Story update: The NFL has decided against flexing the Broncos-Vikings game in Week 11. The game will remain an SNF matchup. See our original post below.
After playing the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football in Week 10, the Denver Broncos are currently scheduled to host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football in Week 11. Keyword: currently scheduled.
The Broncos are 3-5 coming out of their bye and the Vikings lost quarterback Kirk Cousins to a season-ending Achilles injury. So the Denver-Minnesota game isn’t exactly viewed as a must-watch game for a national TV audience.
The NFL will need to make a decision on potentially flexing the Broncos-Vikings game out of SNF soon. From the NFL’s flexing guidelines (emphasis added):
For Sunday Night Football in Weeks 5-13 and for Monday Night Football in Weeks 12-17, the NFL will decide (after consultation with CBS, FOX, NBC, and ESPN) and announce no later than 12 days in advance of the game, which game will be played on Sunday night and which game will be played on Monday night.
Denver and Minnesota are set to face off on Nov. 19, so the NFL has to make a decision on a potential flex by the evening of Nov. 7 (Tuesday). If there’s no flex, the Broncos will be set to play in prime time in consecutive weeks. Let’s ride.
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