The special in-person edition of Football Night in America begins at 2 p. m. ET on NBC and Peacock with Ford Field’s Full Studio team.
Battle of the former No. 1 overall picks with Jared Goff (2016) vs. Baker Mayfield (2018)
STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 17, 2024 – Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions host Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Division Playoffs from Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, this Sunday, Jan. 21 at 3 p. m. ET on NBC, Peacock and Universo. La coverage begins with a special on-site edition of Football Night in America at 2 p. m. ET on NBC and Peacock, with the entire studio at Ford Field.
The NFC North champion Lions (13-5) won their first playoff game since the 1991 season, beating the Los Angeles Rams, 24-23, on Sunday. The Buccaneers (10-8), NFC South champions for three straight years and winners of six of their seven games, beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 32-9, on Monday.
The groups met in Week 6, with Detroit beating Tampa Bay, 20-6, at Raymond James Stadium. Goff threw for a season-high 353 yards and two touchdowns in the win, while Mayfield threw for 206 yards. Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had a career-high 12 catches for 124 yards and a touchdown.
The Lions and Buccaneers were departmental rivals in the NFC Central from 1977 to 2001 before the groups were split into NFC North and NFC South, respectively. In those 24 seasons, the two groups met only once in the playoffs: a 20-10 victory over the Buccaneers’ wild-card in the 1997 season in the franchise’s final game at Tampa Stadium.
In the Detroit Wild Card’s win over the Rams, Goff threw for 277 yards and an opposite landing to his former team, while the running back duo of David and rookie Jahmyr Gibbs all rushed for a landing. Rookie All-Pro tight end Sam LaPorta one-timed the next All-Pro tight end, Sam LaPorta, scored a landing while All-Pro St. Brown added 110 yards on seven catches. Detroit had five players named to the 2023 AP All-Pro team: first-team wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and they’ll face Penei Sewell and second-team tight end Sam LaPorta, middle Frank Ragnow and special groups Jalen Reeves-Maybin.
In their wild-card win over the Eagles, Mayfield, in his third career playoff start, threw for 337 yards and 3 touchdowns, becoming the first Buccaneers quarterback to throw for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns in a playoff game. Mayfield distributed the ball to nine other receivers, with tight end Cade Otton leading the receiving offense with 89 yards on 8 receptions, while Mike Evans, who was named to the third team All-Pro of his career this season, had 48 yards on 3 catches. the playoffs in each of the last 4 seasons, winning at least one playoff game in 3 of the 4 appearances, adding a victory in Super Bowl LV. Tampa Bay had two players named to 2023 AP All-Pro teams: first-team guard Antoine Winfield Jr. and second-team wide receiver Mike Evans.
Mike Tirico will call up the Buccaneers-Lions along with 17-time Emmy Award winner Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark and Kaylee Hartung (supporting reporters). Terry McAulay, a three-time Super Bowl umpire, will serve as a regulation analyst.
NBC Sports’ Sunday policy is led by coordinating producer Rob Hyland and director Drew Esocoff; Sam Flood is the executive producer and president of NBC Sports Production and Fred Gaudelli is the executive producer of NBC Sports NFL policy. SNF has won a record 11 sports Emmy Awards for outstanding sports series.
Sunday’s edition of Football Night in America features host Ahmed Fareed, former NFL head coach Jason Garrett, three-time Super Bowl champion Devin McCourty, former NFL quarterback Chris Simms, NFL pundit Mike Florio and fantasy sports industry pioneer Matthew Berry, co-host. Jac Collinsworth, two-time Super Bowl champion Rodney Harrison and Hall of Fame head coach Tony Dungy report from Ford Field.
Football Night has been the most-watched studio sports showcase since its debut in 2006. The coordinating producer of FNIA is Matt Casey. La FNIA is directed through Kaare Numme.
NBC SPORTS’ SUPER WILD CARD WEEKEND UNVEILING REACHES SEVERAL MILESTONES
In the fourth-coldest game in NFL history, two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 26-7 victory over the Miami Dolphins in front of more than 71,000 cheering fans. It’s the NFL’s first exclusively live-streamed playoff game. . . the Peacock-exclusive AFC Wild Card Game.
The game set records for the most streamed live event in US history and led to the Internet’s highest usage in the US in a single day and the largest web event in history, consuming the 30% of the game’s web traffic. The event reached 27. 6 million in total. viewers, according to Nielsen, and led Peacock to its biggest day ever in terms of usage, engagement and viewership time, with a record 16. 3 million concurrent devices. For more information, click here.
On Sunday night, the Detroit Lions’ 24-23 win over the Los Angeles Rams on NBC and Peacock averaged 36. 0 million viewership across all platforms, with 32. 1 million viewership on NBC, making it the most-watched primetime television telecast since Super Bowl LVII. on Fox in February, according to Nielsen’s official national data tradition. For more information, click here.
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL DELIVERS BEST VIEWERSHIP SINCE 2015 & PACING TO BE PRIMETIME’S #1 SHOW FOR UNPRECEDENTED 13TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
Sunday Night Football concluded the 2023 season in the best of all primetime TV series and once again on track to finish as the number one primetime TV show across all key metrics for an unprecedented thirteenth year in a row.
Sunday Night Football averaged an overall viewership (TAD) of 21. 4 million viewers for the 2023 season — the show’s viewership since 2015 and an 8% increase over last season (19. 9 million), according to official live and same-day national data released via Nielsen. and numeracy of Adobe Analytics. For more information, click here.
