Sunday Night Football Schedule this year: Thoughts?

Ill include all NBC games for this. I thought it was kinda a mixed bag. Definitely some gems but there also seem to be more games you can telegraph as likely being mediocre than usual for NBC

Week 1

Thurs: Super bowl rematch

Sunday night: NE @ Arz

Week 2

Sunday Night: GB @ Minn

Week 3:

Sunday NIght: Chi @ Dal

Week 4

KC @ Pitt

Week 5

NYG @ GB

Week 6

Ind @ Hou

Week 7

Sea @ Arz

Week 8

Phil @ Dal

Week 9

Den @ Oak

Week 10

Sea @ NE

Week 11

GB @ Wash

Week 12

Thanksgiving Night: Pitt @ IND

NE @ NYJ

Week 13

Car @ Sea

Week 14

Dal @ NYG

Week 15

Pitt @ Cinn

Week 16

Cin @ Hou

Sunday Christmas Night: Den @ KC

Couple thoughts

1. I bet NBC had to do alot of arm twisting to get both of NE's big games against NFC West opponents in Sea and Arz. Probably pissed CBS off. They were probably forced to take on some games they didnt really want to in exchange. I cant imagine them taking on some of these Oak vs Den games otherwise.

2. Alot of divisional games this year. Not sure I love it. WE already get that on Thurs and in general I can do without these Ind vs Hou type games. I get having to do Phil vs Dal or NYG vs Wash because they are huge markets but we are pushing things a little too far with Ind vs Hou or Den vs Oak.

3. Alot of the games that dont look that intriguing like Chi @ DAl or KC @ Pitt are early in the year so no chance of getting flexed out which is unfortunate.

4. There are some definite gems. They also had to probably do their share of arm twisting to get all the marque Sea games like Arz, NE and Car. So in turn they pissed off CBS like I mentioned above AND Fox.

5. Bit surprised they went with the SB rematch right off the bat to start the year. Not sure I like it, you know you are going to watch the first game no matter what. Theyd be better off saving that for an Oct 20th type night or something

NBC went aggressive I feel like and figured we might as well try and get as many games we know will be classics as we can even if it forces us to take on more mediocre games. We'll see if it pays off