Playoff game behind a Peacock paywall is a new frontier in NFL’s embrace of streaming

ESPN started carrying NFL games in 1987, but it took 27 seasons before it aired its first playoff game. The league’s embrace of streaming has been much faster.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The quarterback matchup between Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa and Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes isn’t the only major storyline going into their AFC wild card game.

Another question is how many fans will pay to watch one of the NFL’s important games of the season being carried exclusively on a streaming platform for the first time.

Saturday night’s game will be shown on Peacock after NBCUniversal won the rights last May. The game will

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