For causes that actually don’t add up, the Buffalo Bills’ sport Sunday at Highmark Stadium in opposition to the New England Patriots is being flexed from 1 p.m. into the way more seen 4:25 window on CBS.
Why the NFL would need extra eyeballs on a sport between the red-hot 11-3 Payments and the putrid 3-11 Patriots is sort of a thriller, however there you’ve gotten it.
This may make 5 straight Payments video games not at 1 p.m., and the fourth out of the 5 that begins at 4:25.
Flexing video games is comprehensible for a big-time matchup that might not have been foreseen when the schedule was being created, however to inconvenience followers who had already made their journey plans for a 1 p.m. begin, for a sport that figures to be one-sided, is sort of a transfer by the NFL.
There are two inconsequential video games initially scheduled on CBS within the late window – Dolphins vs. 49ers and Raiders vs. Jaguars. As a result of the Raiders gained’t be pushed into a ten a.m. West Coast begin, we are able to assume Payments-Patriots might be changing Dolphins-49ers, however once more, if that’s the case, it is unnecessary. Each the Dolphins and 49ers are nonetheless clinging to life within the playoff race.
Sal Maiorana has coated the Buffalo Bills for 4 a long time together with 35 years because the full-time beat author for the D&C, and he has written quite a few books in regards to the historical past of the group. He might be reached at maiorana@gannett.com, and you’ll comply with him on X @salmaiorana and on Bluesky @salmaiorana.bsky.social. Join his Payments Blast e-newsletter right here: https://profile.democratandchronicle.com/newsletters/bills-blast