Last Thursday, the NFL said it will announce the date and time of one of its 2022 games during the first round of the NFL Draft this Thursday night: the second Thursday Night Football game of the season on September 15. Under its new contract with the league, this will be the first game carried on Amazon’s “Prime Video” streaming service.
Three weeks ago, plugged-in NFL commentator Peter King said he was hearing that Amazon wanted the star power of the Kansas City Chiefs (and quarterback Patrick Mahomes) for its opening broadcast, which will be called by former NBC Sports play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and former ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit.