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The Random Thought Thread

So SNF in Week 6 is Seahawks at Steelers. What are the chances our game against the Chargers gets flexed to SNF that week?
 
If what happens is what we think is gonna happen, I can’t wait to watch it on national television.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
Seattle/Pittsburgh would probably do a better rating, so I doubt they flex out of that.
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I mean is anyone going to want to watch a 1-4 Steelers team that is irrelevant in the division race versus watching two first place teams go at it (outside of Collinsworth of course)?
 
Adreme said:
I mean is anyone going to want to watch a 1-4 Steelers team that is irrelevant in the division race versus watching two first place teams go at it (outside of Collinsworth of course)?
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Record of the team doesn't always factor into how watched a game is. Dallas is probably the most watched team every season. They haven't been relevant from a W/L perspective in multiple decades. Steelers also have probably the most national fanbase in the league.

Ravens/Chargers is a better game no doubt, and Lamar is great to watch nationally too. Chargers are just a pretty irrelevant team from a media/viewership standpoint. They're an afterthought in their own market.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
Record of the team doesn't always factor into how watched a game is. Dallas is probably the most watched team every season. They haven't been relevant from a W/L perspective in multiple decades. Steelers also have probably the most national fanbase in the league.

Ravens/Chargers is a better game no doubt, and Lamar is great to watch nationally too. Chargers are just a pretty irrelevant team from a media/viewership standpoint. They're an afterthought in their own market.
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The NFL isn't even necessarily focused on what the best games might be.. it's about the fanbases and how many people they get to watch the games.
 
cdp said:
No. We have to fill CB, OL, DL, Edge first. Later rounds for sure though wr gotta replace Hill anyway
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I'm hoping for a primarily in the trenches kind of draft. Nothing exciting, but it needs to be done. We can't get soft on the trenches because otherwise we'll keep getting our asses handed to us by the more physical playoff teams out there. Plus, you don't throw a Mercedes (Lamar) out there without insuring that baby to keep it protected (OL).
 
rmcjacket23 said:
Record of the team doesn't always factor into how watched a game is. Dallas is probably the most watched team every season. They haven't been relevant from a W/L perspective in multiple decades. Steelers also have probably the most national fanbase in the league.

Ravens/Chargers is a better game no doubt, and Lamar is great to watch nationally too. Chargers are just a pretty irrelevant team from a media/viewership standpoint. They're an afterthought in their own market.
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The NFL is also about building up its stars and they know Herbert is a star (and they almost certainly want to set up that Chiefs vs Chargers, Herbert vs Mahomes game for the next decade as it should be ratings gold). To accomplish that goal though of building up your future stars you are best served putting two of your young stars up versus putting up an aged vet who will not be playing next year with a terrible offense versus a great player going against a great defense. That game is going to be 14-3 or 17-10 or some score that is just not going to produce as good of a game, forgot quality matchup just think viewability, as a Ravens Chargers which promises to be a 35-31 game one way or the other.

The Cowboys are sort of an odd case in that they are a marketed team and a large part of their ratings are disgruntled people hating how marketed and talked about they are so the hate views drive their viewership to a significant degree which no other team, save for maybe prime New England, could boast.
 
Sizzle said:
I'm hoping for a primarily in the trenches kind of draft. Nothing exciting, but it needs to be done. We can't get soft on the trenches because otherwise we'll keep getting our asses handed to us by the more physical playoff teams out there. Plus, you don't throw a Mercedes (Lamar) out there without insuring that baby to keep it protected (OL).
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Def going trenches and maybe a RB in the later rounds
 
Adreme said:
The NFL is also about building up its stars and they know Herbert is a star (and they almost certainly want to set up that Chiefs vs Chargers, Herbert vs Mahomes game for the next decade as it should be ratings gold). To accomplish that goal though of building up your future stars you are best served putting two of your young stars up versus putting up an aged vet who will not be playing next year with a terrible offense versus a great player going against a great defense. That game is going to be 14-3 or 17-10 or some score that is just not going to produce as good of a game, forgot quality matchup just think viewability, as a Ravens Chargers which promises to be a 35-31 game one way or the other.

The Cowboys are sort of an odd case in that they are a marketed team and a large part of their ratings are disgruntled people hating how marketed and talked about they are so the hate views drive their viewership to a significant degree which no other team, save for maybe prime New England, could boast.
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OK, couple things here though:
1. Why is that different today than it was 3-4 months ago? If you scheduled Pittsburgh/Seattle for primetime back in June, what's changed to make you flex out of that game? It's not like Russell Wilson is injured. You knew who the QBs were, you knew who the teams were, and you knew Lamar and Herbert were good.
So if I made that decision in June, I'm not sure what's changed to make that change now. In like week 14-16, where it's playoff contenders, sure, I can see it.
2. Other networks (namely FOX and CBS, who pay substantially more money than the other networks) get say into what is flexed and what isn't. In the second half of the year, they can protect one game per week and not allow it to be flexed.
In the NFL's official flex policy, they even acknowledge that they consult with other networks before making these changes. So its very possible that CBS may simply say they don't want that game flexed, and get their wish.
3. If it's going to happen, we're down to like less than 24 hours for it to happen, which means it likely won't. 12 days notice is the official policy for flexing games. That would put today as a deadline.
 
Shout out Roman. Given him tons of shit but have to credit him for adapting. Can't do this without mentioning Martin and Williams. Love what I'm seeing so far.
 
redrum52 said:
Shout out Roman. Given him tons of shit but have to credit him for adapting. Can't do this without mentioning Martin and Williams. Love what I'm seeing so far.
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These new receivers coaches are doing EXACTLY what we all had hoped, and this is what some of us have said all offseason, you can’t fire perhaps the greatest run game engineer of all time when you have the ideal weapon for him to scheme with, you need to invest in him and develop him the same way you would a talented player.

Every other team Roman coached for, had subpar running qbs who genuinely got exposed after a few years and Roman was made the scapegoat and sent packing early. The ravens gave him a qb who isn’t sub par, which is a first for him, and he’s done excellent, but he needed assistance, he hasn’t had an organization invest in him to expand his passing game which he inherently didn’t have a strong grip on.

patience and commitment matters. We have a problem with harbaughs overly loyal ways at times, but there’s a big difference between cam Cameron/Marty/pees and greg Roman, the former 3 are dinosaurs and they’re all meh, the latter is a savant at what he does and needed help elsewhere.
 
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