NFL tries to concentrate the bad draws against each other

[RockaFowler]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/21/nfl-tries-to-concentrate-the-bad-draws-against-each-other/

As noted by Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times, five teams got just one prime time game each: The Buccaneers, Jaguars, Titans, Rams and Raiders.

Four of those were concentrated into a pair of, cough, sorry, cough must-see games — a Jaguars-Titans clash on Nov. 19, and a Bucs-Rams game on Dec. 17. Both games are part of the group to only be shown on the NFL Network, as opposed to the eight Thursday games which CBS will carry also.

The Raiders get their only appearance on Christmas Eve against the Chargers, meaning we already know who is on the naughty list.

Granted, any of those five teams could exceed expectations, particularly the Rams, who have been competitive without a quarterback for some time.

Otherwise, lumping the unappealing teams together at least allows the league a chance to have competitive games, even if they resemble a pair of one-legged men in an extra point-kicking contest. From the 15. With narrow goalposts. And a swirling wind.

[TexasTowelie]

1. The news in Texas is that the Cowboys has a home football game (Jets) on Saturday, December 19.

This will probably force the UIL to hold its state championship games somewhere besides AT&T Stadium in Arlington because they schedule all of the games on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday schedule. The beneficiary will probably be Reliant Stadium in Houston although the Alamodome is also in the running.

The Cowboys will face the Giants and the Eagles in the first two weeks of September and have a relatively easy schedule with games against the Redskins in December and January.