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Thursday Night Football

Amazon's Thursday Night Football logo

NFL owners make big decision about ‘Thursday Night Football’

NFL owners have approved another change to “Thursday Night Football” that they are hopeful will help improve a product that has been lacking in recent year. At the NFL owners meetings on Monday, team owners passed a resolution that will …

Amazon's Thursday Night Football logo

NFL flexes ‘Thursday Night Football’ game for first time ever

The NFL has flexed a “Thursday Night Football” game for the first time in league history. On Friday, the NFL announced that the Week 16 game between the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers has been flexed to “Thursday Night …

Browns and Steelers players

Wild video of snow coming down in Steelers-Browns ‘TNF’ game goes viral

This week’s “Thursday Night Football” viewers may have briefly thought that something was wrong with the picture signal. The division rival Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns met Thursday for a game that was played amid heavy …

Amazon had too much Taylor Swift on the mind for ‘Thursday Night Football’

Taylor Swift was not present in the crowd during the Week 8 edition of “Thursday Night Football.” Perhaps Amazon wished she were based on a recent social media post. Prime Video broadcasted the Buffalo Bills-Tampa Bay Buccaneers matchup …

Amazon football set

Amazon made embarrassing mistake while talking about Josh Allen

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was featured on Amazon’s NFL broadcast on Thursday. The moment was surprising because the Bills were not playing in the game. The Jacksonville Jaguars took on the New Orleans Saints in Week 7 of …

Jason Kelce at the Pro Bowl

Jason Kelce has unusual take on ‘Thursday Night Football’

Ask most NFL players and the general consensus is that “Thursday Night Football” is a very unpopular institution. Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jason Kelce, however, does not feel that way at all. In a new episode of the Kelce …

Al Michaels on the field

Al Michaels shares strong opinion on ‘Thursday Night Football’ schedule

Some of the worst games of the 2022 NFL season were played on ‘Thursday Night Football,’ and that had as much to do with the participants as it did with teams playing on short rest. Al Michaels seems to think things will be different this …

Roger Goodell at the podium

Roger Goodell responds to Patrick Mahomes’ critical tweet

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was among the NFL players critical of the league’s “Thursday Night Football” decision, and commissioner Roger Goodell is trying to respond to that narrative. Mahomes reacted critically …

JJ Watt looks on

JJ Watt speaks out against ‘Thursday Night Football’ change

The NFL is hoping to make “Thursday Night Football” games subject to flex scheduling next season, and JJ Watt is among a growing list of people who think the change would be a terrible idea. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and most team owners believe …

Marshawn Lynch in a beanie

Marshawn Lynch lands TV gig despite recent arrest

Marshawn Lynch generated some negative headlines with his latest arrest two months ago, but that was not enough to stop the former NFL star from landing a broadcasting gig. Marie Donoghue, Amazon’s vice president of Global Sports Video, said on the …

Charissa Thompson at the Super Bowl

Report: Charissa Thompson could land new NFL broadcasting role

Amazon is still in the process of acquiring on-air talent for its inaugural season as the exclusive provider of “Thursday Night Football,” and Charissa Thompson could be added to the fold next. Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports …

Christian McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey blames NFL schedule for his injury

Christian McCaffrey thinks he knows what was most responsible for his Week 3 hamstring injury. McCaffrey said Thursday that he “definitely” thinks having to play a Thursday game was a factor in his injury, suggesting that the short week …

Roger Goodell

Here is why there is no Thursday Night Football today

NFL fans have grown accustomed to not having to wait a week between games thanks to “Thursday Night Football,” but they will not have that luxury this week. The NFL has had to make several changes to its schedule this season because of …

Todd Gurley: Thursday Night Football games are ‘dumbest thing ever’

The Los Angeles Rams are 3-1 after losing Sunday at home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 55-40, and they face a short week as they travel to Seattle on Thursday. One person who definitely is not happy about the trip is Todd Gurley. The Rams running back …

NFL announces ‘Thursday Night Football’ is moving to FOX

There has been a lot of talk this season about potentially doing away with “Thursday Night Football” for safety reasons, but we all knew the NFL wasn’t going to turn down the chance to make hundreds of millions of dollars each year. …

FOX reportedly set to win bidding for ‘Thursday Night Football’

“Thursday Night Football” will have a new home next season. Multiple reports said on Tuesday night that FOX is expected to win the bidding for Thursday Night Football. Bloomberg said that FOX’s bid is for more money than CBS and NBC …

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