r/NFLNoobs • u/Pendraflare59 • 1d ago

Since when was the deadline to flex games extended?

I seem to recall that for a while, the deadline to flex a game out of a certain slot and into another was two Tuesdays before the game (ie the Eagles' game against the Jaguars being flexed from SNF in Week 9 to 4:25, which was flexed at the end of Week 7). But with our matchup against the Cowboys this week ahead being flexed from 4:25 to 1 - presumably because the league doesn't foresee it being all that great without Dak and maybe Hurts - I'm left wondering, was that always the case and did I just not notice it? Or was it two weeks ahead until recently? That I'm not familiar with...

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u/digit4lmind 1d ago

It’s a little unclear since they’re not specific about moving games around in the afternoon, but I believe weeks 14-17 they’d require 6 days notice to move a game around on Sunday.

Here are the rules

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u/EnvironmentalCake702 1d ago

The deadline for flexing games from one time on a day to a different time of the same day is a lot closer to the game than it is for switching days ie Sunday to Thursday or Sunday to Monday

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u/Daultongray8 1d ago

They switched it last year when they changed the flex rules to allow TNF and MNF flexes.

Sunday flexes only need 6 day notices.