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NFL 2026

Week 16 · Regular season · Thursday, December 24 – Monday, December 28

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The 13:00 ET kick-offs in your time

  • League time · ET

    13:00

    Fri, Dec 25

  • London

    18:00

    Fri, Dec 25

  • Tokyo

    03:00

    Sat, Dec 26

Thursday, December 24

20:15 ET

Friday, December 25

13:00 ET
16:30 ET
20:15 ET

Sunday, December 27

00:00 ET
13:00 ET
16:05 ET
16:25 ET
20:20 ET

Monday, December 28

20:15 ET

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Frequently asked questions

When is NFL week 16?
Week 16 runs Thursday, December 24 – Monday, December 28: 16 games, most kicking off at 13:00 ET (18:00 UTC).
Where can I watch the NFL?
It is shown live in 155 countries, including United States (CBS, FOX, NBC / Peacock, ESPN / ABC, Amazon Prime Video), Canada (CTV, TSN, RDS, DAZN), United Kingdom (Sky Sports, 5 / 5Action, DAZN (NFL Game Pass)), Germany (RTL, Sky Sport, DAZN (NFL Game Pass)). The list on this page names the rights holder in each market.

NFL week 16: Christmas Eve, three games on Christmas Day and four still to be scheduled

Week 16 is Christmas week, and Christmas Day falls on a Friday in 2026. It opens on Christmas Eve, Thursday 24 December, with the Houston Texans at the Philadelphia Eagles at 8:15 PM Eastern, 04:15 on Friday morning in Türkiye. On Christmas Day the Green Bay Packers visit the Chicago Bears at 1:00 PM Eastern (21:00 in Türkiye, 18:00 in the UK), the Buffalo Bills play at the Denver Broncos at 4:30 PM Eastern (00:30 in Türkiye) and the Los Angeles Rams are at the Seattle Seahawks at 8:15 PM Eastern (04:15 in Türkiye).

Four games have no date yet: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Atlanta Falcons, the Cincinnati Bengals at the Indianapolis Colts, the Washington Commanders at the Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers at the Pittsburgh Steelers. Under the NFL's published procedure two of them will be played on Saturday 26 December at 4:30 PM and 8:00 PM Eastern, and the dates and times of all four are announced no later than straight after week 14. Until then the times shown for them here are placeholders.

Sunday 27 December has four games at 1:00 PM Eastern, then the Tennessee Titans at the Las Vegas Raiders at 4:05 PM and the San Francisco 49ers at the Kansas City Chiefs at 4:25 PM. Sunday Night Football is the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Dallas Cowboys and Monday Night Football the New York Giants at the Detroit Lions, at 04:20 and 04:15 in Türkiye. All 32 teams play this week. Every scheduled game on this page is shown in your own time zone.