Peacock offers a diversity of sports chat content for NFL enthusiasts on the NBC Sports channel, which can be streamed for free. Shows include Brother from Another, as well as The Dan Patrick Show, PFT Live, PFT PM, Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry, The Peter King Podcast and Chris Simms Unbuttoned.
To learn more about the NFL on Peacock and add how to watch and sign up, click here.
NBCSPORTS.COM & NBC SPORTS APP TO LIVE STREAM ALL NBC NFL GAMES
NBCSports. com and the NBC Sports app will deliver live politics to desktop, mobile, tablet and connected TVs via authentication, offering consumers additional pricing to their subscription service and making content available to MVPD consumers. High quality inside and out. of doors of the house and on all platforms. Full HD quality video streaming will come directly from NBC broadcasts. NBCSports. com and the NBC Sports app are available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store and Apple TV. , Amazon Fire, Samsung smart TVs, Xbox and Chromecast.
TELEMUNDO DEPORTES TO PRESENT NBC’S FULL SUNDAY NIGHT SOCCER SCHEDULE, INCLUDING THE PLAYOFFS
Telemundo Deportes will once again offer the exclusive Spanish-language policy of the entire NBC Sunday Night Football package with 20 regular-season games, adding the NFL’s inaugural game, 18 regular-season games of Sunday Night Football and the annual Thanksgiving game, broadcast on Telemundo. Telemundo Deportes will feature 4 playoff games, adding one departmental playoff game and 3 wild-card playoff games. NBC Sports’ NFL games this season will also be available to watch live via TelemundoDeportes. com and the Telemundo Deportes app.
Telemundo Deportes’s SNF announce team consists of Emmy-award winning sports journalist and play-by-play announcer Miguel Gurwitz and former Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman Rolando Cantu this season with Ariana Figuera serving as analyst and supporting pre- and post-game studio coverage. Emmy-nominated Ana Jurka joins the team as host.
PETER KING’S NFL COLUMN “FOOTBALL MORNING IN AMERICA” BEGINS EVERY MONDAY EXCLUSIVELY ON NBCSPORTS. COM
A new “Football Morning in America” will be released every Monday morning exclusively on NBCSports. com. In May 2019 it was announced that King had signed an exclusive deal with NBC Sports Group that included writing a weekly Monday morning NFL column for NBCSports. . com; make regular appearances on PFT Live with Mike Florio; and continue contributing to Football Night in America, the most-watched studio sports program. The Peter King podcast airs weekly on Peacock on Thursdays at 6pm.
CHRIS SIMMS DESBOTÓNICO
NBC Sports’ Chris Simms takes a look at everything happening in the NFL and the world of sports. Along with a rotation of NBC Sports hosts, adding Ahmed Fareed and Paul Burmeister, Chris Simms Unbuttoned takes an in-depth look at the NFL with X. and bone analysis; individual interviews with players, coaches and managers; and summaries and a review of the game. The presentation will be available to stream on Peacock on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and can also be obtained as a podcast here.
FANTASY FOOTBALL HAPPY HOUR WITH MATTHEW BERRY
Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry, NBC Sports’ fantasy football and sports betting show, airs this Thursday at noon ET on Peacock. Fantasy Football Happy Hour looks at the most interesting topics about fantasy football and sports betting and is co-hosted by Jay Croucher. and features research and recommendations from repeat visitors, such as NBC Sports’ Chris Simms, Mike Florio and Peter King, NBC Sports EDGE’s Denny Carter, Pat Daugherty, Vaughn Dalzell, Lawrence Jackson and more. The show, available on all major podcast platforms. and via NBC Sports Audio on SiriusXM Radio, it features fantasy football leaderboards, start/sit suggestions, waiver tips, futures bets, player props and more.
ROTOMONDE
Rotoworld, the leading source for fantasy football news and information, offers a comprehensive fantasy football and betting policy for the 2023 NFL season on NBC Sports platforms. The 2023 Fantasy Football Draft Guide, featuring the industry’s most comprehensive player profiles, ratings, and projections, as well as Matthew Berry’s annual ‘100 Facts’ article and more exclusive content from Rotoworld’s team of expert analysts are available now. Click here for more information.
PFT LIVE – WEEKDAYS AT 7 A. M. AND IN THE PEACOCK
Mike Florio and co-host Chris Simms bring enthusiasts the latest NFL news and player and coach interviews every weekday morning with PFT Live streaming live on Peacock at 7 p. m. ET. Peter King also regularly contributes to PFT Live’s policy during the season.
The two-hour PFT Live is known for offering insider data and in-depth research from an independent perspective. The screen covers the latest league news, breaks down reports and rumors and features interviews with players, coaches and executives.
PODCAS
NBC Sports’ football podcasts feature full weekly offerings from NBC Sports’ most popular personalities and feature special guests, exclusive interviews, and in-depth conversations on all things soccer on The Peter King Podcast, Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry, Chris Simms Unbuttoned, PFT. PM and Rotoworld Football Show, as well as school football on B1G. Talk to Todd and Noah and Go B1G or Go Home. While The Peter King Podcast features intimate conversations with the NFL’s most no-nonsense players, Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry is NBC Sports’ daily fantasy sports betting show, Chris Simms Unbuttoned and PFT PM dive into in-depth conversations about ultimate sanity in sports and Rotoworld. The Football Show explores the fantastic implications for fans. New episodes of NBC Sports podcasts can be downloaded weekly on all major podcast platforms, including: NBCSports. com/podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and iHeart.
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