Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann says the NFL's is losing tradition to streaming-era scheduling

Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann said the NFL has near contented behind.

The NFL has expanded their primetime docket to holidays and playing games overseas, meaning they are playing much games extracurricular of the accepted Sunday day timeslot. Theismann pointed retired the drastic differences successful however the games are broadcast.

"They've drifted distant (from tradition). I mean, erstwhile you look astatine each the antithetic streaming services and each the antithetic networks, it utilized to beryllium ABC, NBC, and CBS, but that doesn't beryllium anymore. There lone utilized to beryllium those TV channels wherever you could ticker things different than sports lone existed then," Theismann told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

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Former NFL subordinate Joe Theismann talks with sportscaster Chris Collinsworth earlier the crippled betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Md., connected Nov. 2, 2025. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

"Now, we're successful a clip and a spot wherever the accidental for the owners to marque tons of wealth from antithetic entities, from YouTube, from Amazon, from Peacock."

Theismann said fans utilized to look guardant to Sundays, but present determination are games seemingly each the time.

"Sunday is thing you would look guardant to sitting down to due to the fact that you truly didn't person an option. Now you person options connected Monday night, Thursday night, Wednesday night, God lone knows, Tuesday night,  Saturday evening. If you're a instrumentality of the NFL, you're going to find the game," Theismann said.

The opening crippled of the 2026 play volition beryllium connected Wednesday this season, with the 2nd crippled being played successful Melbourne, Australia, connected a Thursday. The NFL introduced a Thanksgiving Eve crippled this year, adding different Wednesday crippled to the schedule.

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Super Bowl champion backmost Joe Theismann delivers the keynote code during the 16th Annual YMCA of the Palm Beaches Prayer Breakfast astatine The Breakers Palm Beach connected Dec. 11, 2025. (DAMON HIGGINS/PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

There volition besides beryllium NFL games connected Friday this year, arsenic the league has gone distant with its 4th yearly Black Friday game. The NFL besides has 3 games scheduled connected Christmas Day, which is simply a Friday.

Once the assemblage shot regular play ends successful mid-December, determination volition besides beryllium Saturday games.

Theismann did accidental the NFL present has gotten fans easier entree to ticker much games, which helium considers a bully thing.

"It gives you a accidental to find the crippled that you privation to ticker now. You don't person to work astir it the adjacent day. So, successful 1 respect it's grown the NFL and the different broadside of it, yeah, would we each similar things to beryllium a small spot similar they utilized to be? Maybe. But I judge successful the progressive arsenic a progressive individual, but beingness is changing. You person to accommodate and alteration with it," Theismann said.

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Former subordinate Joe Theismann speaks during the announcement of the Washington Football Team's sanction alteration to the Washington Commanders astatine FedExField successful Landover, Md., connected Feb. 2, 2022. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

American Century Championship

This volition beryllium the 37th American Century Championship, and Joe Theismann has played successful 36 of them. He said helium utilized to beryllium a 2-handicap, but is present a nine, arsenic helium doesn’t deed the shot arsenic far. He volition look to crook backmost the timepiece erstwhile helium plays successful the tourney from July 10-12 astatine Edgewood Golf Course successful Lake Tahoe.

He said the American Century Championship is the lone happening that you truly privation to enactment in.

"The American Century Championship has evolved to 1 of those things that, if you emotion play astatine all, and you hap to beryllium successful that quote-unquote personage world, it's the happening you truly privation to enactment in. You get to measurement your game. You get to propulsion backmost the curtain connected truthful galore fantastic people, and you get to spot those that you ticker connected TV due to the fact that I'm a instrumentality of everything. But present you get a accidental to spot them up adjacent and personal, and you get a accidental to conscionable them and get to cognize them, and it's exciting," Theismann said.

The 76-year-old said helium gets to sojourn radical connected the range. He mentioned Jerry Rice, Tony Romo and Miles Teller arsenic radical helium has had conversations with, calling himself a "fanboy" of Teller’s.

Theismann said "Top Gun: Maverick" is his favourite movie of each time.

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Former Notre Dame backmost Joe Theismann waves to the assemblage during a assemblage shot crippled betwixt Notre Dame and Stanford astatine Notre Dame Stadium successful South Bend connected Oct. 12, 2024. (MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The tourney has raised much than $8 cardinal for determination and nationalist charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates fundraising astatine the tourney to thrust nonstop donations to Stowers each year. Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work.

Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work.

The tourney volition beryllium broadcast connected NBC and Peacock.

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