The Pittsburgh Steelers were given the short end of the stick when it came to the majority of the organization's 2024 schedule, but it specifically has been noted as brutal down the stretch in November and December. All six of the team's divisional games were set to be played in an eight-contest stretch to end the year while matchups against the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs were also thrown into that mix. On top of it all, Mike Tomlin's group will have to play on Christmas Day, which falls on a Wednesday. It's safe to say that several individuals in the Steel City aren't happy with the slate.
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Steelers President, Art Rooney II roams the sidelines prior to a 2022 preseason matchup at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA.
A wrinkle thrown into the Steelers' Christmas contest versus the Chiefs is that it will be live on Netflix. The streaming conglomerate decided to get into the profitable business that is live sports and recent reports have indicated that advertising slots have already been sold out. As the December holidays inch closer, fans of football were able to get a small sneak peak of live streaming sports on Netflix on Friday evening with Jake Paul and Mike Tyson set to fight.
Unfortunately, before the big fight of the evening had the chance to get underway, the streaming service had issues throughout the preliminary fights that were the talk of social media.
Anybody else's @netflix service crashing constantly during #PaulTyson pic.twitter.com/jfw4KmMKVs
— Yared Vazquez, M.D. (Octagon Doctor) (@dryared) November 16, 2024
The new age of social media has allowed everyone to follow things in real time, and that's exactly what happened with Netflix being put on blast by several different users on X.
Netflix servers right now pic.twitter.com/iVxVfivNRf
— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) November 16, 2024
The fight between Tyson and Paul has been heavily advertised, but will not gain nearly as much traction and attention as the Steelers facing off against the Chiefs in Pittsburgh on a major holiday.
Netflix executives watching these streaming issues: pic.twitter.com/iKSy1bgR8j
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) November 16, 2024
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell can't feel all that good about seeing issues with Netflix on a random Friday night as a boxing card plays out. The league office will likely inquire about the issues to make sure it isn't a problem come late December.
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to reporters at a Super Bowl LVI news conference outside SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California..
Fans paying attention to the fight night made sure to let one of the world's leading streaming services that there was some worry regarding the broadcast and it was bound to get worse.
Nice job @netflix the circle of infinite buffering. I'm sure it'll just get better with more viewers, right? 😂 pic.twitter.com/EiB6CvDmJO
— Daniel Gibson (@DanielG__83) November 16, 2024
Time will tell if these problems get fixed as the New Year approaches, but Steelers and Chiefs fans will have a rough Christmas trying to watch the contest if buffering issues persist.
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Pittsburgh will have to play the Baltimore Ravens on a Saturday in Week 16 before taking on Kansas City at home on Christmas. The lineup hasn't been received well by fans in the Steel City, and the black and gold faithful will be even more upset if Netflix has streaming issues during what could be one of the biggest games of the AFC's season.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to Colleen Wolfe on the field before the league's 2024 contest in Munich, Germany between the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers.
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