The NFL’s Black Friday experiment is finding its footing. This year’s Raiders-Chiefs game outpaced the 2023 Dolphins-Jets day-after-Thanksgiving game by 41 percent, according to Prime Video. The audience averaged 13.51 million viewers. Last year, Dolphins-Jets averaged 9.61 million.

Why does the NFL have a "Black Friday" game in the first place? Money played a major factor, as Amazon missed an opportunity to broadcast a game on Thanksgiving in its $1 billion

The Lions beat the Chicago Bears early, then the Dallas Cowboys knocked off the New York Giants without playoff implications, before the Green Bay Packers slammed the Miami Dolphi