Playoff games on MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, first time ever . Jan 17, 2022, 8:15 pm.
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The NFL playoffs aren't going to limit their games to the weekend anymore.
ESPN and the NFL reached a five-year deal, starting this season, to present a wild-card game on Monday night. The network announced that with a news release. There has never been a scheduled NFL playoff game for prime time outside of Saturday or Sunday.
There will be a Manningcast for it too. ESPN and ABC will have the normal broadcast with Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Louis Riddick in the booth, with Lisa Salters and John Parry contributing. ESPN2 will have Peyton and Eli Manning in their instantly popular alternate broadcast that started this season. The game will also be on ESPN Deportes.
It's another way for the NFL to expand playoff coverage. The league added two playoff teams last season, and that meant two triple-headers on Saturday and Sunday. That was fun but extending the playoffs to a third night will give the NFL more visibility.
The Monday night wild-card playoff game will run through the end of the 2025 season, at least. The first game under the new agreement will be Jan. 17, 2022, kicking off at 8:15 p.m. ET.
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Seems like a tough turnaround for the winner. You could play on Saturday or Sunday the same week.
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There have been Monday afternoon playoff games in 1983 because of Christmas that year but this is the first playoff games exclusively on MNF.
AND January 17 starting at 8:15 might be a really cold game wrapping up around midnight.
And just for the record the 1955 Championship game was on a Monday afternoon.
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Seems like a tough turnaround for the winner. You could play on Saturday or Sunday the same week.
Seems like a tough turnaround for the winner. You could play on Saturday or Sunday the same week.
True. This is all about making more money on TV. On the plus side for us football ? nuts it's another primetime game.
It will be a Manningcast too,. I haven't tried that yet.
But it might be a tough game for the players.......or entertainers....... take your pick.
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