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In the late 2000s, the NFL’s media bigwigs realized that football fans loved their fantasy teams but disliked both commercial breaks and doing too much thinking on Sunday afternoons. Enter the NFL RedZone channel, one of the savviest things anyone’s ever put on TV. The paid add-on service has moved around various homes over the years, but it’s had a few constants. One is that every Sunday, it broadcasts whip-around coverage of all games between 1 p.m. and roughly 7 p.m. Eastern time, making it perfect for checking out one’s fantasy players. (Sports betting has been another boon to RedZone.) The other is that since at least 2013 and probably further back, RedZone’

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