Netflix will be the exclusive host of this year’s Christmas Day NFL match-ups, the streaming giant confirmed on TK.
So what we’re going to do is play [some games] on Saturday of Week 16, and then come back and play a couple of games on Christmas Day on Wednesday.”
Explaining this year’s Christmas Day double-header, Hans Schroeder, the NFL’s EVP of media distribution, said in March, “When we saw the viewership from this past year, really our fans spoke.
With Christmas landing on a Wednesday this year, only two games will be played, whereas last Dec. 25 (a Monday) the league gifted fans with three.