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NFL approves flex scheduling for Thursday Night Football

By Kevin Kelley - May 22, 2023

Photo: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

The NFL has approved flex scheduling for Thursday Night Football beginning this season, the league announced on Monday.

Flexible scheduling for Thursday Night Football will begin on a “trial basis” in 2023. This will only apply to games scheduled during Week 13 through Week 17 and only up to two games can be flexed. Additionally, the league will have to provide at least twenty-eight (28) days notice for the flex.

Any game flexed out of Thursday Night Football would then be played on Sunday that week. No teams will be required to flex from Sunday to Thursday more than once or to play more than two games on Thursday night.

If no Thursday Night Football games are flexed in 2023, the trial will carry over to the 2024 season.

Below is a look at the complete Thursday Night Football Schedule as it stands right now.

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2023 NFL Thursday Night Football Schedule

*All times Eastern.

Thursday, Sept. 7 (Week 1)
Lions at Chiefs – 8:20pm, NBC
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Thursday, Sept. 14 (Week 2)
Vikings at Eagles – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Sept. 21 (Week 3)
Giants at 49ers – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Sept. 28 (Week 4)
Lions at Packers – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Oct. 5 (Week 5)
Bears at Commanders – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Oct. 12 (Week 6)
Broncos at Chiefs – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Oct. 19 (Week 7)
Jaguars at Saints – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Oct. 26 (Week 8)
Buccaneers at Bills – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Nov. 2 (Week 9)
Titans at Steelers – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Nov. 9 (Week 10)
Panthers at Bears – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Nov. 16 (Week 11)
Bengals at Ravens – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Nov. 23 (Week 12)
49ers at Seahawks – 8:20pm, NBC
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Thursday, Nov. 30 (Week 13)
Seahawks at Cowboys – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Dec. 7 (Week 14)
Patriots at Steelers – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Dec. 14 (Week 15)
Chargers at Raiders – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Dec. 21 (Week 16)
Saints at Rams – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Thursday, Dec. 28 (Week 17)
Jets at Browns – 8:15pm, Prime Video
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Comments (4)

I’m not a fan of this. I live near the Pro Football Hall of Fame and I want my mom to take me there on December 31, but I won’t be able to do that if the Jets-Browns game gets flexed out.

“I want my mom to take me there”
oh, we should probably stop making fun of you

I will not buy a ticket to an NFL game week 13 through week 17. When I have in the past it requires hotel reservations and a whole weekend for travel. The chance for a Thursday game is too much.