Yes, the NFL has another international game this season, this one in Toronto, just mere days after the Grey Cup. This was is an AFC East Division battle between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills. We get the preview from NFL Network which will carry the game.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 — 8:00 PM ET
NEW YORK JETS VS. BUFFALO BILLS IN TORONTO ON NFL NETWORK
On Thursday Night Kickoff:
Matt Millen 1-on-1 with Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan
Michael Irvin 1-on-1 with Cowboys QB Tony Romo
‘The Marshall Plan’ Examines Jets Rookie QB Mark Sanchez
The Best of Bills WR Terrell Owens’ Sound Bites through the Years
Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Deion Sanders & Steve Mariucci Discuss Terrell Owens’ Future
NOTABLE & QUOTABLE…
· On the Thursday Night Kickoff pregame show and the Halftime Show, Michael Irvin sits down with Cowboys QB Tony Romo to discuss what Dallas is doing to ensure a successful December campaign. The entire interview will be shown Sunday on NFL GameDay Morning at 9:00 AM ET.
· “When you make changes during the season – whether it’s a quarterback or it’s a coach – you hope to provide a spark to win the next game… They got one under their belts and it was a good win. Perry is a lively guy; he’s a good football coach. He’s trying to instill some fun and confidence into the remaining games on the Bills’ schedule.” – STEVE MARIUCCI on Bills interim head coach Perry Fewell
· “The AFC Wild Card race is wide open. As we begin December, only one of these two teams will remain in the playoff conversation.” – BOB PAPA on Jets-Bills matchup
JETS (5-6) at BILLS (4-7)
ANNOUNCERS Bob Papa, Matt Millen
PREGAME (6:00 PM ET)
Thursday Night Kickoff
Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders, Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Jason La Canfora, Scott Hanson (Eisen, Sanders, Mariucci and Faulk in Los Angeles; La Canfora and Hanson via remote in Toronto)
PRE-KICK (8:00 PM ET)
Pre-Kick Show
Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders, Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Bob Papa, Matt Millen
HALFTIME
The Halftime Show
Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders, Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk
POSTGAME
Postgame Show
Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders, Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk
WHERE TO WATCH
DirecTV – Channel 212 (SD/HD), DISH Network – 154 (SD/HD)
Verizon – Channel 88 (SD) 588 (HD), AT&T U-Verse – 630 (SD) 1630 (HD)
Check Comcast, Cox and your local cable listings
NFL.com LIVE – live “look-ins” at select moments of game
NFL Mobile Live only from Sprint
LOCAL OTA SIMULCAST*
WB Ch. 11 (WPIX)
ABC Ch. 7 (WKBW)
Thursday Night Football
Last week’s Giants-Broncos matchup was the most-watched Thanksgiving game in Thursday Night Football history. With 6.1 million viewers, it was also the second most-watched Thursday Night Football game of all time on NFL Network. This week, the Jets and Bills travel to Toronto for an international AFC East showdown with Wild Card implications.
NFL Network has assembled an award-winning team to cover its “Run to the Playoffs” slate. This season marks the debut of new game analyst MATT MILLEN who returns to the broadcast booth after a successful NFL analyst stint with FOX and CBS from 1995 to 2000. Millen is joined by second-year NFL Network play-by-play announcer BOB PAPA, the radio voice of the New York Giants who has called a pair of Super Bowls. Papa was also the lead voice for NFL Europa games including the 2007 World Bowl on NFL Network and has worked seven Olympics. MARK TEITELMAN and CRAIG JANOFF produce and direct Thursday Night Football.
RICH EISEN hosts NFL Network’s Thursday Night Kickoff, a two-hour pregame show from NFL Network’s Los Angeles studios. Eisen, a two-time Sports Emmy nominee in the Studio Host category, is joined by fellow Sports Emmy nominee STEVE MARIUCCI, a former NFL head coach with the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions who also served as Brett Favre’s quarterback coach in Green Bay; MARSHALL FAULK, who won a Super Bowl XXXIV ring with the Rams, earned 2000 NFL MVP honors and three Offensive Player of the Year awards (1999-2001) and has been selected to seven Pro Bowls; and DEION SANDERS, a two-time Super Bowl winner who was 1994 Defensive Player of the Year and an eight-time Pro Bowler who holds the NFL record with 18 career return touchdowns. Coverage also includes on-site reports from insider JASON LA CANFORA, who is in his first season with NFL Network after an award-winning newspaper career with The Washington Post and reporter SCOTT HANSON, host of NFL Network’s NFL RedZone channel that airs every Sunday. Senior producer BARDIA SHAH-RAIS joins coordinating director JEN LOVE on the pregame, halftime and postgame shows. MIKE MURIANO is coordinating producer of the pregame, halftime and postgame shows. ERIC WEINBERGER is executive producer of NFL Network.
NFL.com LIVE features live programming including live “look-ins” of Thursday Night Football, game highlights and instant analysis from NFL Network talent. From the NFL Network studios in Los Angeles, FRAN CHARLES, JAMIE DUKES, BUCKY BROOKS and MICHAEL FABIANO provide expert analysis, commentary and fantasy information with contributions from Faulk, Mariucci and Sanders. Hanson, along with SOLOMON WILCOTS provide live reports from the stadium. New this year, Playbook analyst MIKE MAYOCK gives instant X & O analysis of key plays right after they happen from NFL Films headquarters.
That does it for this post. More stuff coming up.
