Flex those games!

A few years ago when the NFL started Flexing their schedule to accommodate the more important and interesting games, I thought it was kind of B.S.
In the years since however, it really hasn't bothered me. It's nice that if in December - suddenly some random game appears to be of major consequence that you never would have guessed at the start of the season, that that game can get a bigger platform.

Here's what we're learning this year however with our Payton-less Colts - PERHAPS they should consider flexing earlier in the season. The first few weeks of the season, the Sunday and Monday night games have been complete BORES. I mean really 62-7!? Sure over the summer Colts vs. Saints sounds like a great game, but as we've seen, without Payton, the Colts are a Sunday1pm game. Period.

I mean would NBC and ESPN have to re-do their silly little opening songs at the start of their games? Sure - but frankly both are a bit contrived and hokey anyway (ESPN's probably in the market for a new song as it is after that Hank Williams Jr debacle). In any event, I'd be happy for a little unpredictability in favor of a watchable game.

Flex those games - SOONER please!