The NFL flexing ‘Thursday Night Football’ games is bad news for fans with non-refundable flights and hotel rooms.

One of the biggest midseason scheduling changes in NFL history is taking place next month. On Friday, the NFL announced the Week 16 game between the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals will be flexed out of "Thursday Night Football" and replaced with the Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers.

The league decided to make this change due to the Browns and Bengals being at the bottom of the NFL standings. Cleveland holds a record of 3-8 after they took down the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday Night Football yesterday.

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The Week 16 matchup between the Broncos and Chargers will now be played on Thursday Night Football, taking the place of Browns-Bengals.

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But the Bengals' NFL Week 16 game against the Cleveland Browns, currently scheduled for Amazon Prime's Thursday Night Football on December 19, was flexed Friday to Sunday, December 22, on Fox. The Thursday night game will be the Los Angeles Chargers against the Denver Broncos.

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The NFL made history last week by flexing the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Denver Broncos Week 16 game from Sunday, December 22, to Thursday, December 19. While the league provided 28 days' notice—significantly more than the usual 12-day flex window—the change left many fans frustrated.