FEBRUARY 2004: With college prospects Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, and Ben Roethlisberger, NFL Network covers the NFL Combine from Indianapolis for the first time
APRIL 26, 2006: For the first time, NFL Network is live in New York City at Radio City Music Hall to cover the NFL Draft
NOVEMBER 23, 2006: The Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs play the first ever live game on NFL Network
SEPTEMBER 13, 2009: NFL RedZone launches out of the NFL Network studios
SEPTEMBER 2012: NFL Network expands to a 13-game schedule for Thursday Night Football
AUGUST 1, 2016: NFL Network’s new morning show, Good Morning Football launches live from New York City
DECEMBER 2017: NFL Network is the 2nd most watched cable sports network overall during the 2017 NFL Regular Season for the first time ever
DECEMBER 25, 2016: A special Christmas Day game between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers is the most watched event ever on NFL Network with an average audience of 16 million viewers
APRIL 27, 2017: An average audience of 2.5 million viewers tune in to watch the first round of the NFL Draft on NFL Network, the largest single day audience in the network’s history for the NFL Draft
Didn’t expect to get all choked up by the @nflnetwork 15th Anniversary retrospective today. But it happened. #TouchOfTheVermeil pic.twitter.com/cRdup6HaAc
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) November 4, 2018
SOURCE: NFL Media
