If the Jets could be scheduled for the kick-off time of your choice on Thanksgiving, which time would you prefer?
This is the rare time I prefer the night game: Finish the dishes, get everyone the hell out of the house, and get me on the couch with a leftover slice of pie!
Based on some of the Holiday stinkers I have seen, I prefer after dinner. Just in case. The Ravens Game on Xmas eve 2000 ruined my whole night.
That was one of the worst losses especially after being up 14-0 early and having the ball near midfield w/ that lead.
Our last bird day game was pretty awful. And my brother is a cowboys fan so i had to listen to him the whole time.
Thanksgiving is one of those two or three days a year I start drinking early. There's always the big risk that by 10 or 11 I will be so tired and buzzed that I am almost ready to go to sleep. Have to stay awake this time, though. Heh.
Definetly the night game. 4 is the worst because its when the eating begins. 1 is pretty good but Im still busy helping to get dinner ready at times.
At least we sucked overall and had no shot at the playoffs, those losses are easier to take when we are out of it. 1985 was worse when we had a contending team and I believe the loss to the Lions that day cost us the div title.
Once I saw they were playing on Thanksgiving, I knew I wouldn't be going to the game. So an 8:20 start is perfect...dinner will be done by then. If I were going to the game, the 12pm start would be best.
I love that it's late, get to do the norm family BS during the day and have the best excuse of all to leave early. To go watch a Jets STOMPING.
It occurs to me that Christmas is on Sunday next year. I should know this, but what does the NFL typically do ... Normal gameday schedule including a Sunday Night game??
Good poll. I'm happy it's a late start. My belly will be full and the in-laws will have dissipated. My Fiance even asked if I wanted to go to the game so that option is there. But I think I'm happy with the night-cap on this one.
"Christmas and Christmas Eve games For more details on this topic, see National Football League Christmas games. In recent years, the NFL has generally scheduled games on Christmas only if it falls on a day normally used for games (Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday). If Christmas falls on a Sunday, as it did in 2005, most of the games are played on the preceding day (with no games that night) with one or two games are scheduled for Christmas Night to be broadcast nationally. Through the 2006 season, there have been 14 such Christmas contests. The first NFL games played on December 25 came during the 1971 season. The first two games of the Divisional Playoff Round that year were held on Christmas Day. The second of the two contests played that day, the Miami Dolphins versus the Kansas City Chiefs, ended up being the longest game in NFL history.[28] The league received numerous complaints due to the length of this game, reportedly because it caused havoc with Christmas dinners around the nation. As a result, the NFL decided to not schedule any Christmas Day matches for the next 17 years. In 1976 and 1977, the last two years before the advent of the 16-game schedule and expanded playoffs, the NFL came up with different approaches to avoid Christmas play. In 1976, when Christmas fell on a Saturday, the league moved the start of the regular season up one week to Sunday, September 12. The divisional playoffs were held on the weekend of December 18 and 19, leaving the conference championship games on Sunday, December 26. Super Bowl XI was played on January 9, 1977, the earliest it has ever been held. In 1977, with Christmas on Sunday, the NFL split the divisional playoffs, and for the only time since the AFL-NFL merger, each conference held both divisional playoff games the same day (AFC Saturday, December 24 and NFC Monday, December 26), ostensibly not to give one team a two-day rest advantage over the other for the conference championship games. The NFL continued to avoid Christmas even after it started to increase the regular season and the playoffs. The league expanded to a 16-game regular season and a 10-team playoff tournament in 1978, but it was not until 1982 that the regular season ended after Christmas, due to the players' strike. In 1989, the NFL tried another Christmas Day game, with the Cincinnati Bengals hosted by the Minnesota Vikings, but it was a 9:00 p.m. ET Monday Night Football contest, thereby not conflicting with family dinners. In the years since, the NFL has played an occasional late-afternoon or night game on the holiday but there has not been a Christmas Day game starting earlier than 5:00 p.m. ET since 1971. There have also been several games played on Christmas Eve over the years, including a Oakland Raiders-Baltimore Colts playoff contest in 1977 which culminated in a play known as "Ghost to the Post". These games have typically been played during the afternoon out of deference to the holiday.'
I would expect the NFL to go with a light schedule. Two games maybe--the rest will be played on Saturday of Christmas eve. If you remember this was the case in 2006 and it was a lot of fun.
