Wednesday NFL games: coming to you this Christmas [View all]
NFL games on Christmas Day remain the gifts that keep on giving for the league, and that will continue in 2024 with two matchups despite the holiday falling on a Wednesday, it was announced.
Matchups for the games, which will include teams that play on the previous Saturday to account for the recovery window, have yet to be determined.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday games "will not be a regular thing" and that the league has not seen an elevation of injuries from playing mid-week games.
MORE: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39813658/sources-nfl-play-christmas-day-wednesday-2024
The reason is a no-brainer if your thing is money: ESPN's Ravens-49ers Christmas night telecast in 2023 had more than 27.2 million viewers, making it the second most-watched "Monday Night Football" game since 1996.
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