I predicted it yesterday and was excited to hear the official news today as the NFL’s Flex Scheduling plan has moved the November 18 New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills game into the prime time slot as part of NBC’s Sunday Night Football. This is the perfect game to start a new season of flex scheduling. Originally, the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks were set to play on SNF, but with the Bills’ emergence (winners of three straight) and the Patriots undefeated season still in effect, it was a great choice. The only other game I felt was worthy was the Redskins/Cowboys matchup. But, when you look at the Bills’ last prime time game just a month ago against Dallas, it was a no-brainer. Although the Bills lost that game by one point on the final play, it was the most exciting football experience I have ever been a part of. The atmosphere was so electric it gave me chills. As I said earlier, I haven’t been that emotionally involved in a game in ten years. I don’t know if it’s fair to expect the same kind of evening, but it’s sure worth a try.

You heard me talking about flex scheduling last week. Here’s how it works. The NFL will utilize this “flexible scheduling” on Sundays in Weeks 11-17. Flexible scheduling will ensure quality matchups in all NFL Sunday time slots in those weeks and give teams a chance to play their way onto prime time and into the late-afternoon 4:15 PM ET time slot on CBS and FOX. For each of the flexible scheduling weeks with the exception of Week 17, the NFL will announce the start times of games on Sundays no later than 12 days prior to that weekend. To ensure a Sunday night game and doubleheader games with playoff implications in Week 17, the flexible scheduling decision for that Sunday may be made on six days notice.

The Patriots will get a week of rest to prepare while the Bills travel to Miami, but here’s an interesting factoid on this game: the Bills are 9-0 all-time at home on Sunday nights.

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NFL’s Flex Schedule Begins, Buffalo Bills to Host New England Patriots in Prime Time