This Thursday, NFL Network heads out to Arizona for the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Cardinals.
Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock and Alex Flanagan will be the game crew as always. Rich Eisen will host the pre and postgame show with his merry band of analysts.
We have the particulars of what will take place on Thursday on NFL Network.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 8:00 PM ET ON NFL NETWORKDeion Sanders Sits Down with Cardinals DBs Patrick Peterson & Tyrann Mathieu on ‘NFL Total Access Kickoff’ Pregame Show at 6:00 PM ET
NFL Network Analyst & Former Cardinals QB Kurt Warner Joins Coverage from ArizonaWide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and the Arizona Cardinals host quarterback Russell Wilson and the first-place Seattle Seahawks in an NFC West divisional matchup as the eighth season of NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football continues Thursday, October 17 at 8:00 PM ET from University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
Play-by-play announcer Brad Nessler and two-time Emmy-nominated analyst Mike Mayock call the game in their third season together, and Alex Flanagan provides reports from the sidelines.
NFL Network’s NFL Total Access Kickoff pregame show is live from the stadium starting at 6:00 PM ET. This week, NFL Network analyst and former Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner joins host Rich Eisen, Hall of Famers Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin, and former head coach Steve Mariucci. Reporters Alex Flanagan and Stacey Dales provide pregame news reports from the locker rooms and interviews with players and coaches, while NFL Media’s national insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Media’s Mike Silver are on-location with the latest news from around the NFL.
Featured on the pregame show this week:
- Deion Sanders sits down with Arizona Cardinals defensive backs Patrick Peterson and Tyrann Mathieu to discuss how Peterson has mentored his former LSU teammate in their time together with the Cardinals
- Hall of Famers Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin demonstrate the matchup between Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald
- What is the bigger concern for the Cardinals defense: Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson or running back Marshawn Lynch?
- Kurt Warner gives his report card on second-year quarterbacks Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Ryan Tannehill
- The NFL Total Access Kickoff crew discuss Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning returning to Indianapolis for the first time
- Wired sound from New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the Week 6 victory over the New Orleans Saints
Through five games of its 13-game schedule, Thursday Night Football is averaging a 5.1 US HH rating (+28% vs. 2012 average) and 8.1 million viewers (+27% vs. 2012 average) – on pace to be the highest-rated and most-watched Thursday Night Football season ever.
International award-winning actress and recording artist Priyanka Chopra’s track “In My City” is the new theme for Thursday Night Football. This is Chopra’s second year being featured on NFL Network as last season she kicked off the Thursday Night Football pregame show. For a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Thursday Night Football open “In My City,” visit http://on.nfl.com/15RxswV.
Eisen, Sanders, Irvin, Mariucci, Warner, Rapoport and Silver provide additional analysis on the Halftime Show and the postgame show. Following the game, hosts Dan Hellie and Amber Theoharis, and NFL Network analysts Heath Evans and Willie McGinest will deliver a postgame edition of NFL Total Access live from NFL Network’s studios in Los Angeles.
As part of the NFL’s recently announced partnership with Twitter, in-game highlights will be accessible for Twitter users on PCs, tablets, and mobile devices from Thursday Night Football. The in-game highlights on Twitter are in addition to other game footage, news, analysis, fantasy football advice, and voting platforms from NFL Network and NFL.com that are part of a seven-day-a-week customized NFL video content programming schedule created specifically for the Twitter platform (twitter.com/NFL).
The NFL and NFL Players will support October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with their fifth-annual national screening initiative and fundraising campaign. In collaboration with the American Cancer Society, the initiative, called “A Crucial Catch: Annual Screening Saves Lives,” reminds women 40 and older about the importance of having an annual mammogram.
Throughout the month, NFL Breast Cancer Awareness games will feature footballs with pink ribbon decals, on-field pink ribbon stencils and many pink items, including cleats, wristbands, gloves, sideline caps, pins, helmet decals, eye shield decals, captains’ patches, sideline towels and quarterback towels.To mark its fifth anniversary, this year’s campaign will highlight inspiring stories of individuals impacted by the A Crucial Catch campaign. All stories will be available on www.nfl.com/pink.
Thursday Night Football on NFL.com/NFL Mobile
Each week starting at 8:00 PM ET, NFL.com Live: Thursday Night Football returns as the true companion for NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football. New this season, the live look-ins on NFL.com Live: Thursday Night Football feature exclusive coaches’ angles, which include the “All-22,” “High End Zone” and Cable Cam angles. Additionally, the NFL Digital Media production will provide its own play-by-play and analysis for the first time, with Matt “Money” Smith on the call and Solomon Wilcots as analyst. Rebecca Haarlow will be live on-location providing sideline commentary to the broadcast.
From the NFL Network studios, Elliot Harrison is joined alongside analysts Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks to provide instant studio analysis to live game action. Dave Dameshek and Crystina Poncher will be NFL.com Live: Thursday Night Football’s social media correspondents, and various NFL Network analysts will join the broadcast throughout the season.To watch each NFL.com Live: Thursday Night Football broadcast, visit NFL.com.
As part of the recently redesigned NFL Mobile from Verizon app, fans can follow Thursday Night Football on the go with TNF Xtra. TNF Xtra is a free, downloadable feature on the NFL Mobile app, which offers a comprehensive second-screen companion to NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football broadcast. TNF Xtra is live at 7:30 PM ET each Thursday during NFL Network’s 13-game broadcast schedule, and features live video updates from sideline reporter Rebecca Haarlow, social media integration, trivia and polls throughout the game, relevant historical facts, statistics and profiles, and instant photos live from the game. Visit NFL.com/xtra on your mobile device to download NFL Mobile.
Additionally, for Verizon subscribers the newly redesigned NFL Mobile app enables users with a premium subscription to watch a live feed of Thursday Night Football directly from their mobile device, in addition to NFL Network, NFL RedZone and live NFL game action Sunday and Monday night. All NFL Mobile from Verizon users, regardless of their wireless provider, can watch exclusive NFL highlights and video clips on their mobile device.
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals
TEAMS: SEAHAWKS (5-1) CARDINALS (3-3) ANNOUNCERS Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Mike Mayock (game analyst); Alex Flanagan (sideline) PREGAME (6:00 PM ET) NFL Total Access Kickoff
In Arizona: Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan, Ian Rapoport, Mike SilverPRE-KICK (8:00 PM ET) Prekick Show
Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock, Alex Flanagan, Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner, Stacey DalesHALFTIME Halftime Show
Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan, Ian Rapoport, Mike SilverPOSTGAME Postgame Show
Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan
NFL Total Access Postgame Show
In-studio: Dan Hellie, Amber Theoharis, Heath Evans, Willie McGinestWHERE TO WATCH NFL Network
Check your local cable listings
NFL.com Live: Thursday Night Football
NFL MobileLOCAL OTA SIMULCAST* MyNetworkTV Ch. 25 (KZJO) – Seattle MyNetworkTV Ch. 45 (KUTP) – Phoenix
That’s all.
