Hanson ended up apologizing and, in Week 16, changed his intro to "seven hours of RedZone football." While that indicated to some that commercials were going to be part of the program going forward, Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports reported on Monday that NFL Network is actually "undecided" on whether to include ads on NFL RedZone going forward.

For those unfamiliar, NFL RedZone offers a fast-paced, all-access look at every touchdown and pivotal moment across the league, stripping away the downtime and fluff typical of most game broadcasts. It has earned a devoted fanbase precisely because it prioritizes constant action.

For years, NFL RedZone has operated with a "commercial-free" promise as it stacks the most exciting parts of the action from every NFL Sunday. That was not the case in Week 15, when RedZone broke from this mold in a jarring fashion and started showing some ads,