NFL urged to make major broadcast change involving Patrick Mahomes after Netflix’s worrying Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson show

Netflix will broadcast two NFL games on Christmas with a halftime show from Beyonce

 

NFL fans are concerned about the upcoming Netflix games after watching Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson.

More than 60 million households tuned into Netflix’s live boxing event on Friday night.

Jake Paul and Mike Tyson's fight was shown live on Netflix on Friday night
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Jake Paul and Mike Tyson’s fight was shown live on Netflix on Friday nightCredit: AFP

Patrick Mahomes will feature in Netflix's NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day
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Patrick Mahomes will feature in Netflix’s NFL doubleheader on Christmas DayCredit: Reuters
Paul beat Tyson on points in front of over 60,000 fans at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

But the Netflix event was hit by technical problems.

Fans complained of poor picture quality and buffering.

While there were also thousands of reports of a Netflix outage during Friday’s card.

And those events haven’t filled football fans with confidence.

Netflix will broadcast two NFL games live on Christmas Day this year.

The streaming giants will show Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Pittsburgh Steelers.

And that game will be followed on the holiday by the Baltimore Ravens against the Houston Texans.

But NFL fans watching Friday’s boxing were worried for Christmas.

“This Netflix buffering is a big problem,” one said. “I’m sure the NFL is taking detailed notes.”

Jake Paul wins boxing match against Mike Tyson
Another fan commented, “Netflix is so unprepared to handle this Tyson Paul fight.

“The buffering and freezing is awful – it’s almost unwatchable.

“They need to fix their issues before any NFL game is shown.”


And a third posted, “Netflix better get this figured out before NFL on Christmas.”

While one more wrote, “The NFL better move that Christmas Day game from Netflix to Fox or something else.”

NFL games are regularly watched by around 20 million viewers in the United States.

But holiday games have drawn even bigger audiences in the past.

The 2022 Thanksgiving game between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys was watched by 42 million people.

That’s 18 million shy of the 60 million audience for Friday’s event, which Netflix struggled with.