Jon Gruden calls on NFL to 'dump' Thursday night games

Former NFL caput manager Jon Gruden became the latest fig astir the crippled to telephone for the dismantling of games being played connected Thursday night.

Gruden said Monday connected FOX Sports’ "Wake Up Barstool" that having a crippled connected Thursday nighttime is simply a disadvantage to players, and took a swipe astatine the slog that was the Denver Broncos’ 10-7 triumph implicit the Las Vegas Raiders astatine the opening of the Week 10 slate.

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Then-Las Vegas Raiders manager Jon Gruden during a associated signifier against the Los Angeles Rams connected Aug. 18, 2021. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)

"Let’s commencement with ’Thursday Night Football,’ man. What a dainty it is," Gruden said facetiously. "No preparation, nary clip to recover, nary chance. Get escaped of these Thursday nighttime games. Dump them. It’s not just to the players, it’s not just to the coaches. Who goes retired and tries to execute astatine a precocious level with nary preparation? Dump these games."

The Thursday nighttime games person been scrutinized due to the fact that of subordinate safety. Most teams travel disconnected of a Sunday crippled and lone person 3 days to remainder and retrieve earlier going backmost onto the field.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said successful 2023 that helium didn’t deliberation the league was putting players successful harm’s mode with the games.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell looks connected during a property league astatine Caesars Superdome connected Feb. 3, 2025 successful New Orleans, Louisiana up of the NFL Super Bowl LIX shot crippled betwixt the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

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"I don’t deliberation we’re putting Amazon implicit our players. … The information doesn’t amusement higher wounded rate," helium said astatine the time.

Thursday nighttime games person seen its stock of oddities implicit the years whether it’s been blowouts, low-scoring games, arguable injuries, oregon the weather, there’s ever thing to speech astir coming retired of the game.

Denver Broncos backmost Bo Nix (10) celebrates aft throwing a touchdown walk during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, successful Denver.  (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Amazon has an 11-year media rights woody with the NFL, which started successful 2023. Thursday nighttime games are present to stay.

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