This is where the NFL flex scheduling rules suck CBS automatically gets to protect Chiefs/Broncos and Browns/Steelers because the first game did not air on their network, so it can’t be that FOX automatically gets to protect Lions/Vikings because the second game is on SNF and won’t air on their network, so it can’t be that CBS will protect Bills/Ravens as their one game FOX will protect Jets/Raiders as their one game That means you’re stuck with only 6 possible options for the flex, where of those 6, the best option is Colts vs Jaguars, and spoiler alert, they’re not flexing out an NFC East rivalry for Colts/Jags There are way too many protections baked in