Packers-Rams set as NFL’s first Thanksgiving Eve game
The Green Bay Packers will go to the Los Angeles Rams within the NFL’s first Thanksgiving Eve game, the league introduced Wednesday.
The game will happen on Nov. 25 at 8 pm ET and will likely be streamed on Netflix.
It was additionally introduced Wednesday that the Netflix will air the “NFL Honors” present throughout Super Bowl week, the place the NFL’s particular person awards and Pro Football Hall inductees are introduced.
Netflix will even televise the Week 1 game between the San Francisco 49ers and Rams that will likely be performed in Melbourne, Australia. The game will air on Thursday evening, Sept. 10, within the United States however will truly happen on Friday morning in Melbourne on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Netflix will even air two video games on Christmas Day and a Saturday 1 pm ET game in Week 18. The streaming service can have 5 regular-season video games as nicely as the “NFL Honors” by means of 2029. The announcement was made throughout its upfront presentation to advertisers.
In addition, Netflix’s “Quarterback” sequence will return for a 3rd season starting July 14, the streamer introduced, with the 2025 seasons of the Washington Commanders‘ Jayden Daniels, Tennessee Titans‘ Cam Ward, Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ Baker Mayfield and Cincinnati Bengals‘ Joe Flacco to be chronicled.
The added game on the week of Thanksgiving means there will likely be 5 stand-alone video games that week earlier than the common Sunday slate. The league has performed three video games on Thanksgiving Day since 2006 and added a Black Friday game in 2023.
The NFL has already introduced two of the Thanksgiving Day video games, revealing Monday that the Dallas Cowboys will host the Philadelphia Eagles at 4:30 pm (televised by Fox) and saying Thursday that the Detroit Lions will host the Chicago Bears at 1 pm (CBS).
The full 2026 regular-season schedule will likely be introduced Thursday at 8 pm ET. A two-hour primetime particular will air on ESPN.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.