Each week during the NFL season, Pro Football Network shares a TV coverage map so fans know which games will be broadcast in different areas of the country. While we recently posted the complete Week 13 coverage map, here’s a look at how to watch the three-game slate on Thanksgiving Day.
NFL TV Coverage Map for Thanksgiving Games
Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions (CBS, 12:30 p.m. ET)
The Bears last won in the United States in Week 5 (vs. Panthers) and this streak might not end any time soon (Lions, 49ers, Vikings, Lions, Seahawks, and Packers to end this regular season).
Are the Bears protecting Caleb Williams? He hasn’t thrown an interception during this losing streak, but he also has seen the majority of his throws over that stretch travel no more than five yards downfield.
Chicago is averaging 2.1 points per drive at home and 1.1 on the road this season. Over the past three weeks, the Bears have allowed just seven touchdowns on 17 red zone trips.
Three of Detroit’s next five games do not come on a Sunday (Thursdays in each of the next two weeks and a Monday Nighter in San Francisco to conclude Week 17). In Weeks 1-7, Jared Goff averaged 13 yards per blitzed pass attempt, a rate that has dropped to 5.2 since.
After running for three scores on Sunday against the Colts, Detroit now has 22 straight games with at least one rushing touchdown. Opponents have picked up under 30% of their third down opportunities against the Lions in four of their past five games (last two weeks: five-of-22, 22.7%).
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys (FOX, 4:30 p.m. ET)
The Giants averaged under a point per drive in Tommy DeVito’s season debut, something they did three times this season under Daniel Jones. DeVito threw 31 passes against the Buccaneers and totaled exactly one completion of 15+ air yards.
The Giants have had at least as many turnovers as offensive touchdowns five times this season (Weeks 1-4-6-8-12). New York has allowed opponents to pick up at least 40% of third downs in four straight games (after having one such game last season).
MORE: Complete Week 13 NFL Coverage Map and Broadcast Schedule
The Cowboys already have a Thursday win under their belt this season. Can you name the only team in the NFL currently with two Thursday night wins this season? (The New York Jets!)
Cooper Rush completed 12-of-14 passes on first down against the Commanders and 12-of-18 passes otherwise. The Cowboys have scored on under one-third of their drives in three straight games (Weeks 1-9: one such game). Defensively, Dallas has allowed 3+ offensive touchdowns in six straight games.
Miami Dolphins at Green Bay Packers (NBC/Peacock, 8:20 p.m. ET)
Miami has allowed under 20 points in three straight games – since 2011, they’ve run such a streak up to four straight games just once (Weeks 9-13, 2021). Tua Tagovailoa’s average depth of throw in touchdowns in 2022 was 14.1 yards. Last season, that number was 13.2 yards. This season? 4.5 yards.
The Dolphins have averaged over 2.0 points per drive in five straight games (their peak this season prior to this run was 1.8). Defensively, Miami has not allowed a run of over 20 yards since Week 7 (five straight games).
Green Bay was 3-6 last season before winning six of eight games to close the regular season, a run that started with wins in Weeks 11-12, one of which was a road divisional victory. They’ve won in Weeks 11-12 this season, one of which was a road divisional game.
Jordan Love misfired on six of seven deep passes in the win over the 49ers last week, the first time he has failed to complete multiple deep passes since Week 5 of last season (he was six-of-six on such passes in Week 11 against the Bears).
Green Bay scored a touchdown on all five red zone drives against San Francisco, which is nice growth for a team that scored a touchdown on just six-of-15 (40%) red zone trips over their three games prior. Defensively, the Packers allowed the 49ers to average just 0.5 yards per carry before contact on Sunday, a category in which they rank sixth best in the league this season.
NFL TV Coverage Map for Black Friday Game
Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs (Prime Video, 3 p.m. ET)
The Raiders pulled off the upset in Kansas City last year, but they entered that game after dropping 63 points on the Chargers the week prior. This year’s team enters play having scored 55 points over their past 11 quarters of action and is in the midst of a seven-game skid. Gardner Minshew posted a 4.9-yard average depth of throw in Sunday’s loss to the Broncos, the third time in four games his rate was under five yards.
The Raiders entered the red zone a season-high five times on Sunday against the Broncos – those drives netted just 16 points. Las Vegas has allowed points on the majority of opponent drives in four straight games (last two weeks: 72.2%).
Kansas City has won eight games by seven or fewer points this season, tying the most such wins this franchise has had in a single regular season since 2000. Over that stretch, only six times has a team won nine such games in a regular season:
- 2023 Steelers (lost in Wild Card)
- 2022 Vikings (lost in Wild Card)
- 2019 Seahawks (lost in Divisional Round)
- 2015 Broncos (won Super Bowl)
- 2012 Colts (lost in Wild Card)
- 2003 Panthers (lost in Super Bowl)
Patrick Mahomes has completed all nine of his third-down passes over the past two weeks (last five games: 36-of-44, 81.8%). The Chiefs scored a touchdown on three of eight drives against the Panthers, 37.5%, their highest rate in a game this season.
Against Carolina on Sunday, Kansas City allowed just 1.25 yards per carry after contact, a rate that was 25.1% better than anything this defense had produced through 11 weeks.