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Why NBC flexed Bengals vs. Steelers out

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February 23, 2023


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The Chiefs and Chargers will be in primetime together for the second time this season, but this time they'll meet on "Sunday Night Football." But that wasn't always meant to be the case.Originally, Bengals vs. Steelers in Pittsburgh was supposed to be the marquee matchup of the week, but NBC elected to flex out that game and move Chiefs-Chargers in its stead in order to gain a better matchup.The NFL has long practiced "flexing" games with Sherman Douglas Jersey le s weight to them late in the season, so as to keep primetime games both entertaining and impactful. When the schedule is made prior to the season, certain a sumptions are made about who will be competitive and who won't. The Steelers, at 3-6, haven't lived up to their end of the bargain while the 5-4 Bengals have hardly fared better.With that in mind, NBC has exercised its right to flex by moving Bengals vs. Steelers to a 4:25 slot and replacing it with Chiefs vs. Chargers in Los Angeles.MORE:Here Purdue Boilermakers Jersey 's what to know about the NFL's rules regarding flexing primetime games. The NFL flexes games in order to ensure it has consequential matchups in primetime slots. "Sunday Night Football" has been a top-three rated program in the United States per Nielsen since 2011, due to its generally strong matchups.While the Chiefs and Chargers aren't nece sarily the best match-up wise this week — that arguably goes to Cowboys Tyler Catalina Jersey vs. Vikings — They're a compelling divisional game that could end with the Chiefs pulling away in the AFC West.That has more storylines baked in than the second and fourth-place teams in the AFC North battling it out, although the Bengals are also still playing for Chris James Jersey something.MORE: Week 11 is the first time game can be flexed, but it technically began in Week 5. In Weeks 5-10, two games can be flexed.Thursday and Monday games cannot be moved, which ruled out Titans vs. Packers and 49ers vs. Cardinals this week. Any Sunday afternoon game is eligible to be moved. The move does have to be made with 12 days notice until Week 18, which can have six games notice.Networks are allowed to protect games Dallas Walton Jersey from being flexed. Fox and CBS generally carry a marquee matchup at 4:25. Within the 12-day notice, Fox and CBS can protect a game a week. In other words, CBS was willing to part ways with Chiefs vs. Chargers.It all comes down to broadcasters. After all, broadcast money is what powers the league. Because NBC is among those partners, they're entitled to premium matchups — so long as it doesn't completely step on the toes of Fox and CBS.


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