Thursday Night Football Kicks Off Week 6 in Nashville

NFL Network’s traveling road show with Thursday Night Kickoff and Thursday Night Football will head to Music City for a AFC matchup between two former division rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans.

Rich Eisen will host the pregame show live from LP Field and he’ll be joined by analysts Marshall Faulk, the always yelling Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders and Kurt Warner. Stacey Dales will be the pregame reporter.

For the game, Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock will be in the booth. Alex Flanagan will be on the sidelines throughout.

Here are the particulars from NFL Network in regards to the Steelers-Titans.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT TENNESSEE TITANS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 8:00 PM ET ON NFL NETWORK

Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger’s Sit-Down Interview with Kurt Warner
Coverage Begins at 6:00 PM ET with Thursday Night Kickoff

NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football continues this week when quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers face running back Chris Johnson and the Tennessee Titans Thursday, October 11 at 8:00 PM ET. Play-by-play announcer Brad Nessler and Emmy-nominated analyst Mike Mayock have the call, while Alex Flanagan provides reports from the sidelines of LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

Two hours before kickoff, NFL Network’s Thursday Night Kickoff pregame show is live from the stadium starting at 6:00 PM ET, taking viewers right up to kickoff with analysis and the latest reports. Host Rich Eisen is joined by Hall of Famers Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders, former MVP Kurt Warner, and Steve Mariucci. Reporter Stacey Dales provides pregame news reports from the locker rooms, as well as interviews with players and coaches.

Featured on the Thursday Night Kickoff pregame show this week:

  • Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sits down with Kurt Warner
  • Feature on the relationship between Tennessee Titans quarterbacks Matt Hasselbeck and Jake Locker
  • Jeff Darlington reports from Dallas on the Cowboys
  • Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders mechanical bull riding competition.

Eisen, Faulk, Sanders, Mariucci and Warner provide additional analysis on the Halftime Show and the Pregame Show.

Following the game, hosts Chris Rose and Lindsay Rhodes as well as analysts Willie McGinest and Shaun O’Hara will deliver a postgame edition of NFL Total Access live from NFL Network’s studios in Los Angeles.

TEAMS: STEELERS (2-2) TITANS (1-4)
ANNOUNCERS Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Mike Mayock (game analyst); Alex Flanagan (sideline)
PREGAME (6:00 PM ET) Thursday Night Kickoff
In Nashville: Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner, Deion Sanders, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan
PRE-KICK (8:00 PM ET) Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock, Alex Flanagan, Rich Eisen, Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Deion Sanders, Steve Mariucci, Stacey Dales
HALFTIME Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner, Deion Sanders, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan
POSTGAME Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner, Deion Sanders, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan

NFL Total Access Postgame Show
In-studio:
Chris Rose, Lindsay Rhodes, Willie McGinest, Shaun O’Hara

WHERE 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 Wireless

LOCAL OTA SIMULCAST* CW Ch. 19 (WPCW) FOX Ch. 17 (WZTV)

That’s going to do it.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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