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Anyone Know Why Seattle vs Carolina Was Practically a Nationwide Game on CBS Today? (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=287834)

Anyone Know Why Seattle vs Carolina Was Practically a Nationwide Game on CBS Today?

http://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2014&wk=8

My buddies were saying it was on CBS, and how much they all hated Dan Fouts ( ROFL ) on the coverage. Both teams are NFC, what the **** was that shit? I remember a couple of weeks ago down here they advertised Buffalo and New England as being on Fox, but it wasn't so I assumed it was a typo. Did something happen in the TV contracts that I'm just oblivious too? Kind of weird...

I think they played in London? Did they not?

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Originally Posted by KC Tattoo (Post 11056194)

I think they played in London? Did they not?

That was DET vs ATL

They had an AFC game on fox last week too.

I remember people talking on here a few weeks ago about this, I think FOX and CBS have some deal to switch a few games every year. There was a game between two AFC teams a week or two ago that was on FOX.

giants & niners on bye , no other NFC game worthy in the morning slot?

just a guess..no clue honestly

I'd have to dig up the article... but they're cross flexing games across networks starting this year. I think there's a limit to how many they can do, but the idea is getting good games on TV regardless of network.

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Originally Posted by Pawnmower (Post 11056209)

giants & niners on bye , no other NFC game worthy in the morning slot?

Probably

I'll let the facts speak for themselves:

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Originally Posted by mdchiefsfan (Post 11056201)

That was DET vs ATL

Ha ha comprehension fail. Thought he was talking about this mornings game.

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 11056210)

I love that idea! That's great! Thanks for the tip bud. Wait... :eek:

Jonathan Kraft:

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-e...-of-pats-bills

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"We started this season with something called cross-flex. We've always had that Sunday night flex where you could flex a game in or out in the back half of the season. And starting this season after Week 5, we did something where on a weekend like this, where CBS decides a couple weeks ago what looks like the big games. And in this case you had Denver and the Jets, and you are deciding when the Jets are 1-1 and Denver is Denver, you have Pittsburgh and Cleveland which is always a marquee divisional matchup, so a Bills-Patriots game that didn't look that exciting for the network up against other stuff, we were only scheduled to go to like five or six percent of the country.

"Fox had a much lighter slate at 1 o'clock today -- it's their doubleheader weekend, they have a bunch of games late. So they were willing, if they could take this game to clear it to something like 20 percent of the country, that way two teams that are 3-2 and battling for first place don't get stuck just basically going to Buffalo and the New England markets. Now it will go to a larger portion of the country. Hopefully NFL fans in general will get to choose from the most interesting games possible. And that was the idea behind flexing across networks. And so we have the honor of being the first one."

Because cam newton is black enough.