Every team plays its remaining two games against teams from the two remaining divisions in its own conference — one game at home and the other on the road. The matchups are determined by where the teams finished in their divisions in the previous season.
For example, a team that finished the previous year in third place in its division will play the third-place teams from the two other divisions in its conference. The massive salaries paid to these elite athletes are fueled heavily by contracts between the NFL and its broadcast partners. In order to fulfill those contracts, and in an obvious effort to generate strong viewership ratings, there is a detailed process applied here as well.
In the league will also schedule games on the Saturdays of weeks 15 and Most NFL games are played on Sunday afternoons, with early games starting at p. ETand the late games starting at either p. ET or p. ET, depending on whether the game is part of a network doubleheader. Over the first 16 weeks of the season, Fox and CBS will each get eight doubleheaders — meaning that one will show games during both Sunday afternoon time slots, while the other airs a game in only one.
Typically they alternate doubleheader weeks; occasionally other events, like the World Series , cause them to swap weeks. While this may result in one network airing doubleheaders on consecutive weeks, the league prohibits either network from airing doubleheaders three weeks in a row.
Many NFL teams go through significant changes each year that can affect the performance of the team in a given season. Sometimes there are coaching changes that bring vast transformations of the systems being run by the offense, defense or special teams units.
The unexpected results, both good and bad, can greatly affect the ratings for a particular game scheduled later in the season. Each team has one bye week between weeks 4 and Determining where that bye week falls for each team presents additional challenges for the schedule-makers. For example, the league tries to limit the number of times a team that played the week before has to face a rested team coming off its bye. The InsideHook Newsletter.
News, advice and insights for the most interesting man in the room. Email Please enter a valid email address. I accept the Terms and Conditions , and Privacy Policy. I am over 21 years. Sign Up. Send this article to your friends. Your Email required Please enter a valid email address. Your First Name required Please enter your first name. The final bullet is designed to pit good teams against each other and possibly to get star-studded matchups. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts.
Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
0コメント