Last year’s Vikings-Lions Christmas Day matchup on Netflix set a streaming record with 27.5 million viewers. However, that record was broken a few weeks later when the NFL placed the Bears-Packers wild-card matchup on Amazon Prime Video, which drew more than 30 million viewers.

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The NFL's first regular-season game in Australia will not be a one-off, Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday, but the league must ensure players feel properly looked after to build on a bumper debut in Melbourne.

The sold-out Melbourne Cricket Ground crowd stood for a sobering 9/11 tribute before the Los Angeles Rams faced the San Francisco 49ers in Australia.

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Between 17-hour flights, time zone changes and a morning kickoff, the league’s first regular-season game Down Under is a grand experiment in when football players should sleep—and how far the league can travel.

The Green Bay Packers will kick their season off Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings, but there will be a couple of NFL Week 1 games before then. On Wednesday the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks will host the New England Patriots on a rare Wednesday night game.

We have seen three of the four teams in the NFC play in Week 1. The San Francisco 49ers made a statement. While the Seattle Seahawks gutted themselves to a 13-10 season-opening win over the New England Patriots after starting quarterback Sam Darnold injured his hip,