Official Texans @ Jaguars Game Thread, 12/17/2017

[Arky]

Originally Posted by chuck

Why the hell was this game on Fox, by the way?

I think it has something to do with the flex-scheduling that happens this time of year. From wiki:

Beginning in 2014, the NFL will also be able to "cross-flex" games between Fox and CBS, enabling CBS to televise NFC away games (including NFC vs. NFC contests), and Fox to broadcast AFC away games (including AFC vs. AFC contests).[32][33] The league can also "cross-flex" some of these games before the start of the season. For example, in 2014, the Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons game in Week 17, originally a 1 PM Fox game, was cross-flexed to 4:25 PM on CBS. Despite the two teams' losing records, they were playing a game where the winner would become the NFC South champion and host a first-round playoff game. As Fox already had crucial NFC North games with playoff implications, and CBS did not have any games with such assigned to 4:25 PM (games with AFC playoff implications had been assigned to 1 PM), the NFL reassigned the game to CBS at 4:25 PM to give affiliates a game with playoff implications at the time.

Clears it right up, no?

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Not since the earliest days of the franchise back when David Carr was under center can I remember games as tough to watch as this one for Texans fans.

I don't normally get too perturbed when the Texans lose but this was pretty dang perturbing....