NFL commissioner Roger Goodell walking off the field.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

NFL fans are not happy with the league’s scheduling for December following recent disclosure regarding 2024’s late-year fixtures.Fans should be used to the NFL claiming Saturdays in December, it’s nothing new. The college football regular season is

usually pretty much done by Thanksgiving weekend, with a few bowl games here and there, so the league typically makes use of the free Saturday.This upcoming season will be different, however. The College Football Playoff has expanded to accommodate 12

teams instead of four, so the playoff period will begin earlier than usual. And it appears to be conflicting with the NFL’s schedule.It was expected that only games on that opening Saturday would be aired on NFL Network, but that won’t be the case as NBC has announced that it will broadcast an NFL game on Saturday, December 21, clashing with the CFP.

FOX is reportedly set to do the same.

 

Fans Are Rioting Online Over NFL’s Week 16 Schedule

Of course, NFL fans, like all sports fans, would prefer not to have to split their attention during major sporting events. So it was not great learning they must watch the NFL and the College Football Playoff simultaneously.

Some of them feel like it’s a cash grab on the league’s part, while others have threatened – so to speak – to commit to the CFP games instead.

“Remember when we said that even though the first round of the CFP was going up against NFL regular season games, it wasn’t that bad because those games were NFL Network games. Welp,” one commented.

“Saturday is for COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!! Hate the nfl so much,” another raged.

Check out some more reactions to the NFL’s week 16 schedule below:

NFL, what have you done?

NFL Fans Are Losing Their Minds Over FOX’s Way-Too-Early Prediction For Super Bowl 59

Lombardi Trophy being held by Kansas City Chiefs.

Lombardi Trophy (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)NFL fans had much to say after FOX Sports’ Dave Helman shared his way-too-early prediction for the Super Bowl 59 matchup and winner.Super Bowl 59 will be held inside the New Orleans Saints’ home venue, the Caesars Superdome, on Feb. 9 next year. The Kansas City Chiefs, fresh off a second straight Super Bowl championship, will aim to become the first team to complete the three-peat.

On the latest edition of the “NFL on FOX Podcast”, Helman shared his early predictions for the 2024-25 postseason. Helman predicted that Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs’ will indeed pull off the three-peat by defeating Jordan Love’s Green Bay Packers in the big dance:

And as you would have expected, Helman’s prediction led to a plethora of interesting responses from fans on X/Twitter:

The Packers were one of the top surprises of the 2023 season, claiming the NFC’s final wild card spot with a 9-8 record in year one of the post-Aaron Rodgers era. After crushing the Dallas Cowboys in the opening round, Green Bay gave the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers a scare but fell 24-21 in the Divisional Round.

With Love asserting himself as the new franchise star QB in Titletown, the Packers should definitely be in the mix for a Super Bowl 59 championship in 2024.

The Super Bowl 59 Field Is Wide Open

The Chiefs are obviously the team to beat entering 2024, but the field is loaded with contenders who have a realistic shot at winning Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans.

In the NFC, the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles are all bonafide contenders. If Love builds off a career year, the Packers should also contend for the Lombardi Trophy.

It’s even more hectic in the AFC, where the Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins and New York Jets all have legitimate shots of winning it all.