Sunday Schedule Shuffle

By Chris Ariens 

This should make Greta happy.

The NFL has changed the start times of two upcoming games. On Nov. 1, the Giants-Eagles game is moved up to 1pmET while the Vikings-Packers game moves to 4:15pmET.

The NFL says they flipped the start times “due to logistical issues in Philadelphia should the Philadelphia Phillies be in the World Series.”

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But this will also gives more national exposure to the Packers-Vikings match-up with longtime Packers QB Brett Favre now playing for the Vikings. When the two teams played their first NFC North game this season, on ESPN’s Monday Night Football, it was the highest rated cable program ever.

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