Official 2023 OFFSEASON Thread

saintsfan1976 · 04-03-2023, 03:58 PM

I'd love more football but as it stands, this is ridiculous.

Can adding a second bye week solve the issue?

AsylumGuido · 04-03-2023, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976

I'd love more football but as it stands, this is ridiculous.

Can adding a second bye week solve the issue?

The flexing issue isn't adding any additional televised games. They're talking about moving a scheduled Thursday game late in the season to Sunday and replacing it with a previously scheduled Sunday game. Players and coaches don't like it, but it really screws us fans over bigtime. When you have a trip planned for a Sunday noon game that gets flexed to Thursday it would be extremely difficult to make the game. You'd have to take off work, reschedule hotels and/or flights. If you couldn't do that not only would you be forced to miss the game, but you'd have to try to sell the tickets. Thursday night tickets are not as desirable as a Sunday noon game for the same reasons as above.

SmashMouth · 04-03-2023, 10:34 PM

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saintsfan1976 · 04-04-2023, 07:57 AM

Not 29 please

SmashMouth · 04-04-2023, 10:49 PM

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K Major · 04-05-2023, 10:43 AM

I'd take a late-round flyer on Clayton Tune.

Sit for a couple of seasons, study, learn the playbook, and capitalize if the opportunity ever presents itself.

Last year's QB "prospect" class was pretty bad. It's crazy how the most impressive QB (Purdy) was selected in round 7 of the 2022 draft

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Rugby Saint II · 04-05-2023, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

The flexing issue isn't adding any additional televised games. They're talking about moving a scheduled Thursday game late in the season to Sunday and replacing it with a previously scheduled Sunday game. Players and coaches don't like it, but it really screws us fans over bigtime. When you have a trip planned for a Sunday noon game that gets flexed to Thursday it would be extremely difficult to make the game. You'd have to take off work, reschedule hotels and/or flights. If you couldn't do that not only would you be forced to miss the game, but you'd have to try to sell the tickets. Thursday night tickets are not as desirable as a Sunday noon game for the same reasons as above.

The NFL doesn't care about the fans. Just their money!

AsylumGuido · 04-05-2023, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II

The NFL doesn't care about the fans. Just their money!

On the whole, yes, but they are getting pushback on this and one of their strongest owners, John Mara, is making pretty much the same argument against the flexing that I shared above. I heard yesterday that there may be at least a couple of owners that were originally in favor of the flexing that may be changing their minds after getting major blow back. They had 22 in favor at first. It takes 24 to pass the flex proposal.

SmashMouth · 04-05-2023, 11:27 AM

04-03-2023, 03:58 PM	#541
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,832 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Official 2023 OFFSEASON Thread I'd love more football but as it stands, this is ridiculous. Can adding a second bye week solve the issue? Rugby Saint II likes this.

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,220	Re: Official 2023 OFFSEASON Thread Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 I'd love more football but as it stands, this is ridiculous. Can adding a second bye week solve the issue? The flexing issue isn't adding any additional televised games. They're talking about moving a scheduled Thursday game late in the season to Sunday and replacing it with a previously scheduled Sunday game. Players and coaches don't like it, but it really screws us fans over bigtime. When you have a trip planned for a Sunday noon game that gets flexed to Thursday it would be extremely difficult to make the game. You'd have to take off work, reschedule hotels and/or flights. If you couldn't do that not only would you be forced to miss the game, but you'd have to try to sell the tickets. Thursday night tickets are not as desirable as a Sunday noon game for the same reasons as above. Rugby Saint II likes this.
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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,619 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Official 2023 OFFSEASON Thread I'd take a late-round flyer on Clayton Tune. Sit for a couple of seasons, study, learn the playbook, and capitalize if the opportunity ever presents itself. Last year's QB "prospect" class was pretty bad. It's crazy how the most impressive QB (Purdy) was selected in round 7 of the 2022 draft . SmashMouth likes this.

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Rugby Saint II Bounty Money $$$ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5800 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. Posts: 24,052	Re: Official 2023 OFFSEASON Thread Originally Posted by AsylumGuido The flexing issue isn't adding any additional televised games. They're talking about moving a scheduled Thursday game late in the season to Sunday and replacing it with a previously scheduled Sunday game. Players and coaches don't like it, but it really screws us fans over bigtime. When you have a trip planned for a Sunday noon game that gets flexed to Thursday it would be extremely difficult to make the game. You'd have to take off work, reschedule hotels and/or flights. If you couldn't do that not only would you be forced to miss the game, but you'd have to try to sell the tickets. Thursday night tickets are not as desirable as a Sunday noon game for the same reasons as above. The NFL doesn't care about the fans. Just their money!

04-05-2023, 10:58 AM	#549
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,220	Re: Official 2023 OFFSEASON Thread Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II The NFL doesn't care about the fans. Just their money! On the whole, yes, but they are getting pushback on this and one of their strongest owners, John Mara, is making pretty much the same argument against the flexing that I shared above. I heard yesterday that there may be at least a couple of owners that were originally in favor of the flexing that may be changing their minds after getting major blow back. They had 22 in favor at first. It takes 24 to pass the flex proposal.

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