2014 NFL schedule features new broadcast format, plenty of highlights

• The other postseason news involves NBC. For the first time since acquiring the Sunday Night Football package in 2006, NBC will televise an NFL divisional

Richard Deitsch | Apr 24, 2014

2014 NFL schedule features new broadcast format, plenty of highlights /

In a new deal, the NFL Network will now be sharing its lineup of Thursday night games with CBS. — In a new deal, the NFL Network will now be sharing its lineup of Thursday night games with CBS :: Ric Tapia/Icon SMI

• The other postseason news involves NBC. For the first time since acquiring the Sunday Night Football package in 2006, NBC will televise an NFL divisional playoff game this upcoming season and each season thereafter through 2022. The game will alternate every year between an NFC and AFC game. The postseason will be big for NBC as they have the rights to Super Bowl XLIX from Arizona on Feb. 1, 2015.

Published Apr 24, 2014

RICHARD DEITSCH

Richard Deitsch is a writer & editor for Sports Illustrated. He has worked at nearly every division of SI and now primarily covers sports media, women’s sports & the Olympics.