
1. Even with flex scheduling, the NFL still offers some absolute clunkers in standalone windows late in the season.
Just look at ESPN giving us a disgusting Falcons-Raiders game on Monday Night Football earlier this week and poor Jim Nantz and Tony Romo getting stuck with a meaningless Niners-Dolphins game at 4:25 p.m. on Sunday. Things were so bad for the late window this upcoming weekend that the NFL actually flexed the 3–11 Patriots against the Bills into a 4:25 pm. start. I understand the NFL thinks people want to watch Josh Allen put on his weekly show, but the Bills are 14-point favorites in the game.