2017 NFL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

FOR USE AS DESIRED4/20/172017 NFL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEDAvailable on NFL.com, NFL Now and NFL Mobile from VerizonThe NFL announced today its 17-week, 256-game regular-season schedule for 2017, which kicks off onThursday night, September 7 in New England and concludes on Sunday, December 31 with 16 divisiongames.The season begins with the NFL’s annual primetime kickoff game. The opener on September 7 on NBC(8:30 PM ET) will spotlight the defending champion New England Patriots hosting the Kansas City Chiefsat Gillette Stadium.Week 1 is a FOX national weekend with the key doubleheader game on Sunday, September 10 (4:25 PMET) featuring the Seattle Seahawks at the Green Bay Packers. Week 3 is the first CBS national weekendwith the key doubleheader game showcasing the Cincinnati Bengals facing the Packers at LambeauField.NBC’s Sunday Night Football gets underway on September 10 when the Dallas Cowboys host the NewYork Giants (8:30 PM ET) at AT&T Stadium.Kickoff Weekend concludes on Monday, September 11 with an ESPN Monday Night Footballdoubleheader. The Minnesota Vikings will host the New Orleans Saints (7:10 PM ET) in the first gamefollowed by the Los Angeles Chargers visiting the Denver Broncos in the nightcap (10:20 PM ET).ESPN will televise one game each Monday night in Weeks 2-16. There will be no Monday night game onthe final regular-season weekend (Week 17) to provide more flexibility for the scheduling of the openingweekend of the NFL playoffs.A select number of games will be “cross-flexed,” moving between CBS and FOX to bring potentiallyunder-distributed games to wider audiences. Some of those contests were announced today, includingthe Seahawks at the Giants (4:25 PM ET, CBS) in Week 7 and the Vikings at the Carolina Panthers (1:00PM ET, CBS) in Week 14. Other “cross-flexed” games will be decided during the season.The regular season will conclude with Week 17 on Sunday, December 31. For the eighth consecutiveyear, all 16 games scheduled for Week 17 are division contests, enhancing the potential for more gameswith playoff ramifications.Other highlights of the schedule include:In Week 2, the Atlanta Falcons will open their new home – Mercedes-Benz Stadium – on Sunday,September 17 in primetime (8:30 PM ET, NBC) when they host the Packers in a rematch of last season’sNFC Championship Game. Earlier that day, the Chargers will make their return to Los Angeles as theyhost the Miami Dolphins at the StubHub Center (4:05 PM ET, CBS).The Patriots will host the Falcons in Week 7 on Sunday night, October 22 (8:30 PM ET, NBC) in arematch of Super Bowl LI, the first Super Bowl in NFL history to go into overtime.Thanksgiving will feature a tripleheader on Thursday, November 23. The first game will send the Vikingsto Detroit to face the Lions (12:30 PM ET, FOX) for the second consecutive year. The late afternoongame will feature the Chargers visiting the Cowboys (4:30 PM ET, CBS). The holiday concludes with the

Washington Redskins hosting the Giants on NBC (8:30 PM ET).In Week 16, NBC’s Sunday Night Football game (Vikings at Packers) will move to Saturday night,December 23 (8:30 PM ET, NBC) due to Christmas Eve and is not subject to flexible scheduling.Christmas Day will feature a doubleheader on Monday, December 25 with the Houston Texans hostingthe Pittsburgh Steelers (4:30 PM ET, NBC/NFLN/Amazon Prime) in the first game and the OaklandRaiders visiting the Philadelphia Eagles (8:30 PM ET, ESPN) in primetime.The NFL’s international slate includes four games in London – the first time the league will play fourgames in the UK – and one in Mexico City. On Sunday, September 24, the Jacksonville Jaguars will hostthe Baltimore Ravens at London’s Wembley Stadium (9:30 AM ET, distribution to be announced at a laterdate). The next weekend, on Sunday, October 1, the Dolphins will host the Saints at Wembley (9:30 AMET, FOX). In Week 7, the Los Angeles Rams will host the Arizona Cardinals at Twickenham Stadium onSunday, October 22 (1:00 PM ET, FOX). The following week, the Cleveland Browns will host the Vikingsat Twickenham on Sunday, October 29 (9:30 AM ET, NFLN). The NFL will return to Mexico City onSunday, November 19 (4:25 PM ET, CBS) when the Oakland Raiders host the Patriots at Estadio Azteca.The NFL has partnered with Amazon Prime this season and will once again use a “Tri-Cast” distributionmodel of broadcast (CBS/NBC), cable (NFL Network) and digital (Amazon Prime Video) for 10 ThursdayNight Football games and a Christmas Day contest. CBS and NBC will each broadcast five ThursdayNight Football games which will be simulcast on NFL Network and streamed to Amazon Prime membersworldwide. NBC will also broadcast the Christmas Day game. CBS will start in Week 4 (Thursday,September 28) when the Packers host the Chicago Bears. NBC’s Tri-Cast package begins in Week 10(Thursday, November 9) when the Seahawks visit the Arizona Cardinals. Additionally, NFL Network willalso exclusively televise a seven-game schedule comprised of three Thursday Night Football games,three late-season Saturday contests and a Sunday morning London matchup.The NFL’s 32 teams will each play 16 games over 17 weeks. Byes will begin in Week 5 and end in Week11.“Flexible scheduling” will be used in Weeks 10-15 and 17. Additionally, in Weeks 5-9, flexible schedulingmay be used in no more than two weeks. In Weeks 5-15, the schedule lists the games tentatively set forSunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night,in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time.Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights. Aflexible scheduling move would be announced at least 12 days before the game. For Week 17, theSunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to December 31. The schedule doesnot list a Sunday night game in Week 17, but an afternoon game with playoff implications will be moved tothat time slot. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks andgives “surprise” teams a chance to play their way into prime time.The playoffs will include four division winners and two wild cards from each conference. The playoffsbegin with Wild Card Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, January 6-7. The two division winners with thebest records in each conference will earn first-round byes.Wild Card Weekend winners join the top two division champions in each conference in the DivisionalPlayoffs on Saturday and Sunday, January 13-14. The AFC and NFC Championship Games will beplayed on Sunday, January 21. The winners meet two weeks later on Sunday, February 4 in Super BowlLII at Minnesota’s U.S. Bank Stadium (NBC).The NFL is the only sports league that presents all regular-season and postseason games on free, overthe-air television in local markets. All postseason games are televised nationally.Westwood One will broadcast on radio all NFL primetime games, the three Thanksgiving Day games andthe entire NFL playoffs.For ticket information, fans may visit www.nfl.com/tickets.

