NFL saves America from another Jets primetime game with latest move

Not only have NY Jets had to watch their team limp to a very poor 3-6 start to the 2024 season, but they have watched this nauseating slop along with the entire country due to the inordinate number of primetime games the team found themselves in.

While the Jets have won two primetime games this year, one of them was a non-competitive affair against a very bad New England Patriots team, and the other was a win against the Houston Texans that featured one of the worst first halves in any football game yet devised by man. The Jets also choked against the Bills, lost narrowly to the Vikings, and got torched by the Steelers in primetime.

The Jets were in line to take on an equally tough-to-stomach Indianapolis Colts team helmed by Joe Flacco in Week 11. Instead, this game will turn into a Sunday matinee at 1:00 p.m. as the league tries to get the Jets off everyone's television set.

The NFL has officially flexed the Jets-Colts game out of primetime. Despite another Bills-Chiefs instant classic in the making being on the schedule, the league decided to flex Joe Burrow' Cincinnati Bengals and Justin Herbert's Los Angeles Chargers into the late window.

NFL saves America from NY Jets by flexing Colts SNF game

The Jets are a puzzling 3-6 team, having overcome some untimely injuries, serious organizational upheavel, and horrendous coaching moments from both Robert Saleh and Jeff Ulbrich. The less the nation sees of this team in primetime, the better for everyone involved.

Indianapolis, meanwhile, could be even more chaotic at 4-5. After the Colts allegedly made a win-now move to bench struggling former No. 4 pick Anthony Richardson, former Jets quarterback Flacco stunk it up against the Minnesota Vikings. Flacco vs. Rodgers, which will put the combined age of the two quarterbacks at 79, may not be thrilling television.

This game could decide if the Jets' season is worth salvaging or not. With two more games before the buy against Indianapolis and the red-hot Arizona Cardinals the week before, the Jets could go into the bye with a 5-6 record and a puncher's shot at the postseason or a 3-8 record that will have fans asking for next year to start.

Regardless, Jets fans and Colts fans can agree this game is better left to the 1:00 p.m. slate. No one needs to see these two messes try to screw up fewer times than the opponent.