The two Christmas games on Netflix were streamed globally, with viewers from over 200 countries and territories watching at least one of the games. The Cowboys-Commanders game had a global average of 22.4 million while Lions-Vikings had 30.5 million.

NFL Week 17 continues with Christmas Day football when the Detroit Lions travel to face the Minnesota Vikings. Start time, schedule and how to watch.

The EDGE defender is in the middle of his best season to date, and his 1.5 sacks against Texas A&M, along with his five sacks in his final five contests, have put the country on notice. He will have an excellent battle with Siereveld, with both players having a lot to gain from the matchup.

Netflix and Amazon jingled all the way to some big audiences on Christmas Day, thanks to the NFL. The most-watched game of the holiday proved to be the mid-afternoon Lions-Vikings match up on Netflix,

The game, which streamed on Netflix, averaged 27.5 million U.S. viewers and peaked at over 30 million, per Nielsen

The Lions have had uncertainty at the center position since the offseason, when longtime mainstay Frank Ragnow announced his retirement. Detroit utilized both Glasgow and 2025 second-round pick Tate Ratledge at the pivot position in training camp before ultimately deciding on Glasgow to start.

The Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions take the field for NFL Thursday Night Football tonight in Week 14. TNF start time, TV schedule and how to watch.

Detroit Lions offensive lineman Penei Sewell was hurt in the team's game against the Minnesota Vikings on Thanksgiving.

Netflix broke a record with one of its Christmas Day NFL games this year. 27.5 million viewers tuned in for the livestream of the Minnesota Vikings-Detroit Lions game according to Nielsen, marking the most-streamed NFL game in U.S. history.

Regular starter Graham Glasgow, 33, has missed the past two games with a knee injury and is not expected back at his 2026 salary of $6.5 million, and Trystan Colon and Kingsley Eguakun have made fill-in starts in his place with varying degrees of success.

We’ll run through some of the narratives Detroit entered the season with, and a recap of what went right or wrong.

Our Lions vs. Bears predictions think Chicago will finish the regular season strong against a lifeless Detroit squad.