NBC’s Sunday Night Football features the Green Bay Packers traveling to take on the Minnesota Vikings, as both teams are one game out of a playoff spot. The two teams enter the week tied with the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints at 7-8, while the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks occupy the final two Wild Card spots in the NFC.
In Week 16, the Packers needed a late field goal and defensive stop to defeat the Carolina Panthers and end a two-game losing streak. Meanwhile, the Vikings have lost four of five games after a five-game winning streak. Depending on the results earlier in the day, the loser of this game could be eliminated from NFL playoff contention.
Kickoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
When Does NBC’s Coverage Start?
Ahmed Fareed will host Football Night in America, which kicks off NBC’s pregame coverage at 7 p.m. ET. Former head coaches Tony Dungy and Jason Garrett and former players Devin McCourty, Chris Simms, and Rodney Harrison will provide analysis. Maria Taylor, who is the show’s regular host, is on maternity leave.
NFL insider Mike Florio, fantasy sports expert Matthew Berry, and Jac Collinsworth are also on the show.
Who Are the Game Announcers for Packers-Vikings?
Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth are in the booth, while Melissa Stark is reporting on the sideline and Terry McAulay is the rules analyst.
Tirico is in his second season as the play-by-play announcer for Sunday Night Football. He joined NBC in 2012 after spending 25 years at ESPN and was the Monday Night Football play-by-play announcer for 10 seasons.
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Collinsworth is in his 15th season providing game analysis for Sunday Night Football. He has won 17 Emmy awards, including stops at HBO, FOX, and the NFL Network. Collinsworth played wide receiver for eight seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, from 1981 to 1988, and made three Pro Bowls. He also played on two teams that made the Super Bowl.
Stark is in her second season as a sideline reporter for NBC. Along with NBC, she worked for ESPN and the NFL Network during her career.
McAulay joined NBC as a rules analyst in 2018 after 20 years as an on-field NFL official. He was a referee for 17 seasons and was assigned to the Super Bowl three times.
Milestone Broadcast for Melissa Stark
Melissa Stark covered an NFL game as a sideline reporter for the 100th time last Saturday in Los Angeles. The Packers are a good team for Game 101 because she has been a sideline reporter for 12 Green Bay games — the most of any team.
Stark started as an NFL sideline reporter for ABC’s Monday Night Football for three seasons, from 2000 to 2002. There, she was part of the broadcast team for Super Bowl XXXVII between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders.
Before joining NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Stark worked at the NFL Network for over a decade and was a sideline reporter for 11 games from 2018 to 2021.
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