Pats-Dolphins flexed out.

For the second straight year, the Patriots have had a game "flexed" out of the Sunday Night Football slot (8:20 p.m. on NBC).

The NFL announced today that the power of Brett Favre has commanded them to move next Sunday's game between the Vikings and Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz., to the 8:20 slot. The Patriots' game at Miami will move to 1 p.m., and will be televised by CBS.

Last year, the Patriots' game at Seattle was moved out of the late slot because it was not a Brady-vs.-Hasselbeck meeting.

I know of at least one fan who's happy about this, because he's brining his 9-year-old son to Miami for the game and will be much happier about getting the kid into bed at a much earlier hour than the late game would have allowed.