Tonights game pits the 1-7 Panthers against the 2-7 Bears. I for one am incredibly excited because I believe TNF is about watching bad football.
My favorite TNF game of all time was the WK 14 2013 game pitting an awful Texans squad against my own awful Jaguars. Jaguars would go on to win an incredibly ugly and penalty filled (22 of them) 27-20 with Matt Schaub, Case Keenum, Chad Henne, and MJD putting on a show for a national audience that probably went to bad that night with the same feeling as you would have after going minor league hockey game.
What are some other wonderfully awful TNF Matchups that we can remember?
No one else is gonna mention the Cardinals v Rams game from 2014? We saw the All Time QB Battle between Shaun Hill and Ryan Lindley. The three QBs who play got a combined passer rating of 61.75. The Rams leading rusher had 33 yards. Final score: 12-6.
It was probably the worst display of professional athletics I’ve ever seen.