SideLion Report » Sunday Night Football http://sidelionreport.com A Detroit Lions Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sat, 18 May 2013 14:00:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 New Thursday Night Football Games Devalue Detroit Lions Progress http://sidelionreport.com/2012/02/07/new-thursday-night-football-games-devalue-detroit-lions-progress/ http://sidelionreport.com/2012/02/07/new-thursday-night-football-games-devalue-detroit-lions-progress/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:55 +0000 Zach Berridge http://sidelionreport.com/?p=14005 As you’re surely aware, Roger Goodell delivered his own State of the NFL speech last Thursday as part of his pre-Super Bowl press conference, and progressed some emerging ideas that have been floating around over the past few months. The most interesting element that grabbed my attention was the addition of Thursday Night primetime games [...]

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As you’re surely aware, Roger Goodell delivered his own State of the NFL speech last Thursday as part of his pre-Super Bowl press conference, and progressed some emerging ideas that have been floating around over the past few months. The most interesting element that grabbed my attention was the addition of Thursday Night primetime games from weeks 2-15. Every team in the league will now have a game on the NFL Network on a Thursday at some point in the upcoming season.

This concept irks me and should irk the Lions as well.

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]]> http://sidelionreport.com/2012/02/07/new-thursday-night-football-games-devalue-detroit-lions-progress/feed/ 2 Detroit Lions Positioned for More Nationally Televised Games in 2012 http://sidelionreport.com/2012/01/17/detroit-lions-positioned-for-more-nationally-televised-games-in-2012/ http://sidelionreport.com/2012/01/17/detroit-lions-positioned-for-more-nationally-televised-games-in-2012/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:24:42 +0000 Zac Snyder http://sidelionreport.com/?p=13821 The Detroit Lions were granted two national appearances when the 2011 schedule was announced and earned one more through the Sunday Night Football flexible scheduling policy for a total of three. Now, having shown there is some substance to their style, the debate can start about how many national television appearances they will get in [...]

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]]> The Detroit Lions were granted two national appearances when the 2011 schedule was announced and earned one more through the Sunday Night Football flexible scheduling policy for a total of three. Now, having shown there is some substance to their style, the debate can start about how many national television appearances they will get in 2012.

To start the discussion we should take a look at the 2011 season. Here is the full tally of 2011 national television appearances by team sorted from most to least:

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Now Hiring: Personnel that are interested in turning the Detroit Lions’ season back around to make the playoffs.

Available positions are as followed:

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