NFL eyeing possible schedule change with Sunday night flex in Week 8, but league doesn’t have a lot of options

You don't usually see a prime-time game get flexed during the first half of the season, but that might actually happen this year.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the NFL is considering whether to flex the Eagles-Commanders game out of Sunday night in Week 8. The NFL loves to put NFC East teams in prime time because of the markets involved, but with the Eagles at 2-3 and the Commanders at 1-3-1, the league might not want to keep the matchup there.

Under NFL rules, any flex for Week 8 has to be announced at least 12 days in advance, so the league has until Oct. 20 to make a decision. That means both teams will get to play one more game before the league decides whether to flex the matchup. The Eagles are hosting the Panthers this week while the Commanders are traveling to San Francisco to face the 49ers on Monday night.

If the Commanders lose to the undefeated 49ers, that would drop them to 1-4-1, and since they have a bye in Week 7, that means Washington would go into the Sunday night game with just one win and the NFL would likely prefer not to see…

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