

They just aren’t what I’d consider a glamor franchise at the moment and yet, the NFL has given them a stretch of three consecutive primetime games. Nothing against the Dolphins, who did make the playoffs at 10-6 last season, despite a minus-17 point differential.

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Week 10, Monday 8:30 p.m., Dolphins at Panthersĭo you love the Miami Dolphins? Well too bad, because the TV networks apparently do. I’ve already combed through the schedule to find the 10 worst games we’re all going to be stuck watching together next year. I am here for transatlantic Blake Bortles, color rush backdoor covers and missed field goals at midnight.Ĭome with me if you dare, and let’s watch bad football together. With the NFL releasing its annual slate of 256 games, including 58 more in single windows, I’ve got about 174 hours of my calendar blocked off. Many viewers pointed their eyeballs elsewhere-to Netflix, the Cubs’ playoff run and, yes, the election. But not me. And last season people finally figured out it wasn’t.

This is a key part of the NFL’s hubris-the thinking that its worst was still good enough to lap everyone else’s best in the TV ratings.
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In addition to creating the extra windows, extending Thursday Night Football to a full season came with a concerted effort to put every single team on the TNF schedule. Now we see more games in primetime and every game on Red Zone, so there’s nowhere to hide. Many people think the overall quality of the league has declined, but here’s a little secret-many games have always been tough to watch, they’ve just been hidden. It was simply the best thing on TV, and whenever we saw football, it was often glorious.
