When you look at today's games... Panthers-Rams, Titans-Patriots... Titans-Patriots would probably be the bigger ratings grabber, meaning more money for the NFL.
The Rams play in a dome... the Pats play outdoors... the game time temperature for tonight's pats game is expected to be around 0... with wind chills of 15 below or more. Now I know it's not exactly gonna be balmy out in New England at 4 or 1... but it'll be a good 8-10 degrees warmer, plus the sun will be out. And obviously, even if it's the exact same temperature, you'd rather have it 0 degrees and sunny than 0 degrees at night.
The NFL could've easily had the Pats game at 4... or even at 1... and the Rams game, the indoor game, at night.
The Rams play in a dome... the Pats play outdoors... the game time temperature for tonight's pats game is expected to be around 0... with wind chills of 15 below or more. Now I know it's not exactly gonna be balmy out in New England at 4 or 1... but it'll be a good 8-10 degrees warmer, plus the sun will be out. And obviously, even if it's the exact same temperature, you'd rather have it 0 degrees and sunny than 0 degrees at night.
The NFL could've easily had the Pats game at 4... or even at 1... and the Rams game, the indoor game, at night.