I am not looking forward to an explosive game from either of these teams this Thursday
"The
Miami Dolphins must prepare for Thursday night's game against the
Cincinnati Bengals without the team's starting tight end and tailback.
Jordan Cameron, who has contributed eight receptions for 60 yards and a touchdown this season, suffered a concussion in last Sunday's 30-24 overtime victory over the
Cleveland Browns.
Cameron is presently in the
NFL's concussion protocol program, and the tight end will not be cleared in time to play Thursday night's game against the Bengals. This is the fourth concussion Cameron has suffered since joining the NFL six years ago.
As for
Arian Foster, who sat out the Browns game nursing a strained groin and hamstring, the Dolphins plan to rest the eight-year veteran this week with the hopes that he'll be healthy enough to resume practicing in early October."
Dolphins will play Bengals without Jordan Cameron and Arian Foster
I was discussing on my radio spot last night that the NFL may want to cease TNF in order to foster a higher degree of preparedness.
I agree, but I doubt the league will want to lose a revenue stream.
I agree but their viewership is down 12% from last year...some claim it is all the nonsense from Deflategate
More like a poor choice of teams selected to play on Thursday thus a lack of fan interest. Come on...Jets and Bills, even on the east coast I don't see much interest in that level of a game.
Deflategate....? Who cares any longer, it done and over with. Put you teddy bear and blankie aside and move on.
I do not care one way or another I have to watch on some level.
However, "This season there have been fewer marquee match-ups early on, while some prominent NFL superstars are missing from the limelight," she said.
For example, NBC's Thursday night kickoff game was a Super Bowl rematch between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers. That might have been a big draw -- but Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning retired after the Super Bowl, and his replacement this year is Trevor Siemian, who was drafted in the seventh round in 2015, and whose only appearance in a game last year involved him taking a knee to end a half.
Then on NBC's opening Sunday night match up, the Arizona Cardinals took on the New England Patriots without Tom Brady, who is suspended for four games due to "Deflategate."
Ratings Deflategate: Why the NFL is down this season
"To summarize Sports
Business Daily: NBC’s three primetime games, which includes the NFL Kickoff game, have averaged 23.7 million viewers, down 12% from the same period last year.
ESPN also is seeing a 12% decline for its three “MNF” games to date. While
CBS CBS +1.41% and NFL Network have only one Thursday night game to date, that lone game (Jets-Bills, 15.4 million viewers) was down 27% compared to the opening “TNF” game last season. Looking at Sunday afternoons, Fox is off (-0.2%) through two weeks, averaging 20.9 million viewers. CBS is averaging 17.3 million viewers through the same point, down 5%.
While some suggest that the drop in ratings may be due to the lack of “marquee” match ups, I don’t buy it. For starters, none of the recent PR debacles, such as drugs, beatings or concussions, created something like
#boycotnfl."
NFL's TV Ratings Continue Slide Amidst National Anthem Protests
Looks like Brady et al. helped to screw things up here too. These players do not realize that if it were not for the public who ultimately pays their salary they would be packing groceries in a supermarket.