The NFL usually doesn’t mess with Friday or Christmas. The NFL avoids scheduling games on both.
Since Christmas is landing on a Friday this year, the NFL apparently didn’t mind.
Among the quirks of the NFL regular-season schedule, which was released on Thursday, was the rare Christmas game for the league. And on a Friday, which doesn’t happen often.
Here are some of the quirkiest items in the schedule (and check out our top 10 must-watch games and a review of prime-time games in the NFL’s 2020 schedule):
A rare Friday game, a rare Christmas game
The Minnesota Vikings will travel to play at the New Orleans Saints in Week 16, on Friday, Dec.