The news that the Dallas Cowboys were being flexed out of a primetime game was met with a complete shock.
In their place was the league flexing the Browns’ matchup with the New York Giants in Week 15 into the Sunday Night Football feature game.
Dallas and San Francisco were originally scheduled to play on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
Jerry Jones shared his reaction to the news on Friday.
“Make no mistake about it,” Jones said Friday on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, “I can tell you firsthand the Cowboys are the premier draw there is out here in television, period.”
The Dallas Cowboys owner continued:
“This is to the Cowboys’ advantage and will be because over the years we’ve had such huge television audience that the ability to flex us and move us around can make a lot of difference,” Jones said. “I’ll be very candid with you. Some of the biggest ratings we’ve ever had have been on Sunday afternoon. And, so, that’s not a bad strategy to put the Cowboys in a potentially lesser slot, i.e. prime time, and have more eyeballs watch the NFL.”
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The Cowboys are currently 3-9 as they face the Bengals on Sunday.
