Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann says the NFL's is losing tradition to streaming-era scheduling

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Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann said the NFL has left tradition behind.

The NFL has expanded their primetime schedule to holidays and games overseas, meaning they are playing more games outside the traditional Sunday afternoon timeslot. Theismann pointed out the drastic differences in how the games are broadcast.

"They've drifted away (from tradition). I mean, when you look at all the different streaming services and all the different networks, it used to be ABC, NBC, and CBS, but that doesn't exist anymore. There only used to be those TV channels where you could watch things other than sports only existed then," Theismann told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

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Former NFL player Joe Theismann talks with sportscaster Cris Collinsworth before the game between the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., on Nov. 2, 2025. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

"Now, we're in a time and a place where the opportunity for the owners to make lots of money from different entities, from YouTube, from Amazon, from Peacock."

Theismann said fans used to look forward to Sundays, but now there are games seemingly all the time.

"Sunday is something you would look forward to sitting down to because you really didn't have an option. Now you have options on Monday night, Thursday night, Wednesday night. God only knows, Tuesday night, Saturday evening. If you're a fan of the NFL, you're going to find the game," Theismann said.

The opening game of the 2026 season will be on Wednesday this season, with the second game being played in Melbourne, Australia, on a