Who plays on 'Thursday Night Football' tonight? Time, TV channel, schedule for NFL Week 7

just a few weeks ago the thursday night football match up for week 7 looked like a matchup between two potential playoff teams now it looks like a battle of two teams that are fighting for their respective playoff lives the two afc teams squaring off on thursday are dealing with some serious injury problems one of the teams had 20 players on its initial injury report for the week and both squads are dealing with quarterback injuries as such thursday night's contest may not be about which side is better as a whole it will be about which side is healthier right now that looks like the broncos but perhaps the browns will get some good news on the injury front as kickoff approaches below is everything to know about thursday night's matchup plus everything you need to know to watch the first week 7 game of the 2021 nfl season more watch broncos at brown's live with fubotv 7 day free trial the broncos are traveling to cleveland to face the browns and open week 7 of the 2021 nfl season denver is coming off three consecutive losses after winning its first three games of the season so they're hoping for a bounce back on a short week that may not be easy quarterback daddy bridgewater is dealing with a foot injury so the broncos will have to make a decision on his status they can either roll with him moving forward or trust drulock to start in his place against cleveland while the decision will prove critical for the broncos the browns have many more tough ones they are facing they had 20 players listed on their initial injury report this week and will be without their top two running backs nick chubb and kareem hunt in this one they will also be without starting quarterback baker mayfield he was attempting to play through a shoulder labrum that is completely torn but the browns aren't letting him do that on a short week instead they'll turn to case keenum who will make his first start since the 2019 season in washington between keenum starting and denver's quarterback situation being unsettled this game could get unpredictable week 7 nfl picks against the spread straight up the browns vs broncos game will kick off at 8 comma 20 p.m et the same time as all thursday night football contests throughout the season pre-game coverage of the event will begin at 7 comma 30 p.m et on both nfl network and fox nfl network will also air dnf first look on game day starting at 3 pm et for those eager for the first week 7 match up to begin streamers will be able to watch the game via amazon prime more by using fubo tv which comes with a 7 day free trial meanwhile viewers in canada can watch the game exclusively on days and with a subscription more nfl odds lines point spreads best bets for week seven games fox and nfl network will simulcast thursday night football for the rest of the 2021 nfl season those two networks will show the game so those with cable can watch while amazon prime will allow users to stream the game those three services will cover thursday night football for the remainder of the 2021 campaign most united states cable providers carry the nfl network it also is available via satellite provider directv channels 212 and 1212 and iptv providers verizon fios channels 88 and 588 and google fiber channel 2019 ire why the bills are the nfl's top super bowl contender nfl fans will be able to stream thursday night football for free with a cable subscription by using either the nfl app or the yahoo sports app you must enter cable satellite subscription credentials to access it meanwhile cord cutters will have plenty of options to watch browns vs broncos they are as follows the browns and broncos will kick off another week of nfl action but this is the lightest game slate to date there will be only 13 games in week seven as six teams will be on by the good news is that there are plenty of quality games on the schedule sunday night football will feature an interesting clash between the cults and 49ers while the saints and seahawks will play on monday night football without drew brees and russell wilson respectively additionally the cardinals will look to improve to 7 comma 0 in a match-up against the texans that will be a revenge game for deandre hopkins who has yet to play the texans since he was traded to the cardinals the lions rams game will be interesting as well matthew stafford and jared goff traded places during the off-season so they'll each hope to beat their former team below is the full schedule for week 7 of the 2021 nfl season