The Dallas Cowboys are known as "America's Team" for a reason, and that will be put on display again during the 2025 season in one of the most anticipated matchups of the year.
The best and brightest franchises dominate broadcasting ratings. They typically set the bar concerning viewership numbers. This season's showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day will be no different and is poised to break the league's all-time viewership record.
During an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, CBS Sports announcer Jim Nantz explained what makes this the biggest regular-season game on the NFL calendar and why he believes it will be one of, if not the, most-watched games in league history.
Nantz Expects Chiefs vs. Cowboys to Set Record Viewership Numbers
“But KC and Dallas, to put those two gigantic brands together on the most-watched day of the regular season in the NFL," said Nantz, via Reice Shipley of AwfulAnnouncing.com. "It’s gonna set records. That’s not what I’m out for it to do. I just hope it’s a great football game. It will be a wonderful matchup to call on Thanksgiving. KC at Dallas, it’s the game we wanted. We wanted KC and Buffalo, also. I think those are the headlines on our schedule.”
Nantz has already enjoyed a legendary broadcasting career. He has nothing to gain by propping this CBS game up to be something it isn't. Thanksgiving has been a day connected to Cowboys football for my entire life, and this season's matchup against the Chiefs promises to be a special one.
Dallas is looking to make a statement during the 2025 campaign, and this is one of their opportunities to do so. Nothing would send shockwaves throughout the league faster than the Cowboys taking down Patrick Mahomes and the rest of Kansas City's roster when the eyes of the football world are locked in on Dallas.