The best slate of games in the NFL calendar are reserved for the bright network lights of Sunday Night Football. A couple of new elements this year include a Wednesday night kickoff instead of Thursday night (something about a Presidential election or something) and a new Thanksgiving night game on NBC featuring the New York Rexs Sanchezs Tebows against the New England Patriots in a rivalry quickly becoming as tiring as Yanks/Sox. All the teams you would expect lead the league with three appearances – Giants, Cowboys, Patriots, Steelers and Packers.
As for the games, there’s not even an inkling of a weak one on the calendar. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me to see the majority of the flex games from Week 11 onward (excluding the Thursday night Thanksgiving) maintained. I’m most looking forward to what could be two interconference shootouts – Packers at Texans in Week 6 and Drew Brees and the Saints at Peyton Manning and the Broncos in Week 8.
Wed. Sept. 5 NFL Kickoff Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
Sun. Sept. 9 Week 1 Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos
Sun. Sept. 16 Week 2 Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers
Sun. Sept. 23 Week 3 New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens
Sun. Sept. 30 Week 4 New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
Sun. Oct. 7 Week 5 San Diego Chargers at New Orleans Saints
Sun. Oct. 14 Week 6 Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans
Sun. Oct. 21 Week 7 Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Sun. Oct. 28 Week 8 New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos
Sun. Nov. 4 Week 9 Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons
Sun. Nov. 11 Week 10 Houston Texans at Chicago Bears
*Sun. Nov. 18 Week 11 Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers
Thurs. Nov. 22 Week 12 New England Patriots at New York Jets
*Sun. Nov. 25 Week 12 Green Bay Packers at New York Giants
*Sun. Dec. 2 Week 13 Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
*Sun. Dec. 9 Week 14 Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
*Sun. Dec. 16 Week 15 San Francisco 49ers at New England Patriots
*Sun. Dec. 23 Week 16 San Diego Chargers at New York Jets
*Sun. Dec. 30 Week 17 TBA
H/T Sammy!
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