Looking at the NFL Week 1 TV schedule and broadcast maps for all of Sunday’s action around the league.
Can you feel it in the air NFL fans? After a long and painful offseason without football, Week 1 of the regular season is finally here. The New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs will be opening up on Thursday Night Football, with future Hall-of-Famer Tom Brady stepping onto the field for the first time since his epic comeback in Super Bowl 51.
If the excitement of seeing the reigning Super Bowl Champions doesn’t get you ready for football, then you can take comfort in the fact there’s a ton of great match-ups scheduled for Sunday.
The afternoon starts off with a potential AFC Playoff match-up between the Oakland Raiders and Tennessee Titans, with another high-profile game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers following in the 4:25pm slot. Not to mention, the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys will be squaring off on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
Every NFL fan should give major kudos to the 2017 schedule-makers because there are a plethora of potential postseason match-ups on Sunday’s slate.
Here’s a look at the TV schedule for NFL Week 1:
| Away Team | Home Team | Time (EST) | TV Channel |
| Atlanta Falcons | Chicago Bears | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| New York Jets | Buffalo Bills | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| Baltimore Ravens | Cincinnati Bengals | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Cleveland Browns | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| Arizona Cardinals | Detroit Lions | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | Houston Texans | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Miami Dolphins | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| Oakland Raiders | Tennessee Titans | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Washington Redskins | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| Indianapolis Colts | Los Angeles Rams | 4:25 PM | CBS |
| Seattle Seahawks | Green Bay Packers | 4:25 PM | FOX |
| Carolina Panthers | San Fransisco 49ers | 4:25 PM | FOX |
| New York Giants | Dallas Cowboys | 8:30 PM | NBC |
I don’t know about you, but these high-profile matchups and divisional games sure get the football juices flowing. There’s nothing better than seeing two professional football teams battle for playoff positioning. Did I mention it’s only Week 1?
So where can you can you watch each of these games? Here are the broadcast maps for NFL Week 1 (via 506 Sports):
(CBS Single Map)
Key: Raiders at Titans (Pink), Steelers at Browns (Green), Jets at Bills (Yellow), Ravens at Bengals (Brown), Jaguars at Texans (Light Blue), Colts at Rams (Purple- LATE)
(FOX Early Map)
Key: Falcons at Bears (Red), Eagles at Redskins (Purple), Cardinals at Lions (Green), Buccaneers at Dolphins (Yellow), No Game with Local Team on FOX (Gray)
(FOX Late Map)
Key: Seahawks at Packers (Red), Panthers at 49ers (Purple), No Game with Local Team on FOX (Gray)
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If you haven’t already started to make plans for Sunday afternoon, you need to stop whatever you’re doing and clear your schedule. This is definitely the most-exciting Week 1 slate of games we’ve had in recent memory – make sure you’re not the one who misses all of the action.