Caleb Harris
If you don’t have a Netflix account, you might want to put one on your Christmas list this year, because it’s starting to look like NFL will deliver two of its biggest games of the season to the streaming company.
According to for Puck News, Netflix is currently in talks to exclusively stream both NFL Christmas games this year. Although the holiday will fall on a Wednesday in 2024 — a day of the week when the NFL almost never schedules a game — the league has already announced that it will be holding two games on December 25 this year.
Netflix is currently the favorite to release these games, although nothing has been signed yet. According to the report, “both sides still need to overcome some obstacles before any agreement is announced.”
The Puck News report comes less than 36 hours after former NFL MVP Boomer Esiason mentioned the possibility of a deal with Netflix on its WFAN radio show.
“Don’t be surprised if the NFL and Netflix go to bed to watch some little football games on Christmas Day,” Esiason said.
Although CBS, Fox and ABC aired a Christmas game last season, the NFL decided to change its plans for 2024. In March, it was reported that the NFL would be putting Christmas games up for bid this year, and it looks like Netflix is about to win that bid.
If Netflix wins the bid, it shouldn’t come as a total surprise, because Roger Goodell made it clear that the NFL was excited about the enormous reach that the league’s streaming partners bring to the table, especially with younger audiences. When asked about the matter last month, the NFL commissioner specifically mentioned Google’s handling of Sunday Ticket and Amazon’s impressive ratings for the company’s 2023 Thursday night package.
“On each of these platforms, the average age of our audience has dropped by eight to 10 years,” said the NFL commissioner. said in the draft. “So that’s where a lot of people are that we need to reach and that’s why we’re investing in this.”
Netflix ramped up its NFL content last year. Not only did the streaming company air the “Quarterback” series in 2023 — a show that followed Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota — but the company also just aired Tom Brady’s live roast.
If Netflix ends up streaming both Christmas games, that means you’ll need some subscriptions if you want to watch every NFL game in 2024. Netflix will be one of four streamers that will exclusively stream at least one game next season. Here’s a look at the other three:
Negotiations with Netflix have reached their limit, which is a big reason for the delay in releasing the schedule. NFL teams expected the schedule to be revealed on May 9, but instead the league postponed the schedule release by May 15th.
