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The NFL is teaming up with YouTube. USATSI

The NFL hasn't always embraced YouTube, but now that it has, the partnership is thriving.

The two companies announced on Thursday that they've agreed to renew a partnership that began in January 2015. Although YouTube's been around since 2005, the NFL didn't really start to embrace the video website until recently.

When the two sides originally announced their first partnership last year, the agreement led to the creation of an NFL YouTube channel. Over the past 16 months, the league has used its channel to feature game highlights, post-game recaps and clips featuring news, analysis and fantasy football advice.

This time around, the two sides have agreed to beef things up, which is good news for you.

Under terms of the new multi-year agreement, the NFL will start showing old games. The league has been hesitant to put archived games online, but that will be happening soon, thanks to the new deal.

The NFL is going to start small by putting a total of 96 older games on its YouTube channel. The channel will feature "three memorable games" from each of the league's 32 teams.

The deal will also make NFL clips easier to find for anyone who uses Google, which I'm pretty sure is everyone. If you search for an NFL game during the regular season, you should be able to find highlights of games that are in progress.

For games that haven't kicked off yet, the Google search will show you the kickoff time and broadcast information for any game that you search for.

The one downside is that you still won't be able to embed the clips on the NFL's YouTube channel. If you do embed a video, you'll see nothing but a black screen. To watch the actual clip, you'll have to click through to the NFL's YouTube Channel.