Once upon a time, Thursday Night Football was a relative afterthought for the NFL. Shown on NFL Network exclusively for years and often the domain of middling teams, it always took second fiddle to pro football's traditional Sunday and Monday windows.
That may be changing in the near future. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hinted Wednesday afternoon that the advent of Monday Night Football flex scheduling in 2023 had the potential to open the door for Thursday Night Football flex scheduling.
“Not today," Goodell said of Thursday flex scheduling, "but it’ll certainly be something that’s on our horizon.”