PITTSBURGH — I’m loathe to agree with Jerry Jones on anything, but the motormouthed Dallas Cowboys owner could not have been more right about the NFL’s decision to make Thursday night football “flexible.”
Which is to say, the league can now move out of a bad Thursday matchup (think Panthers-Falcons from last season) into a good one with at least 28 days notice — and only in Weeks 13-17. And only twice in those five weeks.
It’s not exactly a seismic change. We’re talking about a couple of games, maximum, and the vast majority of NFL fans stand to benefit. That means basically all of us who watch games on television.
