On Thursday, NFL Network airs the beginning of Week 11 in the National Football League with an intriguing matchup between the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos in the Mile High City. Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock and Alex Flanagan will be your game announcers. Rich Eisen hosts the pre and postgame shows live from Denver. Kara Henderson is your studio host from Los Angeles. Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci and Michael Irvin are among the thousands of analysts utilized for Thursday Night Football
NFL Network provides the particulars, the details on each program leading to and after the game, plus the personnel you’ll see on your television provided your cable or satellite provider has the channel.
Here’s the press release.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011 — 8:00 PM ET
NEW YORK JETS AT DENVER BRONCOS ON NFL NETWORKDenver QB Tim Tebow Sit Down Interview with Kurt Warner on Thursday Night Football Kickoff Pregame Show at 6:00 PM ET
“With Tim Tebow at quarterback, it’s almost a throwback to the college game.”
– Thursday Night Football Game Analyst Mike MayockMIKE MAYOCK’S KEY MATCHUP: TIM TEBOW VS. JETS DEFENSE
“With Tim Tebow at quarterback, it’s almost a throwback to the college game. You have to be aware of the option. You have to be aware of the misdirection. That puts a lot of pressure on the Jets defensive ends and outside linebackers.“When they go through the process of what they call their ‘zone read,’ which is what Tim Tebow did in college and a lot of college quarterbacks do today, the quarterback is reading the backside to see if there’s discipline from the defensive ends and outside linebackers to contain. If contain breaks down, Tim Tebow takes advantage of it.
“Two weeks ago in Oakland, contain broke down significantly and he had two long runs because the backside defender lost discipline. What complicates this is even though they don’t throw the football often when they do it’s usually a vertical shot off play-action. The defensive backs, who are going to be encouraged to get involved in run support, also have to be aware of play-action so they don’t get beat over the top like the Chiefs did on Sunday on Eric Decker’s 56-yard touchdown catch.”
— Thursday Night Football game analyst MIKE MAYOCK
BRONCOS QB TIM TEBOW 1-ON-1 INTERVIEW:
- KURT WARNER sits down for an interview with Denver quarterback TIM TEBOW during Thursday Night Football Kickoff at 6:00 PM ET.
NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE:
“You can’t measure Tim Tebow by statistics because he has that ‘it’ factor. The only thing I know is that they’re starting to believe and winning games.”
— DEION SANDERS on Broncos quarterback TIM TEBOW, who completed two passes in Denver’s 17-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs“This guy is starting to contribute on a consistent basis now. Using his height [to] go up and get it in the red zone.”
— STEVE MARIUCCI on Jets WR PLAXICO BURRESS, who has four touchdowns in the past three gamesThe matchup marks the Jets’ fourth appearance on NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football, and the fifth time the Broncos have appeared in the Thursday primetime game.
Last time on Thursday Night Football:
New York Jets: Nov. 25, 2010 – Jets 26, Bengals 10
Denver Broncos: Nov. 26, 2009 – Broncos 26, Giants 6(Home Team in Bold)
TEAMS: JETS (5-4) BRONCOS (4-5) ANNOUNCERS Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Mike Mayock (game analyst); Alex Flanagan (sideline) PREGAME (6:00 PM ET) Thursday Night Kickoff
In Denver: Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan
In Los Angeles: Kara Henderson, Kurt Warner, Sterling Sharpe, Jay GlazerPRE-KICK (8:00 PM ET) Pre-Kick Show
Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock, Alex Flanagan, Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Kurt Warner, Sterling Sharpe, Jay Glazer, Stacey DalesHALFTIME Halftime
Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders, Stacey Dales, Alex FlanaganPOSTGAME Postgame
Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders, Stacey Dales, Alex FlanaganNFL Total Access Postgame Show
In-studio: Andrew Siciliano, Kara Henderson, Kurt Warner, Jamie Dukes, Willie McGinest
Game Site: Stacey Dales, Steve WycheWHERE TO WATCH DirecTV – Channel 212 (SD/HD), DISH Network – 154 (SD/HD)
Verizon FIOS – Channel 88 (SD) 588 (HD), AT&T U-Verse – Channel 630 (SD) 1630 (HD)Check your local cable listings
NFL.com LIVE – live “look-ins” at select moments of game
NFL Mobile Live on Verizon WirelessLOCAL OTA SIMULCAST* The CW Ch. 11 (WPIX) The CW Ch. 34 (KWGN) Thursday Night Football
Last week’s Oakland Raiders-San Diego Chargers game on NFL Network was watched by an average of 5.3 million viewers (not including over-the-air stations in Oakland-San Francisco and San Diego) – a six percent increase from last year’s opening night record (5.0 million for Ravens-Falcons). The No. 1 show on cable that Thursday night, it was the most-watched opener in the six seasons of Thursday Night Football.This week, the Denver Broncos (4-5) host the New York Jets (5-4) at the Field at Mile High. Broncos QB TIM TEBOW is 3-1 as Denver’s starter this season and looks for his first win at home while the Jets and QB MARK SANCHEZ, who has appeared on Thursday Night Football every season of his NFL career, aim to bounce back from last Sunday’s loss to New England.
And that will do it.
