderness Years." I'm talking about that freezing, cold and windy encounter against Dallas in 1981. To this day, it still ranks in the top handful of greatest Giants games I've ever witnessed. But the Saturday game has been a staple of their schedule the majority of the last 44 years.

Does any other team complain of that?

Lol! Just a thought.

Peace!

[LennG]

Chris

I understand what you are saying, BUT, being home for Thanksgiving, EVERY year is more than an advantage. They stole Detroit's thunder and squirmed their way into this. I don't care if they always want to play on Thanksgiving but it shouldn't always be a home game for them.