NFL fans instantly fell in love with Wednesday afternoon football and had lots of jokes
It has happened – the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers have finally begun their Week 12 game that was initially scheduled for Thanksgiving Day before being moved to last Sunday, then to yesterday and then finally to today.
Wednesday afternoon football is now a thing and it is, to quote Larry David… pretty, pretty, pretty good.
The Steelers, who deserved better from the NFL during all of this, might not be too happy about how all of this played out with the Ravens and their COVID-19 issues, but fans are loving this new thing of a midweek NFL game.
Twitter had lots of jokes and feelings about this thing:
There’s no tradition quite like the NFL on a Wednesday afternoon.
— Ron Terrell (@RonTerrell) December 2, 2020
Football on a Wednesday, I am not mad.
— Paige Dimakos (@The_SportsPaige) December 2, 2020
It’s a Wednesday afternoon in December and there’s a football game in a mostly empty stadium playing on my TV next to a Christmas tree.
This feels strangely normal
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) December 2, 2020
dentist appointments, school pickup. a last chance to make it to the post office, and Wednesday football at 3:40! life is good.
— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) December 2, 2020
“Welcome to this Wednesday edition of Sunday Night Football” perfect way to sum up the NFL season @NFL @SNFonNBC
— Eric Guanajuato (@eguanajuato21) December 2, 2020
Wednesday Afternoon Football
Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, but I’ll take it! pic.twitter.com/C0dk5MJA6c
— Connor O'Neil (@ConnorRONeil) December 2, 2020
Sunday Night Football, on Wednesday afternoon. When it was originally supposed to be Thursday. Ok. #NFL
— JRSportBrief (@JRSportBrief) December 2, 2020
Wednesday Night Football. I love it pic.twitter.com/xDo62Fpa1v
— Jac Collinsworth (@JacCollinsworth) December 2, 2020
My TV is staring at me with a quizzical look wondering why a football game is coming out of its eyes on a Wednesday afternoon.
— Joe Flint (@JBFlint) December 2, 2020
When the graphic still says Sunday night football… on Wednesday afternoon @SNFonNBC pic.twitter.com/HT5BgZoe2q
— Michael Beck (@MichaelBeck56) December 2, 2020
Wednesday Afternoon Football has all the feels of Thursday Night Football
— Rob Pizzola (@robpizzola) December 2, 2020
I’ve been waiting all week for Thursday Night Football billed as Sunday Night Football on Wednesday afternoon pic.twitter.com/wUCSriaBIu
— Lori (@LoHoFran) December 2, 2020
"How much work are you going to get done for the rest of the afternoon, now that Wednesday Football is on?" pic.twitter.com/jHCkUPm5qO
— Harris Tucker (@Mother_tucker92) December 2, 2020
What Wednesday afternoon football records will be broken today?
— Bob Gilchrist (@RBGilchrist) December 2, 2020
So in December we get Monday night football, Tuesday night football, Wednesday afternoon football, Thursday night football, Friday afternoon football, Saturday and Sunday full days of football.
I’m in.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) November 30, 2020