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With the Garoppolo-less 49ers due to play in prime time once again in Week 13 Womens Austin Ekeler Jersey , the NFL knew that it needed to activate the flex option. The only problem? There were no good flex options.Vikings-Patriots sits in the primary 4:25 p.m. ET slot, a game that presumably had been protected by FOX against a prime-time flexing. Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten previously explained on social media that the Chargers-Steelers game, due to begin at 1:00 p.m. ET on CBS, had been protected against flexing, too.But no other game merited a national audience in prime time. Ravens-Falcon, Panthers-Bucs, Bears-Giants, Bills-Dolphins Youth Brandon Mebane Jersey , Colts-Jaguars, Browns-Texans, Broncos-Bengals, Rams-Lions, Cardinals-Packers, Chiefs-Raiders, and Jets-Titans were the other choices.Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, the NFL worked with CBS to remove the protection and move into prime time a game that would have been available Womens Michael Schofield Jersey , at best, to 25-30 percent of the county. This meshes with one of the reasons for the creation of flexible scheduling: To allow teams to play their way into prime time, and to allow the NFL to bring the best possible matchups to the broadest audience.It was the right move, without question. Apart from the obvious benefit to NBC and the league via increased ratings for a game between two of the best teams in the NFL, the fans benefit by getting the best available matchups, with Vikings-Patriots also available to a wide swath of the nation in the late afternoon.The Chargers benefit as well. Instead of kicking off at 10:00 a.m, local time, it will be a 5:20 p.m. PT start.And while the Steelers have expressed a preference to have fewer night games at home Authentic Keenan Allen Jersey , the problem last year arose from having a cluster of late-season prime-time games in Pittsburgh. This Chargers game will be the third of the year at night in Pittsburgh, but they will have been spread from Week Four to Week 10 to Week 13.The only other potential night game would come in Week 17, when the Steelers host the Bengals. But that would have to be a game for the AFC North crown, at a minimum, to trigger the flex. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers is set to join a very select club this weekend.Assuming nothing out of left field gets in the way, Rivers will start his 200th straight game when the Chargers hit the field in Seattle this Sunday. Eli Manning ¡ª who Rivers was traded for on draft day in 2004 ¡ª was the last to reach that mark and Brett Favre and Peyton Manning are the only others with streaks of more than 200 games.Favre has the record with 297 straight starts and that is a mark that Rivers said he was aiming for early in his career.¡°Favre was always a favorite of mine,¡± Rivers said, via ESPN.com. ¡°Still is. I kind of wanted to have that mark Womens Virgil Green Jersey , or at least push for it in college. I was able to play 51 in a row in college. ¡ I always thought of all the things in the pros, that would be the one, and I¡¯m not going to get there. So y¡¯all can do the math and figure out your projection of how many years I¡¯m going to play, but I¡¯m not going to get to 300. It¡¯s pretty cool. I mean, the two Mannings and Favre have started over 200 in a row, and I just feel thankful.¡±Rivers will tie Peyton Manning with 208 straight starts if he stays in the lineup all season and he¡¯ll pass the younger Manning for second place if he also starts the first three games of next season. Custom New Orleans Saints Jerseys
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