Its amazing how many people are lost on this issue.
1) There will be a game on Sunday night
2) Usually they have to announce the week before which game will be flexed, but to assure that in week 17 they take a game with playoff implications, they can wait till 6 days before
3) There is no Monday nighter the last week of the season. Obviously you dont want to give a team one less day than the other to prepare for a playoff game if possible.
4) Now alot of people may not be aware of this, and so its no knock to not know it. But, the Dallas game against Philly CAN NOT be flexed for this reason........Teams CAN play up to 5 primetime games, and ONE team can play SIX primetime games. However, the Eagles play their 5th primetime game tonight, and the Cowboys play their 5th on Saturday night. Therefore it cant be flexed because that would make TWO teams with 6 primetime games....they cant do it. Besides, if our game is for the AFC East title and the loser is out altogether, its a much better choice than Dallas vs. Philly due to A) Division title vs. Wildcard and B) the STORY. Brett Favre, Pennington, the whole thing. Its a great little story. Also NY is a huge market. Its the choice.
Now the one guy is right. If NE wins and the Jets lose this week, they may not take it, because they would be risking the Jets having nothing to play for if NE beats Buffalo during the day on Sunday. If the phins and Jets both win, its a lock to be the flex game.
Same deal for that Philly game anyway. If Atlanta and TB both get to 10 wins, they would be risking Philly having nothing to play for if they made it a Sunday nighter. Should Atlanta and Philly get to 11 wins during the day. BTW, both Atlanta and TB play real easy games the last week, so if they both win this week, its pretty much a lock they get to 11 wins.