The NFL schedule was released in full on Thursday night one week ahead of the draft and a number of notable games will kick off the season in Week 1, as the Baltimore Ravens will visit the Denver Broncos and the New York Giants will travel to Dallas to play the Cowboys in Arlington.
The Monday Night Football schedule on ESPN starts off with an exciting NFC East division game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Redskins in Washington before the Houston Texans visit the San Diego Chargers in second game of a double header. The second week of the season has the AFC North rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals, while on Sept. 23 the Oakland Raiders will travel to play Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. Manning has a few interesting games on the schedule, as the Broncos will play the New York Giants and Eli Manning in Week 2 and will travel to Indianapolis to play the Colts in Week 7.
The Miami Dolphins will travel to play the New Orleans Saints to finish September, giving the Dolphins a chance to see what they missed out on when they didn't sign Drew Brees when he was a free agent years ago. The Saints will be trying to bounce back from their bounty ravaged season and will get their first chance in primetime on Sept. 30.
The following week has the New York Jets heading down to Georgia to play the Atlanta Falcons before the Indianapolis Colts play the San Diego Chargers in California. The Giants will play their only Monday night game against the Minnesota Vikings after playing a Thursday game against Chicago, giving them a long break heading into the matchup with Adrian Peterson.
The Seattle Seahawks will have a divisional game against the St. Louis Rams on Oct. 28, while the Chicago Bears will visit the Green Bay Packers the next week. After making a splash in free agency during the offseason, the Dolphins will get another look on Monday night when they play the Buccaneers in an all Florida matchup, before the Patriots visit Cam Newton and the Panthers the following week.
The final run of games include the San Francisco 49ers playing the Washington Redskins in Maryland before the New Orleans Saints travel to the Pacific Northwest to play the Seattle Seahawks. The Cowboys will visit the Bears before the final two games featuring the Baltimore Ravens visiting the Lions and the Atlanta Falcons playing the San Francisco 49ers in the last matchup of the year.
This season will have the same team of Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden in the booth for ESPN.
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