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9 unusual facts about Thursday Night Football


Anti-siphoning law

The two games on cable each week are the league-owned Thursday and Disney's Monday night packages, except in Week 1 (two Monday Night games), Thanksgiving (Monday night only), Week 16 (Monday night only), and Week 17 (all games on Sunday).

Brandon Weeden

On Thursday Night Football vs the Buffalo Bills, Hoyer went down during the game and was replaced by Weeden.

Brian Hoyer

The next day on September 30, Hoyer was named the starter for a third straight game, Thursday Night Football vs the Buffalo Bills.

Bucky Brooks

For the 2010 season, Brooks returned as an analyst for Thursday Night Football, NFL.com’s in-game coverage of the Network’s eight live, regular season game broadcasts.

Jamie Dukes

During NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule, Dukes, Paul Burmeister and Bucky Brooks can be seen providing complementary coverage on NFL.com/LIVE: Thursday Night Football.

Jerod Mayo

In the Patriots' Thursday Night Football game on November 13, 2008, against their division rivals, the New York Jets, Mayo led all defensive players with 20 tackles (16 solo, 4 assisted), the first 20-tackle game of his career.

Mike Glennon

In his next start, Glennon would get his first taste of Thursday Night Football Week 8 vs the Carolina Panthers.

Rich Eisen

Eisen also remains host of NFL Total Access and NFL GameDay Highlights, as well as NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football pregame, halftime and postgame shows and special on-location coverage from league events such as Kickoff, Pro Football Hall of Fame, NFL Scouting Combine, NFL Draft and Super Bowl.

Vincent Rey

His first career start came on October 31, 2013 against the Miami Dolphins on Thursday Night Football.


KZJO

KZJO aired Monday Night Football from 2006 (the MNF broadcast switch from ABC to ESPN) to 2012 when Belo outbid Tribune for rights to the MNF and NFL Network Thursday Night Football Seahawks games, which aired on sister station KONG that year.

WHOO

It is also the local affiliate of Dial Global's NFL coverage, presenting normal Sunday games, Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football.


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Sterling Sharpe

He continues to work on the NFL Network where during NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule, Sharpe, alongside analysts Kurt Warner, Jim Mora, Brian Billick, Jay Glazer and host Fran Charles, can be seen on Thursday Night Kickoff from Los Angeles.