nfl network is awesome, but the thursday games aren't even close to the best reason. each week they replay 2 of the best games of the past sunday so if the game wasn't on in your area you can check it out. on top of all of that, i can pick any game of the week and watch in a consolidated fashion to watch all the action/important plays, as well as doing the same thing with any local team's game from any point in the season. it's great, costs 3 bucks/month more & comes with 5 other sports channels, including nba tv
also, i'm not poor or a jew so that may also help