Mike Sielski John Mara was right and Jeffrey Lurie missed the point Flexing Thursday night NFL games is madness

PHILADELPHIA — So John Mara, the president and principal owner of the New York Giants, did something the other day that, in the world of the NFL and its warped system of priorities and values, qualified as an act of true bravery. He dared to speak his mind, and speak the truth, about a league proposal to flex games from Sundays to Thursdays: It was a cheap way to try to boost viewership for those midweek games on Amazon. It would put players at greater risk of injury. And it was, in his words, “abusive” to fans who had purchased…