​KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/UPI/Newscom/The Mega AgencyThings looked noticeably different on Sunday Night Football this weekend: Before the Chicago Bears took on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for Sunday, November 9’s game at Soldier Field, NBC made a major programming decision by skipping the national anthem.It was a move that was all the more noticeable to viewers as Veterans Day nears.Instead, what those who tuned in saw was talk between NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth and Noah Eagle, as well as a pregame interview with Bears quarterback Caleb Williams. Viewers also saw an aerial view of the field during which flag bearers were carrying a folded field-sized American flag back into one of the stadium’s tunnels, making the absence of the anthem all the more bizarre.NBC did broadcast the “show anthem,” however: “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” sung by country superstar Carrie Underwood.Fans took to social media in a fury over the flub, calling out the network for skipping the patriotic tune during a week that’s meant to celebrate military vets.BRIAN KERSEY/UPI/Newscom/The Mega Agency“Sunday night NBC had the biggest audience in television. It was the NFL’s Salute to Service week, three days before Veterans Day, at Soldier Field. And they couldn’t find two minutes for the National Anthem. They had time for a quarterback interview. They had time for Carrie Underwood singing the show’s theme song. What viewers got instead was an aerial shot of a folded flag being carried back into the tunnel… That’s a choice NBC made, not the NFL or the Bears,” one incensed user wrote on X, before revealing they are a veteran.“That anthem isn’t a pregame formality. It’s for the folks who wore the uniform, the ones who came home different, and the ones who never came home at all,” the user continued. “Cutting it on the one week set aside to honor them sends a message, whether NBC meant to or not.”BRIAN KERSEY/UPI/Newscom/The Mega Agency“All part of the ‘destroy America’ mob. Proving that they are irrelevant to the fabric of America,” another tweeted, slamming the network. “Fortunately, very few people watch NBC anymore.”According to a report from Fox News Digital, the decision to broadcast the national anthem is not generally made by the NFL or by a particular football club, but rather by the television network itself, meaning NBC made the call.NBC has yet to address the incident or the backlash that’s followed.Read More From First for SportsJordon Hudson Sues Airbnb Hosts Over Viral Bill Belichick Video, Claims Privacy Was ViolatedAaron Rodgers’ Brother Jordan Makes Unexpected Admission After Years of Family Tension: ‘I Trust the Guy’Lakers Demote Bronny James After Just 9 Games in 1st Season Without Dad LeBronThis story Fans Angered After NBC Skips National Anthem During Bears vs. Buccaneers Game Ahead of Veterans Day first appeared on First for Sports. Follow First for Sports on Yahoo so you don’t miss what’s coming n