Netflix dabbled in the NFL for the first time this past season when it hosted multiple regular season games on Christmas Day, including matchups that involved Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs and the Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens.

Netflix gave an otherwise slow week of NFL news a kick in the tuchus, thanks to podcast-interview comments from its chief content office Bela Bajaria.

After streaming its first NFL games on Christmas, Netflix will be seeking a much bigger piece of the pie in the league's next media deal. The post Netflix Looking to Take NFL’s Sunday Afternoon Games from Fox and CBS in Next Media Deal: Report first appeared on Mediaite.

Netflix has called an audible and now plans to pursue a Sunday NFL package following its successful Christmas Day debut last season. Bela Bajaria, the chief content officer for the streaming giant, confirmed the strategy shift on a recent episode of "The Town" podcast.

Many might have doubted if Netflix was going to be able to major live streaming sports events after the streamer had lots of issues last November when showing the Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul fight. There were buffering issues,

The league can get out of broadcast deals with CBS and Fox as soon as 2030, and if that happens Netflix could jump into the fray. They say it’s good to have a five-year plan, and Netflix’s current plan is a doozy,