ESPN Personality Sounds Off On NFL's 'Absurd' Christmas Plans

From there, Russo rambled on about Netflix wanting to ensure that foreign football fans were able to watch the games at the expense of Americans.

“Those are Netflix games, we got to make sure Netflix, some dope in Pakistan can watch his football game,” Russo said. “So that’s why they’re on earlier in the day because the time difference makes it a little more conceivable. Because now [Patrick] Mahomes is at 9 o’clock in Europe. So if you live in Paris and you can’t get enough of Patrick Mahomes … you’re gonna get a break on Christmas night. Have your little French dinner, have your six bottles of wine, and watch Mahomes at 7 o’clock.

“So you can watch the game there, but we can’t watch the game here!”

Finally, Russo blasted the broadcasting lineup for the games, which includes expanded studio coverage in addition to a three-man booth for Chiefs-Steelers.

“I mean it’s ridiculous, all for a couple of bucks. … And Netflix with their lineup, they got 9 billion people in the broadcast booth. Whether it’s the pregame show and everything … half of them ESPN, half of them have been fired by ESPN, I mean it’s absurd. Call me, I might go!" he said.

“I mean my god, they got 50 million people, Drew Brees, he collapsed, RGIII, they got rid of RGIII! I mean they got a thousand people, on Christmas! I mean, we don’t need 30 people on the pregame show! My god almighty, put the game on at 1 o’clock and that’s the end of it.”

One thing that needs to be said is that the kickoff times are not solely because Netflix is broadcasting the games. Last year, the Chiefs and Raiders played at 1 p.m. with the Eagles and Giants starting at 4:30 p.m., and those matchups were on CBS and FOX, respectively.

Still, in terms of Russo rants, this one is in the 'A' tier.