Considering the popularity of the product, there may be no such thing as excess. Still, 52 NFL preseason games seems to be a little much, even for the NFL Network.
The slate of preseason match-ups includes a sextuple-header on September 1 and the Hall of Fame Game twenty days from now on August 5. Only two the 52 televised games will be produced by NFL Network (the Hall of Fame Game and Washington/Titans on August 11), with Bryant Gumbel and Cris Collinsworth in the booth.
The other games will use local announcers in a somewhat unique arrangement; NFL Network will use “the television feeds of local broadcasters and [make] use of both sets of announcers. For example, if Houston is playing at Arizona, NFL Network will use the announcers from the Cardinals (home team) for the first half, and then switch to the Texans’ (away team) crew for the second half.”
NFL preseason games on NFL Network
(asterisk indicates live telecast)
August 5: Saints at Steelers, 8:00 PM* (produced by NFL Network)
August 10: Bengals at Lions, 4:00 PM
August 11: Rams at Vikings, 10:00 AM
August 11: Patriots at Buccaneers, 1:00 PM
August 11: Washington at Titans, 8:00 PM* (produced by NFL Network)
August 11: Bears at Texans, 11:59 PM
August 12: Chiefs at Browns, 11:00 AM
August 12: Panthers at Giants, 2:00 PM
August 12: Packers at Steelers, 5:00 PM
August 12: Cardinals at Raiders, 11:00 PM
August 13: Jaguars at Dolphis, 1:00 PM
August 15: Eagles at Ravens, 4:00 PM
August 17: Titans at Patriots, 11:59 PM
August 18: Falcons at Bills, 10:00 AM
August 18: Panthers at Eagles, 1:00 PM
August 18: Texans at Cardinals, 4:00 PM*
August 18: Seahawks at Packers, 11:59 PM
August 19: Buccaneers at Jaguars, 8:00 AM
August 19: Saints at Bengals, 11:00 AM
August 19: Steelers at Washington, 2:00 PM
August 19: Broncos at Cowboys, 5:00 PM
August 19: Lions at Browns, 11:00 PM
August 21: Raiders at 49ers, 12:30 PM
August 24: Saints at Chiefs, 3:30 PM
August 25: Titans at Bills, 10:00 AM
August 25: Rams at Raiders, 4:00 PM
August 25: Lions at Colts, 7:00 PM*
August 25: Chargers at Cardinals, 10:00 PM*
August 26: Vikings at Seahawks, 1:00 AM
August 26: Ravens at Washington, 8:00 AM
August 26: Cowboys at Texans, 11:00 AM
August 26: Browns at Texans, 2:00 PM
August 26: Jets at Giants, 5:00 PM
August 26: 49ers at Bears, 11:00 PM
August 28: Buccaneers at Dolphins, 9:30 AM
August 30: Bills at Lions, 7:00 PM*
August 30: 49ers at Chargers, 10:00 PM*
August 31: Texans at Buccaneers, 9:00 AM
August 31: Chiefs at Rams, 12:00 PM
August 31: Raiders at Seahawks, 3:00 PM
August 31: Colts at Bengals, 7:30 PM*
August 31: Ravens at Falcons, 11:30 PM
September 1: Washington at Jaguars, 8:00 AM
September 1: Dolphins at Saints, 11:00 AM
September 1: Jets at Eagles, 2:00 PM
September 1: Cowboys at Vikings, 5:00 PM
September 1: Giants at Patriots, 8:00 PM
September 1: Browns at Bears, 11:00 PM
September 2 : Packers at Titans, 8:00 AM
September 2: Steelers at Panthers, 11:00 AM
September 2: Cardinals at Broncos, 10:00 PM
Link to NFL Network story courtesy Fang’s Bites.
