NFL to play two games on Christmas Day Wednesday in 2024 - ESPN

NFL games on Christmas Day remain the gifts that keep on giving for the league, and that will continue in 2024 with two matchups despite the holiday falling on a Wednesday, it was announced.

Matchups for the games, which will include teams that play on the previous Saturday to account for the recovery window, have yet to be determined.

The NFL has played 30 games on Christmas Day, including two playoff games in 1971.

The NFL played three games on Christmas Day 2023, with the Baltimore Ravens-San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles and Las Vegas Raiders-Kansas City Chiefs matchups all being played on a Monday.

The Christmas Day games have generated massive television ratings, with ESPN's Ravens-49ers telecast having more than 27.2 million viewers, making it the second most-watched «Monday Night Football» game since 1996.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday games «will not be a regular thing» and that the league has not seen an elevation of injuries from playing mid-week games.

Overall, the league has had 30 games on Christmas Day since the NFL held two divisional playoff games on Dec. 25, 1971. There have been nine games played on the holiday since 2020.