Overview
- Viewers cited buffering, sharp drops in picture quality, casting limitations, closed-caption toggling issues, muffled audio, and difficulty launching the stream, with Downdetector logging roughly 500 Netflix complaints during the early game window.
- Mid-game interviews with Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith, Clinton Portis, Barry Sanders and Cris Carter ran during live snaps and suffered audio problems, prompting widespread criticism that the segments detracted from game action.
- Frustration escalated when a Barry Sanders interview continued as Detroit tackle Penei Sewell was shown down injured, intensifying complaints about missed play-by-play focus.
- Unconventional flourishes — including WWE’s Seth Rollins leading a postgame segment and a shirtless cameo by comedian Bert Kreischer — drew viewer pushback as distracting cross-promotion.
- Performance elements were uneven, with mixed reaction to Snoop Dogg’s halftime show and heavy criticism of SZN4’s national anthem, while Amazon’s later Broncos–Chiefs broadcast avoided Netflix-specific complaints.