{"id":647739,"date":"2026-01-02T09:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/647739\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:25:16","slug":"is-there-an-nfl-game-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/647739\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there an NFL game Thursday?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eagles win but concerns grow<\/p>\n

USAT’s Joe Rivera and Chris Bumbaca question both teams\u2019 Super Bowl hopes after a lackluster performance.<\/p>\n

Sports Seriously<\/p>\n

Let ’em know.<\/p>\n

The past 16 Thursday nights<\/a> have included those lyrics from that now-famous “Thursday Night Football”<\/a> anthem by Shaboozey. The past 17 Thursday nights have featured at least one NFL game, but that will change in the regular season’s final week.<\/p>\n

Amazon Prime’s watch has ended, at least for the regular season. The streamer will broadcast one game in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs, but it won’t return to Thursday nights until the fall.<\/p>\n

This season featured Amazon’s biggest slate yet, including another\u00a0Black Friday game,<\/a>\u00a0and ended on Christmas when the Denver Broncos defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 17<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s what to know about “Thursday Night Football” and the NFL Week 18<\/a> schedule.<\/p>\n

Is there a Thursday Night Football game tonight?<\/p>\n

There is not a “Thursday Night Football” game in Week 18.<\/p>\n

Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football” slate wrapped up with the Broncos defeating the Chiefs on Christmas, 20-13.<\/p>\n

Week 18 begins with a doubleheader on Saturday, Jan. 3 before the regular season concludes with 14 more games on Sunday, Jan. 4.<\/p>\n

The regular season wraps with the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers on “Sunday Night Football.”<\/p>\n

Thursday Night Football schedule, recap<\/p>\n

Here’s a look back at the full slate of Thursday night games this year. This list includes Thursday games in Week 1 and the first two contests on Christmas, which were not part of Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football” package of games:<\/p>\n

Week 1:\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles 24, Dallas Cowboys 20<\/a>Week 2:\u00a0Green Bay Packers 27, Washington Commanders 18<\/a>Week 3:\u00a0Buffalo Bills 31, Miami Dolphins 21<\/a>Week 4:\u00a0Seattle Seahawks 23, Arizona Cardinals 20<\/a>Week 5:\u00a0San Francisco 49ers 26, Los Angeles Rams 23<\/a>Week 6:\u00a0New York Giants 34, Philadelphia Eagles 17<\/a>Week 7:\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals 33, Pittsburgh Steelers 31<\/a>Week 8:\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers 37, Minnesota Vikings 10<\/a>Week 9:\u00a0Baltimore Ravens 28, Miami Dolphins 6<\/a>Week 10:\u00a0Denver Broncos 10, Las Vegas Raiders 7<\/a>Week 11:\u00a0New England Patriots 27, New York Jets 14<\/a>Week 12:\u00a0Houston Texans 23, Buffalo Bills 19<\/a>Week 13 (Thanksgiving):\u00a0Green Bay Packers 31, Detroit Lions 24<\/a>;\u00a0Dallas Cowboys 31, Kansas City Chiefs 28<\/a>;\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals 32, Baltimore Ravens 14<\/a>Week 14:\u00a0Detroit Lions 44, Dallas Cowboys 30<\/a>Week 15:\u00a0Atlanta Falcons 29, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28<\/a>Week 16:\u00a0Seattle Seahawks 38, Los Angeles Rams 37<\/a>Week 17 (Christmas):\u00a0Dallas Cowboys 30, Washington Commanders 23<\/a>; Minnesota Vikings 23, Detroit Lions 10<\/a>; Denver Broncos 20, Kansas City Chiefs 13<\/a>Week 18:\u00a0No Thursday gameNFL Week 18 schedule<\/p>\n

All times Eastern.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 3<\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 4<\/p>\n

Green Bay Packers<\/a> at Minnesota Vikings<\/a>, 1 p.m.Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>, 1 p.m.Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans<\/a>, 1 p.m.New Orleans Saints<\/a> at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m.Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants<\/a>, 1 p.m.Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, 1 p.m.New York Jets at Buffalo Bills<\/a>, 4:25 p.m.Detroit Lions<\/a> at Chicago Bears<\/a>, 4:25 p.m.Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos<\/a>, 4:25 p.m.Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m.Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m.Miami Dolphins<\/a> at New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m.Washington Commanders<\/a> at Philadelphia Eagles, 4:25 p.m.Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:20 p.m.When do the NFL playoffs start?<\/p>\n

This year’s playoffs will start with a three-day wild-card round slate. Two games will take place on Saturday, Jan. 10; three more on Sunday, Jan. 11; and the wild-card round will conclude with a single game on Monday, Jan. 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eagles win but concerns grow USAT’s Joe Rivera and Chris Bumbaca question both teams\u2019 Super Bowl hopes after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1758,821,1532,247,265,822,184,117,210,374,228,215,232,211,214,53,692,391,227,256,427,231,258,146,113,217,441,7,519,27,345,17603,6489,60574,221,253,20842,379,212,125,213,147,820,830,60573,216,251,233,259,677,679,248,267,246,206,55,56,88,6,35196,676,245,264,428,169,775,397,238,237,261,9,266,678,209,250,222,17604,776,234,855,111,225],"class_list":["post-647739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-tv","tag-affiliate","tag-amazon-com","tag-american","tag-american-football","tag-arts","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-bay","tag-bears","tag-bengals","tag-bills","tag-broncos","tag-buccaneers","tag-buffalo","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bears","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-commanders","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-dolphins","tag-entertainment","tag-football","tag-giants","tag-green","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-guides","tag-holiday","tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","tag-houston","tag-houston-texans","tag-hub","tag-inc","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jaguars","tag-lions","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-marketplace","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-national","tag-national-sports","tag-neutral","tag-new","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-hub","tag-orleans","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-packers","tag-ravens","tag-reference","tag-saints","tag-seahawks","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-story","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-texans","tag-tv-guides-u0026-reference","tag-u0026","tag-vikings","tag-washington","tag-washington-commanders","tag-york"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}