In an ever-so-subtle way, will look different next season.
NFL owners have voted to trim the notice needed to flex a game from 28 to 21 days, according to a Monday afternoon report from Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
The two-year-old provision was used once last season. The Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals had been scheduled to play on Dec. 19; that game was moved to Dec. 22 in order to move a game between the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers into the mid-week, primetime slot.
The league is permitted to flex up to two games into from other slots in between Weeks 13 and 17, which coincidentally fall on Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.
The still-young provision has few fans among coaches and players, but seemingly serves to appease Amazon—rights holder.
How the league makes use of the provision in 2025 bears watching, as traditional scheduling guardrails seem to be played looser and looser every year.
