NFL flexes Dolphins-Chargers game to Sunday Night Football in Week 14

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After the Broncos signed Russell Wilson, the NFL scheduled them for five primetime games. They have played four of those, but with a 3-8 record and the worst scoring offense in the league, the Broncos won’t play the fifth.

The NFL flexed out of the Week 14 game between the Chiefs and Broncos on Sunday Night Football.

That game was rescheduled to a 4:05 p.m. ET kickoff.

Instead, the Dolphins and Chargers will play on Sunday Night Football on Dec. 11. Kickoff is set for 8:20 p.m. ET.

It will be the Dolphins’ third primetime game and the fifth for the Chargers. The Chargers also have a Monday Night Football game on Dec. 26 and currently are scheduled for a New Year’s Day game against the Rams on Sunday Night Football. That game could be flexed with the Rams currently 3-8.

43 responses to “NFL flexes Dolphins-Chargers game to Sunday Night Football in Week 14

  1. Awesome! Fins deserve a chance to play a national game. The Broncos aren’t making the playoffs and I’m sure no one wants to watch Russ complete 20 passes for 150yds while getting blown out.

  2. Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

  3. as a Denver fan it’s so hard to see what this team has become…and there’s no sign that the future will be any better, for a number of years to come.

  4. Great move. That game could be a shoot out and complete eye-candy. Since they’re linked in the draft, I hope these two QBs have many of these prime time matchups.

  5. Fins do deserve a national game though I’m not sure the chargers do. Is there an elite QB that has proven less than Herbert? He has one signature win against mahomes. And if I remember correctly, LAC received a couple beneficial calls late in the game. He came into the league with a top trio of weapons (eckler, allen, and williams). I remember a former player once said of romo (I think) “ do you want to be a 2 HC QB or a 3 HC QB?” You can only blame the HC for so long.

  6. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

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    Have you watched Russell Wilson play this year ? You can’t be serious.

  7. Why does race have to play into everything now a days? All they did was pick better match up, a match up more ppl will watch. Basically it is based on merit, but we can’t say or do that anymore, r8ght?

  8. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

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    Sad how you make a decision clearly based on ratings/money and make it a race issue.

  9. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

    What are earth does this have to do with the race of a player???

  10. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

    4301Rate This

    “You want to end racism in America? Quit talking about it.”
    -Morgan Freeman

  11. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.
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    Get over you self. There isn’t a team in this league that wouldn’t mortgage their future for Herbert. He’s 10x Fields and Tua. Hurts is a superstar but not the others.

  12. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead
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    Whoa easy Cowboy. There is a lot to attack surrounding the NFL regarding race. Perhaps even including the extreme criticism of Wilson for a very poor half season but this is not one of them. The Broncos are extremely hard on the eyes.

  13. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

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    Keep diggin. Or whatever else you do. Welcome to Wednesday friend

  14. That’s a shame. It would have been an absolute joy to watch the Chiefs embarrass Russell Wilson and Hackett.

  15. They should also flex the COWBOYS VS EAGLES on Christmas eve on prime time 🤔🤷‍♂️. That will be one of the biggest games of the year. Besides that, the game has alot of implications for the the playoff seeding, and it could decide the division Champion 🏆. It will be the best rating for the NFL.

  16. Ciara told NFL to take Broncos off primetime. She can’t stand watching her husband play very horrible QB. LOL

  17. Perhaps if 1 of the 2 black quarterbacks played better, you’d get to see them play.
    Quit trying to make things about race, YOU are part of the problem!!

  18. That will be a good matchup.Now Tua will have a chance to doubt the naysayers who screamed the should have taken Herbert instead.Can’t wait to see the results.
    Go Dolphins

  19. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.
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    This has zero to do with the race of the QBs playing… you’re spewing race-baiting crap.

    As the article (that you didn’t read) clearly stated, the Broncos have the worst scoring offense in the NFL, and Russ has been on 4 nationally televised games already this year (and stunk it up). People want to watch exciting games, like Hurts tearing up the Packers D. Not Russ wetting the bed and getting blown out by Mahomes.

  20. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.—– oh just stop it. This isn’t about race. If the league was trying not to promote black quarterbacks they would have never made the game a Prime Time game to begin with. This is about ratings it’s always about ratings. The league doesn’t care what color the players are or what color the quarterback is they care about ratings and right now the Broncos they suck they’re not bringing in ratings

  21. This change isn’t about QB’s it’s about presenting a meaningful game to watch. It will still be on your local station or get the NFL package from your cable provider

  22. Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

    Yes, how dare they take a black QB out of Prime Time regardless of how terrible he is. GTFOH

  23. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

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    The Chargers and Dolphins both have exciting black RBs and DBs. They can now have a chance to shine in primetime. Feel better now ?

  24. Now flex out the Christmas day Rams vs Broncos matchup. Another Broncos national broadcast game which I guess doesn’t count as primetime. Anyone who shows up to that game deserves what they get.

    Thursday night football was borderline unwatchable for nearly a month and i felt bad for the people who paid to go to their games.

    Maybe the networks will not focus on giving one team all their nationally broadcast games next year after everyone picked the Broncos this year.

  25. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.

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    Yeah, sure dude. Russ has already been the national game multiple times, with a Sunday night, two Monday night and a Thursday night game this season. He stunk it up every time, what do you want?

  26. graysobr says:
    November 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm
    Sad how the only two black Super Bowl winning quarterbacks that are active in the league are taken out of a prime time showcase game but not surprising that the NFL wants to promote Herbert instead.
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    Oh come on, you really want to pretend this is racially motivated? Wilson has been bad this year. and has had plenty of prime time exposure. Most of us want to see a good game, regardless of the colour of the QBs.

  27. Looking forward to it! The QB class of 2020 (Burrow, Tua, Herbert, Hurts) is looking great so far.

  28. Who will show up for the Chargers Rams game? There are no fans in LA for either team, so no one to sell their tickets to? Sad!

  29. Darn. I love watching the Broncos. It’s like a car crash and you just can’t look away. It’s unbelievable how BAD they are. Besides, every loss just improves Seattle’s draft position.

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