Despite scheduling the Steelers-Jets game for Week 1 and Steelers-Packers for “Sunday Night Football” in Week 8, the NFL had no inside information about Aaron Rodgers’ decision at the time of the Pittsburgh schedule’s elaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike North, NFL’s vice president of broadcast and programming, explained on Thursday that the national reputation and the Steelers’ track record were key factors in assigning them prime-time slots, regardless of the quarterback situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t know any more than anyone else,\u201d North stated on a conference call. \u201cThe schedule was built with Coach [Mike] Tomlin and the Steelers in mind, and if Aaron decides to play, it will probably make many, if not all, of the Steelers\u2019 games a little more interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n\nMike North, NFL Vice President of Broadcasting and Programming<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
North acknowledged that the league proactively placed the Steelers-Packers game on “Sunday Night Football” in Week 8, in part because Rodgers’ decision could significantly influence the audience and give a television partner an advantage over others that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\u201cIf you put that game in a time slot where it becomes even bigger, we wouldn\u2019t want to throw one of the partners off balance,\u201d he indicated. \u201cIf it fell on Sunday afternoon, for example, it would become the dominant story of the day. Aaron\u2019s first game against his former team. So we put it in a national time slot. If Aaron is the quarterback, it\u2019s a big story. If Aaron is not the quarterback, it\u2019s still Packers, Steelers ‘Sunday Night Football’ in Week 8. We tried to play it safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\nMike North, Vice President of Broadcasting and Programming for the NFL<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
North also added that, if there had been certainty that Rodgers would play for the Steelers, there might have been an adjustment in the Week 1 game against the Jets, Rodgers’ other former team. The game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET on CBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Including the game against the Packers, the Steelers have four prime-time games scheduled and an additional independent schedule with the game in Ireland against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4. North said this has less to do with the quarterback and more to do with the Steelers’ history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\u201cHis sustained success for over a decade here \u2014coach Tomlin has never had a losing season,\u201d North commented. \u201cThe Steelers are always relevant for the playoffs at the end, and they have a national fan base, so their track record is what justified the national television exposure for them, the same as probably in previous years.\u201d<\/p>\n\nMike North, NFL Vice President of Broadcasting and Programming<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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