The 2024 NFL season has kicked off, and this week, we get a special Friday Night Football game. The game, a showdown between the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers, will be streamed exclusively on the streaming service Peacock.
With the NFL pushing for more streaming services to be involved, including Netflix and Amazon, why is Friday’s first-ever Brazil game on Peacock?
Why Is the Eagles and Packers Game on Peacock?
The Peacock edition of Friday Night Football will be the first-ever Brazil game. The agreement between Peacock and the NFL came just a year after Amazon Prime Video secured exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football. The success of TNF on Prime was pivotal in the Peacock deal.
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The announcing crew for the game will be the usual NBC Sunday Night Football crew, with Cris Collinsworth and Mike Tirico in the booth. If fans want to watch, they will need to sign up with Peacock’s premium tier, which costs $5.99 a month.
An added benefit of the game on Peacock is that there will be a 40% reduction in total ads for the game. The entire fourth quarter of the game will air commercial-free, giving fans an additional 12 minutes of game coverage.
Although the game is exclusive to Peacock, local fans of both teams will still be able to watch. Additionally, NBC is partnering with EverPass Media to provide games to commercial businesses. This means there is a chance local bars and restaurants might be airing the game. However, if the business uses DIRECTV, they would have to sign up separately.
Key Stats Around the Packers and Eagles
Green Bay Packers
- The Packers shuffled up their kicker situation after five missed PATs last season (their 87.2% conversion rate on extra points was third worst in the league).
- In terms of Passer Rating, Jordan Love was the second-best QB in the NFL when playing with a leaf last season (first: Brock Purdy, third: Dak Prescott).
- Offense: The Packers converted 19 of 20 goal-to-go drives into touchdowns last season.
- Defense: The Packers were third-best last season at generating pressure without blitzing (38.6%, NFL average: 33.3%).
Philadelphia Eagles
- Over the past two seasons, the Eagles are 20-2 through their first 11 games, easily the best mark in the NFL (KC is second at 17-5) … from game 12 on in those seasons, they are 5-7 (the Giants are 5-6-1 in such games over that stretch).
- The majority of Jalen Hurts’ career rushing TDs (22 of 41) have come from the 1-yard line. Over the past 3 seasons, he has more 1-yard TD runs than Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey, and Aaron Jones combined.
- Offense: The Eagles were the run-heaviest red zone team in 2023 (63.8%, no other team was above 59.7%, and the league average was 51.2%).
- Defense: The Eagles were the third-worst defense last season in terms of percentage of passes that resulted in touchdowns (5.4%).