For the first Amazon Black Friday game, the NFL had a lot of choices from its scheduling computers.
For the first Amazon game on Black Friday, the NFL had a lot of choices from its scheduling computers.Aaron Rodgers’ Jets hosting their long-time rivals“It kind of felt right, being in New York, the retail capital of the world on the biggest retail day,” NFL vice president of broadcast planning, Mike North, told The Post.The Bengals actually raised their hand to host the inaugural game and the NFL considered a clash with their rival Steelers.
“We are thrilled with such a strong historical matchup and excited to kick off the holiday season in N.Y. and start a new Thanksgiving weekend tradition,” said Marie Donoghue, Amazon vice president of global sports video. “We looked at schedules with the Jets on Thanksgiving,” North said. “We looked at schedules with the Eagles, the Giants, the Commanders and the Seahawks, there were a lot of good options for Thanksgiving.” North didn’t say who will actually be in the Turkey Day games, but the matchups will be announced on Thursday, and expect a lot of national games for both the Jets and Giants.
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