The National Football League on Monday approved flex scheduling for Thursday games in weeks 13-17, but it seems unlikely the Green Bay Packers will be affected this season.
In reality, because the league also agreed to allow unscheduled week 18 games to include Thursdays as well as Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, the flex scheduling includes weeks 13-18, more than one-third of the total schedule.
On the plus side, for this season at least, Packers fans are less likely to be involved in flexing. Teams cannot be made to play more than two Thursday nights in a season, they cannot be made to flex more than once, and the Thursday night flexing can be used only twice in a season total.