A report sheds light on why the NFL put the Packers-Bears rivalry game on Saturday night of wild-card weekend on a streaming service.

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NFL Wild Card Weekend 2026 rolls on Sunday with three more games -- Bills vs. Jaguars at 1 p.m. ET, 49ers vs. Eagles at 4:30 and then Patriots

After wild-card weekend, divisional rounds will begin with two games on Saturday and two on Sunday. Saturday, Jan. 17: Two games - 4:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18: Two games - 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

For years, NFL fans have debated the same familiar issues every Sunday night: the announcers are too loud, the crowd noise isn’t loud enough, or the broadcast just doesn’t feel like being in the stadium.

The NFL averaged 18.7 million viewers per game during the regular season, the second highest since audience averages began being kept in 1988.

The Steelers have won the AFC North and clinched the conference's No. 4 seed with a wild 26-24 victory over the Ravens to end the NFL's 2025 regular season. In a classic rivalry game between Pittsburgh and Baltimore,