Postponement Awful

The postponement of the Vikings-Eagles game wouldn't have even been an issue except for the NFL and NBC "flex" scheduling the game to 8pm. Now, because of the impending foot of snow Philadelphia is forecast to receive tonight, the game has been pushed back to...Tuesday!?

What the?!

Why not move the game FORWARD to 4 pm (1pm wasn't realistic because of each team's preparation needs, but a 4pm start would have given both teams plenty of advance notice to get ready if the call had been made earlier this morning).

And why Tuesday? i presumed it was because of concerns about the inability to clear the snow from the Linc's stands (hello snow bowl II) and the parking lot, but preliminary explanations are that the league didn't want the game to conflict with the ESPN Monday night game.

What a mess. Clearly NBC and their need/desire to broadcast the "national" game of the week is driving all of these decisions - from the initial scheduling change to the postponement, the Tuesday night game).

Great, now the Eagles get to face the Cowboys on really short rest. Thankfully it's a home game, but there's a nagging fear that all of this will negatively impact the Eagles' playoff chances and the possibility of the #2 seed.