The Super Bowl winner receives the opening trophies of the entire home program.
That’s why the Los Angeles Rams will host the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night, September 8, to kick off the 2022 season.
It was a spicy matchup, with Bono traveling to SoFi Stadium, where punters typically view championship favourites, as the Rams won the title against Cincinnati in February.
The Bengals host their rivals, the Steelers, on Sunday, September 11 in the division where all teams except the other two teams kick off. Both clubs playing Monday night offer a compelling story: Russell Wilson brings his Broncos to Seattle. In the off-season, the Seahawks traded their longtime quarterback to Denver.
In Sunday’s primetime game, Tom Brady — if he doesn’t retire again by September — and the Buccaneers in Dallas. Brady’s decision to retire after a short hiatus forced NFL programmers to redesign and redesign some of their playing fields.
The Cowboys visited the Pirates to open last season.
The rest of the first Sunday has some educational games like Jacksonville with new coach Doug Pederson and new quarterback Carson Wentz in Washington. Pederson coached Wentz in Philadelphia and won the Super Bowl with the Eagles, but Nick Fowles was chased in the middle and Wentz was injured.
Several games are scheduled in major divisions for September 11: New Orleans v Atlanta, Indianapolis-Houston, New England v Miami, Las Vegas-Los Angeles Chargers and Green Bay-Minnesota.
“We expect an incredible crowd out there,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell told the Vikings website. “I’ve spoken far from this guest, so I know what the Packers will be cooking on the first weekend. I can’t wait to see a stadium filled with purple. It’s a huge opportunity and a challenge for us.
“One way to start your season is a challenge, but it’s also a great way to start what we hope is a great 2022.”
There will also be Cleveland to the Carolinas, San Francisco to Chicago, Philadelphia to Detroit, Baltimore to the New York Jets, Kansas City to Arizona and the New York Giants to Tennessee.
Teams to hit the road and return home in Week 2 include Kansas City, which hosted the Chargers in Thursday night’s first Amazon Prime Video game. Also from Miami to Baltimore, New York Jets to Cleveland, Indianapolis to Jacksonville, Tampa Bay to New Orleans, Carolina to New York Giants, New England to Pittsburgh, From Seattle to San Francisco, from Houston to Denver, from Arizona to Las. Vegas, Chicago to Green Bay at night, Tennessee to Buffalo on Monday night, and then Minnesota to Philadelphia.
Finally, Indianapolis vs. Kansas City, Minnesota vs. Detroit, New England vs. Baltimore and Tampa Bay vs. Green Bay will play at home in Week 3, where Brady will face Aaron Rodgers.
It was previously reported that Denver and the Rams, one of the three Christmas games, will air on Nickelodeon TV and CBS. Slime, anyone? Other Christmas games are Green Bay at 1am in Miami, followed by Tampa Bay in Arizona at night.
There will also be a rivalry between the Raiders and Steelers on Christmas Eve.
For the traditional Thanksgiving games, Detroit will host Buffalo, host the Dallas Giants and New England will host Minnesota tonight.
More holiday tickets: 14 games on the first day of the New Year, which will force me to reschedule some bowling games from January 1. Major games likely to begin in 2023 include San Francisco in Las Vegas, Miami and Denver in New England. to Kansas City.
International games were also announced earlier:
– November 13 March, Germany’s first NFL regular season game, Tampa Bay against Seattle in Munich.
– October. On September 9, Green Bay faced the Giants at home of Premier League football team Tottenham in London, making them the last team to play in Europe. Minnesota played there last week in New Orleans.
– October. The Broncos will play the Jaguars at Wembley Stadium on October 30.
– November 21, San Francisco and Arizona in Mexico City.
Week 15 will triple on Saturday, December 17th, although which of the five games will be postponed from Sunday will only be decided closer to the weekend. The options are Miami in Buffalo, Baltimore in Cleveland, Indianapolis in Minnesota, Atlanta in New Orleans and Giants in Washington.
For the final weekend of January 7-8, 2023, all intra-division matches-two matches will be rescheduled on Saturday. They can be detected at the beginning of the 18th week.
“We’re going to find out who and where we’re playing in a few months,” said Browns coach Kevin Stefanski, “but it was fun to see how everything went, where we were last week, and where our opponents were in the league. For our trainers. He looks at the first opponent who started working with their coordinator, you understand what you are doing and you try to gain an advantage in this game.
Not just one franchise planned for prime time: Detroit. However, the league’s flexible schedule could change if the Lions make significant progress.
In contrast, the Rams, Packers, Bucks, Broncos, Eagles, Cowboys, Chargers, Chiefs, Steelers, 49ers, Patriots and Bengals have five games each night.
Strangely enough, the AFC champions Bengals faced all three division rivals (Cleveland, Baltimore and Pittsburgh) on the road in prime time. Three consecutive night battles in Las Vegas in December.
Nine teams will play at home for three games: Cowboys, Giants, Bears, Lions, Vikings, Panthers, Pirates, Coaches and 49’s. Four of them will pass in three games: Kansas City, Miami, Green Bay and Philadelphia.
Farewell will begin in week 6.
Two important anniversaries:
On Week 7 Sunday night, the Dolphins will host the Steelers and Miami will celebrate 50 years of their 17-0 undefeated season in 1972, including a victory over Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship game.
-16. Weekly, the Steelers host the Raiders 50 years after the Flawless Welcome during the AFC Divisional Playoffs. The following week, Pittsburgh lost to Miami.
Fox will not broadcast World Cup games from Qatar on November 27 and December 4 in favor of NFL games. The World Cup Final will be attended on December 18 at 10:00 EDT, with separate coverage of the Lions-Jets and Cowboys-Jaguars, at 13:00 on Fox and 16:05 by the Cardinals-Broncos.
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AP Sports journalists Joe Reedy and Ronald Bloom contributed.
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Source: Breitbart
