For the primary time in NFL historical past, a streaming service would be the unique dwelling for an NFL playoff recreation – and what a recreation it needs to be.
Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins will hit the street to face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in a primetime postseason matchup on Peacock.
The Dolphins had a red-hot begin to the season with their offense firing on all cylinders. Nonetheless, they misplaced three of their remaining 5 common season video games, together with a Week 18 home matchup towards the Buffalo Payments with the AFC East title on the road. That loss cemented the Dolphins’ 11-6 file and made them the No. 6 seed within the AFC.
On the opposite aspect, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs adopted up their Tremendous Bowl LVII title by going 11-6 and incomes the No. 3 seed within the AFC. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Chiefs’ offense haven’t displayed their normal firepower, however the Okay.C. protection stepped up because the crew received its eighth straight AFC West title.
The 2 sides already confronted off as soon as this season with the Chiefs incomes a 21-14 victory. The wild card showdown will lastly give Tyreek Hill an opportunity to face his former crew at his former dwelling, because the final Dolphins-Chiefs matchup was a “dwelling” recreation for the Chiefs in Germany.
Right here’s every little thing to learn about Dolphins-Chiefs and learn how to stream it on Peacock:
The Dolphins and Chiefs will sq. off at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 13.
The matchup will kick off at 8 p.m. ET.
Dolphins-Chiefs will air completely on Peacock, making it the primary NFL playoff recreation to be broadcast completely on a streaming service. Peacock had its first unique livestream of a daily season recreation on Dec. 23 when the Buffalo Payments beat the Los Angeles Chargers.
Mike Tirico might be pulling double responsibility throughout wild card weekend. He’ll deal with play-by-play duties alongside Jason Garrett (analyst) and Kaylee Hartung (sideline) for Dolphins-Chiefs Saturday night time earlier than becoming a member of Cris Collinsworth (analyst) and Melissa Stark (sideline) for Rams-Lions at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Dolphins-Chiefs will solely air on TV in Miami and Kansas Metropolis. The competition might be broadcast on NBC6 in Miami and on NBC stations within the Kansas Metropolis market.
Dolphins-Chiefs recreation can be obtainable on cell units by NFL+.
NBCUniversal is the primary media firm to function the house for 3 NFL playoff video games in a single weekend.
It begins with Browns-Texans, which is able to air on NBC and Peacock with kickoff at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. Dolphins-Chiefs will comply with completely on Peacock later that night time. NBC and Peacock will then broadcast Rams-Lions on Sunday night time.
The Saturday motion will start with a particular, 90-minute version of “Soccer Night time in America” starting at 3 p.m. ET. The pregame present will start at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday forward of Rams-Lions.
The climate in Kansas Metropolis might be a far cry from South Seashore.
NBC Miami forecasts a excessive temperature of 10 levels and a low of -5 in Kansas Metropolis on Saturday. There might be 10-20 mph winds and an 9% probability of precipitation.
Editor’s word: Peacock and this NBC station are each owned by NBCUniversal.
