December 28 is the 66th anniversary of “The Biggest Sport Ever Performed” — a 23-17 extra time victory for the Baltimore Colts over the New York Giants within the 1958 NFL Championship Sport at Yankee Stadium.
Maybe not-so-coincidentally, the Giants will host the now-Indianapolis Colts on that very weekend and the sport was left open to flex chance.
Three of the Week 17 video games shall be performed on that Saturday, the twenty eighth, however Giants-Colts is not going to be one among them.
With the Giants at 2-12 and tied for final within the league (Las Vegas Raiders), the NFL has opted in opposition to flexing New York into the Saturday slot to have fun stated anniversary.
As an alternative, the Giants will host the Colts at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, December 29 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Had issues been totally different, maybe the NFL would have leaned into the Giants-Colts anniversary however with the Giants 0-8 at dwelling and followers flying protest banners over the stadium, they thought higher of it.
With a loss, the Giants would grow to be the primary group in historical past to lose 9 dwelling video games in a single season. It will even be simply the second time in franchise historical past the group went winless at dwelling.
