NBC kicks off its NFL Playoff coverage this Saturday, Jan. 7, at 8:15 p.m. ET with an NFC Wild Card matchup, when Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks (NFC West, 10-5-1) host Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions (NFC North, 9-7) at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Wash. NBC's NFL Wild Card coverage on Saturday begins at 7:30 p.m. ET with a special edition of Football Night In America.
Detroit looks to bounce back from a 31-24 loss to the Packers last week on NBC's Sunday Night Football. Stafford has passed for at least 300 yards in each of his two career postseason games, and is averaging 351.5 yards per game this season. The Lions are in the playoffs for the second time in the past three seasons, but are looking for their first playoff victory since 1991.
For the fifth straight season, the Seattle Seahawks are headed to the playoffs, the longest streak in franchise history. The Seahawks have won their last nine home playoff games, and have never lost in the postseason at home under head coach Pete Carroll. In the past five seasons, Seattle has won three division titles and advanced to the
SUPER BOWL twice, winning
SUPER BOWL XLVIII. The teams last met in Week 4 of 2015, with the Seahawks winning 13-10 at home.
Calling Lions-Seahawks are Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his record 31st season as
THE VOICE of the NFL's premier primetime package, and 16-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth. They will be joined by sideline reporters Michele Tafoya and Heather Cox.
NBC's coverage of
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is led by Emmy Award-winning producer Fred Gaudelli and Emmy Award-winning director Drew Esocoff.
Football Night in America, the most-watched studio show in sports, is hosted by Mike Tirico, who will report from CenturyLink Field. Dan Patrick will host from
NBC Sports Group's International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn., and will be joined by Hall of Fame head coach Tony Dungy, two-time
SUPER BOWL champion Rodney Harrison and Mike Florio of
NBC Sports' ProFootballTalk.
Next Sunday, January 15,
NBC presents the AFC Divisional Playoff featuring the second-seed Kansas City Chiefs (12-4) at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. NBC's Divisional Playoff coverage begins at Noon ET.
The 2016 season of NBC's
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was a historic one, as America's favorite primetime show is pacing to finish as primetime's #1 TV show in all key metrics for a record sixth consecutive year - tying
AMERICAN IDOL for the most consecutive years atop the charts (since 1950), based on live plus same day data provided by The Nielsen Company.
NBCSports.com and the
NBC Sports app will stream all of NBC's
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL andThursday Night Football games to desktops, tablets, and connected TVs. The
NBC Sports app will stream coverage via "TV Everywhere," giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The full HD-quality video stream will come directly from NBC'sSNF and TNF broadcasts. Powered by Playmaker Media, the
NBC Sports app is available on Apple iOS, Android and select Samsung devices, as well as on Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Win10, and Xbox. (NOTE:
NBC Sports does not have
NFL LIVE streaming rights to mobile devices.)
Mike Florio brings fans the latest NFL news and interviews with players and coaches every weekday morning with ProFootballTalk on
NBCSN at 7 a.m. ET. The two-hour ProFootballTalk provides all-encompassing coverage of the NFL, including the most current news and analysis, thought-provoking debates, and interviews with a wide variety of NFL newsmakers. The program is a simulcast of Florio's national radio program that airs daily on
NBC Sports Radio.
With the 2016 regular season in the books, Pro Football Focus has announced its 2016 All-Pro Team, which includes four Seattle Seahawks players. Click here for the full list.
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ALL-ACCESS: For the seventh straight season NBCSports.com is providing a destination for fans dedicated to behind-the-scenes and social media driven content on the
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ALL ACCESS page. Fans can follow the social conversation and access content around
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and the SNF Bus, including video highlights from the SNF Bus, player interviews and more. Fans can show their passion for who they think will win each week, use an interactive map to see how other football fans across the country are talking about that SNF matchup, and vote on which team's hype video they like the best each week. Visit SNF All-Access at:
http://snfallaccess.nbcsports.com/
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