It’s time for some Thursday Night Football, and here’s everything you need to know about which teams play and where to watch the action.
One of the ongoing debates among NFL fans is whether or not Thursday night is any good.
Game quality never seems that great, players aren’t quite as comfortable, and the result of what we end up watching often isn’t worth the effort required to make it all happen. Considering that effort consists of just sitting on the couch, you start to get an idea of how bad the product can be on Thursday nights.
Week 17 is perhaps the pinnacle of bad football, and the bottom line of the Thursday Night Football puzzle that football fans find themselves in. The Titans and Cowboys are both playoff contenders – with Dallas already punching their ticket to the postseason. The Giants need to win one more game to make sure they don’t miss out on the playoffs after leading the AFC South for most of the season, but this game isn’t tonight.
Tennessee needs to beat Jacksonville next Sunday in order to make the playoffs. It’s a win-or-stay-at-home scenario, a playoff game to get to the playoffs, and it made tonight’s game against the Cowboys meaningless.
Perhaps nothing sums up how historically pointless TNF has been than two rival teams meeting in a week 17 playoff game and the game itself meaning absolutely nothing.
Thursday Night Football Tonight: Jets vs. Jaguars Time, Cable TV
the match: Tennessee Titans vs. Dallas Cowboys
Place: Nissan Stadium
time: 8:15 p.m. ET
channel: Amazon Prime Video
Even though the game is essentially pointless for the Titans, there is an incentive for Dallas to show up and have a big night. After upsetting the Eagles on Christmas Eve, the Cowboys are in position to win the NFC East.
Dallas would need to win its remaining two games, and Philly to lose its last two, in order to jump into first place in the division. Doing so would also pull the Cowboys from the Wild Card to a #2 seed and put a first round bye.
In this scenario where Dallas wins and the Eagles lose, the Vikings would need to lose one of their final two games in order for the Cowboys to take the top seed. Minnesota has games remaining against the Packers and Bears, with the Eagles facing off against the Saints and Giants in the final two weeks of the season.
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