did everybody see that there will be 3 turkey day games

dallas/tb...det/min(i think) and at night den/kc....

Great news for everyone, except those who work at books.

NFL network doing the KC/Den game will be nice for those whos cable companys carry NFL network

this is from sportsline.com


ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Thursday night season opener featuring Miami at Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh, and a Thanksgiving night game at Kansas City highlight a portion of the NFL scheduled announced Monday.

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The league's new tradition of opening on a Thursday night moves to NBC, which has taken over one of the prime-time television packages. The Dolphins, who finished 9-7 last season, will play at the Steelers on Sept. 7 at 8:30 p.m. EST.

NBC's first Sunday night matchup will be a brotherly quarterback feud between the Mannings as Peyton brings his Indianapolis Colts to the Meadowlands to play Eli and the Giants at 8:15 p.m. EST.

The main national TV doubleheader game for the full opening day Sept. 10 has Dallas at Jacksonville at 4:15 p.m. EST.

With ESPN taking over the Monday night package, the league scheduled a doubleheader for Sept. 11. Minnesota will visit Washington at 7 p.m. EST, followed by San Diego at Oakland at 10:15 p.m. EST.


Eli and Peyton Manning give NBC a marquee opening Sunday night matchup. (Getty Images)
That's an odd coupling. While the Redskins sell out every game and have led the NFL in attendance for six straight years, the Raiders rarely have a full stadium. That raises the potential for a blackout in the Bay Area for the game with the Chargers.

The Thanksgiving lineup features the Dolphins at Detroit at 12:30 p.m. EST, followed by Tampa Bay at Dallas at 4:15 p.m. EST. And the league has added a third holiday game, with the Broncos visiting the Chiefs at 8 p.m. EST.

The Chiefs used to host a Thanksgiving Day game in the AFL days and have long campaigned to host one in the NFL.

"I've thought all those games should be rotated," Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt said Monday. "But it's a plus for us to have the first one at night.

"We have a history in them. We always hosted them before the merger, and we've wanted to do it again."

The Broncos-Chiefs match will be the first live, in-season game on NFL Network, which will show eight prime-time games from Thanksgiving through the end of the season. Those games will be on either Thursday or Saturday nights.

"It ought to bring a great rating," Hunt said. "People will be worn out from all of their Thanksgiving Day activities, so they can sit down and enjoy the game."

The entire schedule will be released in early April.

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"People will be worn out from all of their Thanksgiving Day activities, " What, watching the early games? Lmao.

a monday night doubleheader...second game starts at 10:15...going to be tough at work the next day...the bars will love this......:drink:

Welcome to the new version of MNF

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width="100%" align=right border=0><TBODY><TR class=bg0><TD align=middle colSpan=5>Kickoff Weekend and Thanksgiving national television games:</TD></TR><TR class=bg1><TD align=middle colSpan=5>Kickoff Weekend</TD><TR class=bg1><TD>Date</TD><TD>Day</TD><TD>Opponents</TD><TD>Network</TD><TD>Time (ET)</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Sept. 7</TD><TD>Thu.</TD><TD>Miami at Pittsburgh</TD><TD>NBC</TD><TD>8:30 p.m.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Sept. 10</TD><TD>Sun.</TD><TD>Dallas at Jacksonville</TD><TD>FOX</TD><TD>4:15 p.m.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Sept. 10</TD><TD>Sun.</TD><TD>Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants</TD><TD>NBC</TD><TD>8:15 p.m.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Sept. 11</TD><TD>Mon.</TD><TD>Minnesota at Washington</TD><TD>ESPN</TD><TD>7 p.m.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Sept. 11</TD><TD>Mon.</TD><TD>San Diego at Oakland</TD><TD>ESPN</TD><TD>10:15 p.m.</TD></TR><TR class=bg1><TD align=middle colSpan=5>Thanksgiving</TD><TR class=bg1><TD>Date</TD><TD>Day</TD><TD>Opponents</TD><TD>Network</TD><TD>Time (ET)</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Nov. 23</TD><TD>Thu.</TD><TD>Miami at Detroit</TD><TD>CBS</TD><TD>12:30 p.m.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Nov. 23</TD><TD>Thu.</TD><TD>Tampa Bay at Dallas</TD><TD>FOX</TD><TD>4:15 p.m.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Nov. 23</TD><TD>Thu.</TD><TD>Denver at Kansas City</TD><TD>NFL Network</TD><TD>8 p.m.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Like the MNF doubleheader to start the season better go into work now and take sept.12th off will be a late night

Wrigley said:

Like the MNF doubleheader to start the season better go into work now and take sept.12th off will be a late night

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No kidding. They expect people on the east coast to stay up past 1am on a Monday night???

Shit, I won't see the end of the first game.

monday double header is idiotic .

i wish they started monday night at 8 so my eyes would stay open long enough to see the last play..

3 games on T-Day should workout to Everyones likeing even the makers should handle alot more volumne that day. JMHO
Just like always, ya gotta pickem to get paid.

Just another excuse to play the squares at your local watering hole on a Monday.....Bars across the USA are thrilled.

THIS SUCKS

I am a Broncos' fan and unless Time Warner gets the NFL Network soon (not likely) i am going to miss the Den/KC game - althought it is set to start around dinner time here in CA or Nevada if i am seeing sis. if i lived in the greater denver or KC area i could see the game since all NFL Network games are REQUIRED to be shown on free local TV (same for ESPN - i believe - wouldn't know since LA doesn't have a team) but outside the denver and kc area

i am in the minority here but i DO NOT LIKE games on the NFL Network at all

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:

Just another excuse to play the squares at your local watering hole on a Monday.....Bars across the USA are thrilled.

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:lolBIG: