Now that the schedule's out, there's only one question on everyone's mind: when does my team play that horrendous Thursday Night game? Thursday Night Football has garnered itself a bit of a cult following since it was instituted, if that cult loves terrible football in weirdly garish jerseys. But since the NFL simply will not sleep until they have a game every single night of the week, Thursday Night Football isn't going anywhere. And here's this year's lineup:
The 2024 Thursday Night Football Schedule
- Week 1 - 9/5 - Ravens @ Chiefs (NBC)
- Week 2 – 9/12 – Bills @ Dolphins
- Week 3 – 9/19 – Patriots @ Jets
- Week 4 – 9/26 – Cowboys @ Giants
- Week 5 – 10/3 – Bucs @ Falcons
- Week 6 – 10/10 – 49ers @ Seahawks
- Week 7 – 10/17 – Broncos @ Saints
- Week 8 – 10/24 – Vikings @ Rams
- Week 9 – 10/31 - Texans @ Jets
- Week 10 – 11/7 – Bengals @ Ravens
- Week 11 – 11/14 – Commanders @ Eagles
- Week 12 – 11/21 – Steelers @ Browns
- Week 13 – 11/29 – Raiders @ Chiefs (Black Friday)
- Week 14 – 12/5 – Packers @ Lions
- Week 15 – 12/12 – Rams @ 49ers
- Week 16 – 12/19 – Saints @ Rams
- Week 17 – 12/26 – Seahawks @ Bears
*All games from Week 2+ on Amazon Prime at 7:15 p.m. C.T.
The bad news? The Ravens play two different Thursday night games. The good news? Only one of them is a true Thursday night game – their first comes on Week 1, which negates most of the negative aspects of that game. At least both Thursday night games are big matchups that should be good games? It's not like they have to play the Panthers or anything. I don't know, I'm trying to be optimistic.