NFL Christmas Games: Outlooks, Frustration, and Creativity

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00:00Are you an NFL Christmas guy?

00:02Like when you saw the Christmas games, you were like, oh, sweet.

00:06I like the Christmas games.

00:10Well, what's funny is that it was revealed to us last year

00:15and put my favorite team in the worst possible scheduling position

00:20in the history of the NFL.

00:22So while I love Christmas and I love the NFL,

00:26I'm left with maybe a little bit of a –

00:30the scab is still healing on what happened to the Steelers

00:33at the end of the year based on what is considered

00:36maybe the hardest stretch of a schedule in the history of the league.

00:40But, sure, let's get fired up for it.

00:43I definitely look at the specialty games when we're talking about

00:47Thursday night schedules, Monday night schedules, Sunday night schedules.

00:52Obviously, that's a really serious trifecta that we have this Christmas time

00:58where you have three divisional matchups and teams that could really be involved

01:03in the thick of the playoffs.

01:05Obviously, quarterback changes in one of those spots.

01:09It's a huge one that we'll be looking at for Minnesota.

01:13Will Minnesota be in the mix that late in the season like they were last year?

01:17I think there's going to be questions for all these teams to answer.

01:20Dallas right there with them.

01:21So, I think those are great games.

01:24I wonder if they're going to keep them as divisional matchups moving forward.

01:30But we have them on a Thursday night this year as opposed to a Wednesday.

01:34It makes the scheduling a little bit easier.

01:37It definitely makes it easier.

01:39Look, me not being in on NFL Christmas is rooted in being an NBA guy

01:43and how – I mean, it's just a rout and it's an onslaught and it's rude.

01:49But here's my thing.

01:53Could they have added a little bit of extra –

01:54Maybe that's your mind, Kev.

01:56No, they don't.

01:56But, Mike, could they put a little extra creativity in when they were trying

01:59to come up with this?

02:00They're like, hey, listen, Christmas, what should we do?

02:03And somebody went, well, we do the Cowboys and Lions on Thanksgiving every year.

02:07And they went, great idea.

02:09We'll just put them on the road this time.

02:11It's like, guys, that's not – what are we – Dallas is – I mean,

02:14does Dallas only play on Thursdays this season?

02:17I just – I don't know.

02:19I think we could use a little more creativity, if you will, Mike,

02:22when I look at these games.

02:24Totally fair criticism.

02:25I agree.

02:26I think you want a different look at it.

02:28It's not like – now, the Lions are good now, but you have to understand,

02:33for most of my life and yours, they've been terrible.

02:36And we watched them get murdered every Thanksgiving.

02:41For decades, we watched this.

02:44And watched coaches get fired because they were – from the Detroit Lions

02:50because they were so bad on Thanksgiving Day.

02:53Shout out, Matt Patricia.

02:54But I'm with you.

02:56I think they should have been a little bit more creative

02:58and maybe mix in a few teams there.

03:01But like you said, the regular cadence of Thursdays for your Cowboys

03:06might be helpful to them in the long run.

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