2017 NFL SCHEDULE(Games grouped by start times and listed alphabetically by home team)GAMELOCALETTVKansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots8:30p (ET)Sunday, September 10, 20178:30pNBCNew York Jets at Buffalo Bills1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSAtlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears12:00p (CT)1:00pFOXBaltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSPittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSArizona Cardinals at Detroit Lions1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXJacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans12:00p (CT)1:00pCBSTampa Bay Buccaneers at Miami Dolphins1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXOakland Raiders at Tennessee Titans12:00p (CT)1:00pCBSPhiladelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXIndianapolis Colts at Los Angeles Rams1:05p (PT)4:05pCBSSeattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers3:25p (CT)4:25pFOXCarolina Panthers at San Francisco 49ers1:25p (PT)4:25pFOXNew York Giants at Dallas Cowboys7:30p (CT)8:30pNBCWEEK 1Thursday, September 7, 2017Monday, September 11, 2017New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings6:10p (CT)7:10pESPNLos Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos8:20p (MT)10:20pESPNHouston Texans at Cincinnati Bengals8:25p (ET)Sunday, September 17, 20178:25pNFLNCleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSBuffalo Bills at Carolina Panthers1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSArizona Cardinals at Indianapolis Colts1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXTennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSPhiladelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs12:00p (CT)1:00pFOXNew England Patriots at New Orleans Saints12:00p (CT)1:00pCBSMinnesota Vikings at Pittsburgh Steelers1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXChicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXMiami Dolphins at Los Angeles Chargers1:05p (PT)4:05pCBSNew York Jets at Oakland Raiders1:05p (PT)4:05pCBSDallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos2:25p (MT)4:25pFOXWashington Redskins at Los Angeles Rams1:25p (PT)4:25pFOXSan Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks1:25p (PT)4:25pFOXGreen Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons8:30p (ET)8:30pNBC8:30pESPNWEEK 2Thursday, September 14, 2017Monday, September 18, 2017Detroit Lions at New York Giants8:30p (ET)

GAMELOCALETTV8:25pNFLNWEEK 3Thursday, September 21, 2017Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers5:25p (PT)Sunday, September 24, 2017Baltimore Ravens at Jacksonville Jaguars (London)2:30p (BST)9:30aTBDDenver Broncos at Buffalo Bills1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSNew Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXPittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Bears12:00p (CT)1:00pCBSAtlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXCleveland Browns at Indianapolis Colts1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSTampa Bay Buccaneers at Minnesota Vikings12:00p (CT)1:00pFOXHouston Texans at New England Patriots1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSMiami Dolphins at New York Jets1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSNew York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXSeattle Seahawks at Tennessee Titans3:05p (CT)4:05pFOXCincinnati Bengals at Green Bay Packers3:25p (CT)4:25pCBSKansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers1:25p (PT)4:25pCBSOakland Raiders at Washington Redskins8:30p (ET)8:30pNBC8:30pESPN8:25pCBS/NFLN/AmazonMonday, September 25, 2017Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals5:30p (MST)WEEK 4Thursday, September 28, 2017Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers7:25p (CT)Sunday, October 1, 2017New Orleans Saints at Miami Dolphins (London)2:30p (BST)9:30aFOXBuffalo Bills at Atlanta Falcons1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSPittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSCincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns1:00p (ET)1:00pCBSLos Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys12:00p (CT)1:00pFOXTennessee Titans at Houston Texans12:00p (CT)1:00pCBSDetroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings12:00p (CT)1:00pFOXCarolina Panthers at New England Patriots1:00p (ET)1:00pFOXJacksonville Jaguars at New York Jets1:00p (ET)1:00pCBS1:05p (MST)4:05pFOXPhiladelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Chargers1:05p (PT)4:05pFOXNew York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers4:05p (ET)4:05pFOXOakland Raiders at Denver Broncos2:25p (MT)4:25pCBS5:30p (PT)8:30pNBC8:30pESPNSan Francisco 49ers at Arizona CardinalsIndianapolis Colts at Seattle SeahawksMonday, October 2, 2017Washington Redskins at Kansas City Chiefs7:30p (CT)