Netflix will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it carries two NFL games for the first time on Christmas.

Despite hiccups with a boxing match, the ad revenue a live football double bill would bring is one of the reasons it's worth the gamble.

The NFL will embark on a new Christmas Day tradition starting this year. Christmas Day games have been played in the past throughout the NFL, but only on special occasions.  That will change this Wednesday,

For the NFL, the Netflix move is a play with nothing but upside. Netflix has 282.3 million subscribers in 190 countries. Every one of whom could theoretically watch this game as part of their normal subscription. That’s an enticing proposition for a league that always has its eyes on the next potential conquest.

"It's going to be loose, it's going to be fun. Gonna be a little out of control, a little wild, but yeah, it won't be the Tom Brady Roast," Kreischer says.

The streaming giant will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it airs two NFL games for the first time.

Netflix is planning on giving plenty of gifts to its viewers on Christmas Day – as long as everything goes to plan. With millions of viewers expected to tune in on Christmas Day, Netflix says it's learned from its previous plagued streams and anticipates the NFL double-header to run efficiently for the holidays.