First time NFL has given rights for Thursday night games for more than a year.
11 games a year - from week 4 til week 15 simulcasted on NFL network, NFL network will get 7 games exclusively on their network but they will be produced by Fox.
Week 1 thursday night game(season opener) and the Thanksgiving night game will stay with NBC.
Fox is also maintaining its sunday afternoon games as well.
Supposedly the thursday night games will be sponsored by Bud Light - but no specifics on how long that deal is going.
Edit to add - reported deal from Fox was $550 million a year to get Thursday games
11 games a year - from week 4 til week 15 simulcasted on NFL network, NFL network will get 7 games exclusively on their network but they will be produced by Fox.
Week 1 thursday night game(season opener) and the Thanksgiving night game will stay with NBC.
Fox is also maintaining its sunday afternoon games as well.
Supposedly the thursday night games will be sponsored by Bud Light - but no specifics on how long that deal is going.
Edit to add - reported deal from Fox was $550 million a year to get Thursday games
