2026 NFL schedule | AFC Record Predictions | NFC Record Predictions | Conor Orr’s Best Games Prime-time games give the NFL the opportunity to spotlight the league’s top teams, rivalries and star players nationally. A good team is rewarded with more prime-time games while a team that is expected to be bad might not play in any prime-time contests, since the league changed the rule which previously mandated every team had to play at least in once in prime-time. These games, like any, have their pros and cons. While a prime-time game allows a team to showcase its squad and star players, it also comes with a short week, a long night and a disruption in their schedule. More than anything, however, a prime-time game is an honor as it predicts which teams will be good the following season. For the teams that do not receive any prime-time matchups, they do not get the opportunity to showcase their team nationally.…