Thursday Night Football: Fan or not?

You guys should be happy for any football, whether a game is played on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday. Its all good.

Just be grateful that your given any games to watch...

I’m both a Giants fan and a football fan.

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great way to start the weekend early in the fall

In comment 14500220 bradshaw44 said:

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Were coming off a bye week. Other than that I hate it for the health reasons and the poor play due to them being gassed from playing three days before.

^^^ This sums it up for me, but I watch every play of every Thursday night game. If I can't watch live, I record it, and watch it later. I also don't have to get up early for work, so there's that too.

but I really don't like the league anymore, will only watch Giants.

It’s hard to get into football on a Thursday night.

Also can really screw up fantasy football if you play and get busy

So what the footballs lousey

...an extra game a week.

Jesus some of you people are pussies.

Man I miss the 80’s.

Hooray Beer !!!

In comment 14500318 Maryland Giant said:

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...an extra game a week. Jesus some of you people are pussies.

How, exactly, does someone’s preference to not have games on Thursday nights make them a ‘pussy’?

Which sort of defeats the point of pro football, to see the game at it's highest level.

Something their leadership would be wise to re-learn. Because eventually people will decide that there is no point in a watered down pro game.

In comment 14500191 AcidTest said:

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it. All regular season NFL games should be played on Sunday. No MNF. No games on Thanksgiving.

I love thanksgiving football. Whole family watches as you feast. What’s better!!!

Games should be weekends and Monday nights. Dump Thursday except for Thanksgiving.

fantasy football.

if you took a pool of all football fans, there would be very few who absolutely love Thursday games. Some will probably say they will watch, but the majority will say they don't like it or that they hate it.

But I really don't think the NFL cares.

There's much more interesting stuff on tap at that time of the evening /cough

The stuff about the bad games is completely overblown

And if that were the case, just have teams coming off the bye play on Thurs

I only watch when the Giants are playing.

But I’m fine with it. I won’t complain about having viewing options. If the matchup stinks, I find something else to watch.

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Less is more. Especially in this day and age of disparate media and entertainment options, football being centered around Sunday is powerful and necessary branding.

Gives me the option to watch a game I most likely would not watch if it were on Sunday.

to play on Thursday, there is not enough time to recover from a Sunday game.

Football is for Sundays

but would like better matchups.

and won't watch even if the Giants play.

in fact I'm so curmudgeonly at this point in my life, I only like 1pm on Sunday or game of the week at 4:25.

I don't like Sunday night, Monday night, or Thursday night football.

I do like the Thanksgiving games, just don't like the Giants playing in one. And get rid of the 3rd Thanksgiving game.

Every Thursday? no.

I'm fine with MNF.

Too much of anything is a bad thing. Goodell seems to disagree.

Thursday night game a year. Maybe.

Player safety my ass.

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"the more football, the better" guy.

Now I'm not a fan. If I have nothing going on I'll put it on (and obviously I'll watch all Giants gams on Thursdays) but for the most point I think it's bad for the game. Not to mention fantasy football people have to worry about their line-ups way earlier. Poor bastards.

In comment 14500338 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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But I really don't think the NFL cares.

This is all that needs to be said on this and many other topics.

but don't watch it either.

Man, I really missed Maryland Giant and am thrilled he's posting again!

too close together

In comment 14500549 Greg from LI said:

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Man, I really missed Maryland Giant and am thrilled he's posting again!

The very few posters on this thread supporting Thursday night games confirms my suspicions about their level of intelligence.

That said, I hate Thursday games. The environment isn't right, the games usually turn into a mismatch, and it's a risk to player safety.

Keep Thanksgiving games and stop the rest.

It’s a chance to watch the NFL. Pretty much the long and short it for me is whether or not you’re an NFL fan.

I loved when Thursday Night College Games were the only games on.

College the formula works, in the NFL it sucks.

in every way possible … terrible for the players, terrible for the fans who have to work all day and then go to work the next morning, terrible for the fans who have family get togethers on Sundays, but now miss that on the weeks where their team plays Thursday. Its also bad for the teams they play the following week and have to face a very rested opponent.

As far as Thanksgiving, I respect the tradition and some of the above don't apply. But I remain furious that the damn Cowboys get that benefit EVERY Thanksgiving, its not fair to the rest of the league. I can understand the Lions because they were the original and I'm ok with the tradition … also they're not in the Giants division *grin*

...it's fine.

and the same thing could happen to pro football, greed by the owners could be the same as suicide to the game...

And doesn’t need to be every single week (‘fairness’ of every team getting one when the cowboys and lions are home on Thursday every year makes no sense)

But otherwise I’m fine with it - you wouldn’t watch an extra Sunday 1pm game that it’s subtracting from anyway so no downside

Oh and why the fuck won’t they give teams a second bye week?

In comment 14501004 Jersey55 said:

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and the same thing could happen to pro football, greed by the owners could be the same as suicide to the game...

Definition of a stretch (but the commonalities with head injuries and the impact that might have are there ... so...)

In comment 14501854 MetsAreBack said:

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In comment 14501004 Jersey55 said: Quote: and the same thing could happen to pro football, greed by the owners could be the same as suicide to the game... Definition of a stretch (but the commonalities with head injuries and the impact that might have are there ... so...)

I was referring to the over exposure of too many game in a week and now the owners want more games...

The new CBA is coming up . 16 games. 2 buys. If safety is so fucking important a 2nd buy makes more sense. And w that then now team should ever play on 3 days rest? Is that so undoable?

I pass on other Thursday night games