Are you already suffering from football withdrawal? Well, don’t fear as the first NFL preseason game kicks off exactly four months from today with the Hall of Fame Game – which was canceled last year due to the lockout – between the Arizona Cardinals and New Orleans Saints.
That means the Cards and Saints will be the first teams to report to training camp in July – the Saints will need all the time they will have to adjust to a new coach in the wake of Sean Payton’s season-long suspension for the bounty scandal. Will Bill Parcells come out of retirement to take his protégé’s spot for a season? That remains to be seen.
The Super Bowl champion New York Giants will host the Chicago Bears on Friday, Aug. 24 (CBS, 8 p.m. ET) for their first nationally televised game since defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. And the Pats and Giants will face off in the final preseason game – although that’s generally when the starters rarely play.
Peyton Manning makes his Broncos debut in a Week 1 preseason game, when Denver plays at Chicago some time from Aug. 9-13. In Week 3, the Colts, who are expected to take quarterback Andrew Luck with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, will be at the Washington Redskins, who are expected to take Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III with the second pick.
Exact dates and times for games not shown on national TV will be announced later.
Hall of Fame Game
Aug. 5 Arizona vs. New Orleans in Canton, Ohio, 8 p.m. (NFL Network)
Week 1 (Aug. 9-13)
Aug. 9 Green Bay at San Diego, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Aug. 13 Dallas at Oakland, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
TBA Arizona at Kansas City
TBA Baltimore at Atlanta
TBA Cleveland at Detroit
TBA Denver at Chicago
TBA Houston at Carolina
TBA Minnesota at San Francisco
TBA New Orleans at New England
TBA N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville
TBA N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati
TBA Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
TBA St. Louis at Indianapolis
TBA Tampa Bay at Miami
TBA Tennessee at Seattle
TBA Washington at Buffalo
Week 2 (Aug. 16-20)
Aug. 16 Cincinnati at Atlanta, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Aug. 17 Detroit at Baltimore, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Aug. 19 Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. (NBC)
Aug. 20 Philadelphia at New England, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
TBA Buffalo at Minnesota
TBA Cleveland at Green Bay
TBA Dallas at San Diego
TBA Jacksonville at New Orleans
TBA Kansas City at St. Louis
TBA Miami at Carolina
TBA N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets
TBA Oakland at Arizona
TBA San Francisco at Houston
TBA Seattle at Denver
TBA Tennessee at Tampa Bay
TBA Washington at Chicago
Week 3 (Aug. 23-26)
Aug. 23 Arizona at Tennessee, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Aug. 24 Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m. (CBS)
Aug. 25 Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. (CBS)
Aug. 26 San Francisco at Denver, 4 p.m. (FOX)
Aug. 26 Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 8 p.m. (NBC)
TBA Atlanta at Miami
TBA Detroit at Oakland
TBA Green Bay at Cincinnati
TBA Indianapolis at Washington
TBA Jacksonville at Baltimore
TBA New England at Tampa Bay
TBA Philadelphia at Cleveland
TBA Pittsburgh at Buffalo
TBA San Diego at Minnesota
TBA Seattle at Kansas City
TBA St. Louis at Dallas
Week 4 (Aug. 29-30)
TBA Atlanta at Jacksonville
TBA Baltimore at St. Louis
TBA Buffalo at Detroit
TBA Carolina at Pittsburgh
TBA Chicago at Cleveland
TBA Cincinnati at Indianapolis
TBA Denver at Arizona
TBA Kansas City at Green Bay
TBA Miami at Dallas
TBA Minnesota at Houston
TBA New England at N.Y. Giants
TBA New Orleans at Tennessee
TBA N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia
TBA Oakland at Seattle
TBA San Diego at San Francisco
TBA Tampa Bay at Washington
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