Through the first 11 weeks of the season, the NFL still hasn't flexed a single game and that streak will continue into Week 12, because the deadline has already passed for flexing a game next week. That means the first time we could see a game get flexed this year will come in Week 13 and the NFL should give some serious thought to pulling the trigger on a schedule change.
It won't be easy to flex a game that week because it's Thanksgiving, which means there are four games that can't be moved (The three Thanksgiving games plus the Black Friday game). However, a flex would still make a lot of sense.
Before we get to that, though, let's take a look at the rules for flex scheduling :
Sunday night flexing: The NFL can flex up to two games between Weeks 5-10. For Weeks 11 thru 17, the

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