It’s time for Thursday night football, and here’s everything you need to know about the teams playing and where to catch the action.
One of the ongoing debates among NFL fans is whether Thursday Night Football is good or not.
The quality of the game never seems to be that good, players aren’t fully rested, and the outcome of what we end up watching often isn’t worth the effort it takes to make it all happen. Since the effort is just sitting on the couch, you start to get a sense of how serious the product is on Thursday night.
Week 17 is perhaps the pinnacle of Bad Football, and the epitome of the Thursday night conundrum football fans get together. The Titans and Cowboys are both playoff contenders – with Dallas having already clinched their playoff ticket. The Titans need to win one more game to ensure they don’t miss the playoffs after leading the AFC South for most of the season, but that game isn’t tonight.
Tennessee must beat Jacksonville next Sunday in order to qualify for the playoffs. It’s a win-or-stay-at-home scenario, a playoff game to get into the playoffs, and it made tonight’s game against the Cowboys meaningless.
Perhaps nothing sums up how unsuccessful the TNF has always been than two playoff contending teams meeting in Week 17 and the game itself meaning absolutely nothing.
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Match: Tennessee Titans vs. Dallas Cowboys
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With the game essentially meaningless for the Titans, Dallas is pressured to show up and have a great night. After upsetting the Eagles on Christmas Eve, the Cowboys are in a position to potentially win the NFC East.
Dallas would need to win its two remaining games and have Philly lose its final two in order to move into the top spot in the division. It would also take the Cowboys out of the Wild Card and into the No. 2 seed and put a first-round bye in play.
In this scenario where Dallas wins and the Eagles lose, the Vikings would have to lose one of their last two games for the Cowboys to take the No. 1 seed. Minnesota still has games against the Packers and Bears, the Eagles facing matchups against the Saints and Giants in the final two weeks of the season.
