With every press release you feel the Football Season is getting closer and closer. CBS finally put together its hieracrchy of NFL Announcing teams, and the list really hasn’t changed from last year. There is however a new member that we need to welcome to the “Eye”. Dan Fouts, who was not renewed by ABC, has been brought on to do both NFL and SEC games for the network….
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
Dick Enberg and Randy Cross or Dan Fouts
Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots
Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker
Don Criqui, Bill Macatee and Steve Beuerlein or Dan Fouts
CBS had a pretty stellar NFL Season last year and continued to pull past FOX in both game and pregame show ratings. Now that Brett Favre is in the network’s conference, those numbers should see an even larger boost this year. The network’s schedule for the upcoming season is below, and expect a week one NFL announcing schedule for both CBS and FOX in the coming days.
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PRESEASON
Friday, August 22nd (8pm)- Houston Texans vs Dallas Cowboys (Ian Eagle and Phil Simms)
Saturday, August 23rd (8pm)- Pittsburgh Steelers vs Minnesota Vikings (Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
WEEK 1 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 7
Cincinnati @ Baltimore (1pm)
N.Y. Jets @ Miami (1pm)
Kansas City @ New England (1pm)
Houston @ Pittsburgh (1pm)
Jacksonville @ Tennessee (1pm)
WEEK 2 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 14
Tennessee @ Cincinnati (1pm)
Buffalo @ Jacksonville (1pm)
Oakland @ Kansas City (1pm)
Indianapolis @ Minnesota (1pm)
New England @ N.Y. Jets (4pm)
San Diego @ Denver (4pm)
Miami @ Arizona (4pm)
Baltimore @ Houston (4pm)
WEEK 3 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 21
Kansas City @ Atlanta (1pm)
Oakland @ Buffalo (1pm)
Cincinnati @ N.Y. Giants (1pm)
Miami @ New England (1pm)
Houston @ Tennessee (1pm)
Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia (4pm)
Cleveland @ Baltimore (4pm)
Jacksonville @ Indianapolis (4pm)
WEEK 4 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 28
Cleveland @ Cincinnati (1pm)
Houston @ Jacksonville (1pm)
Denver @ Kansas City (1pm)
San Diego @ Oakland (4pm)
Buffalo @ St. Louis (4pm)
WEEK 5 – SUNDAY, OCT. 5
Tennessee @ Baltimore (1pm)
Kansas City @ Carolina (1pm)
Indianapolis @ Houston (1pm)
San Diego @ Miami (1pm)
Cincinnati @ Dallas (4pm)
New England @ San Francisco (4pm)
Buffalo @ Arizona (4pm)
WEEK 6 – SUNDAY, OCT. 12
Miami @ Houston (1pm)
Baltimore @ Indianapolis (1pm)
Cincinnati @ N.Y. Jets (1pm)
Oakland @ New Orleans (1pm)
Jacksonville @ Denver (4pm)
WEEK 7 – SUNDAY, OCT. 19
San Diego @ Buffalo (1pm)
Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati (1pm)
Tennessee @ Kansas City (1pm)
Baltimore @ Miami (1pm)
Indianapolis @ Green Bay (4pm)
Cleveland @ Washington (4pm)
N.Y. Jets @ Oakland (4pm)
WEEK 8 – SUNDAY, OCT. 26
San Diego @ New Orleans (London, 1pm)
Oakland @ Baltimore (1pm)
Buffalo @ Miami (1pm)
Kansas City @ N.Y. Jets (1pm)
Cleveland @ Jacksonville (4pm)
WEEK 9 – SUNDAY, NOV. 2
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo (1pm)
Jacksonville @ Cincinnati (1pm)
Baltimore @ Cleveland (1pm)
Houston @ Minnesota (1pm)
Miami @ Denver (4pm)
WEEK 10 – SUNDAY, NOV. 9
Tennessee @ Chicago (1pm)
Jacksonville @ Detroit (1pm)
Cincinnati @ Houston (1pm)
Buffalo @ New England (1pm)
Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh (4pm)
Kansas City @ San Diego (4pm)
WEEK 11 – SUNDAY, NOV. 16
Denver @ Atlanta (1pm)
Houston @ Indianapolis (1pm)
Tennessee @ Jacksonville (1pm)
Oakland @ Miami (1pm)
Baltimore @ N.Y. Giants (1pm)
San Diego @ Pittsburgh (4pm)
WEEK 12 – SUNDAY, NOV. 23
Houston @ Cleveland (1pm)
Buffalo @ Kansas City (1pm)
New England @ Miami (1pm)
N.Y. Jets @ Tennessee (4pm)
Oakland @ Denver (4pm)
WEEK 13 – THURSDAY, NOV. 27 & SUNDAY, NOV. 30
Tennessee @ Detroit (12:30pm, Thanksgiving Day)
Indianapolis @ Cleveland (1pm)
Baltimore @ Cincinnati (1pm)
Denver @ N.Y. Jets (1pm)
Miami @ St. Louis (1pm)
Pittsburgh @ New England (4pm)
Kansas City @ Oakland (4pm)
WEEK 14 – SUNDAY, DEC. 7
Jacksonville @ Chicago (1pm)
Houston @ Green Bay (1pm)
Cincinnati @ Indianapolis (1pm)
Cleveland @ Tennessee (1pm)
Kansas City @ Denver (4pm)
N.Y. Jets @ San Francisco (4pm)
Miami @ Buffalo (Toronto, 4pm)
WEEK 15 – SUNDAY, DEC. 14
Pittsburgh @ Baltimore (1pm)
Denver @ Carolina (1pm)
Tennessee @ Houston (1pm)
San Diego @ Kansas City (1pm)
Buffalo @ N.Y. Jets (1pm)
New England @ Oakland (4pm)
WEEK 16 – SUNDAY, DEC. 21
Cincinnati @ Cleveland (1pm)
Miami @ Kansas City (1pm)
Pittsburgh @ Tennessee (1pm)
N.Y. Jets @ Seattle (4pm)
Houston @ Oakland (4pm)
Buffalo @ Denver (4pm)
WEEK 17 – SUNDAY, DEC. 28
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh (1pm)
Tennessee @ Indianapolis (1pm)
New England @ Buffalo (1pm)
Jacksonville @ Baltimore (1pm)
Kansas City @ Cincinnati (1pm)
Miami @ N.Y. Jets (1pm)
Oakland @ Tampa Bay (1pm)
Denver @ San Diego (4:15pm)
PLAYOFFS:
AFC WILD CARD PLAYOFF GAME – SUNDAY, JAN. 4
AFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS – SATURDAY, JAN. 10 & SUNDAY, JAN. 11
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP – SUNDAY, JAN. 18
