UPDATE: NFL.com has released the complete 2011 season schedule. Week One alone looks tantalizing: Saints/Packers, Falcons/Bears, Steelers/Ravens, and Cowboys/Jets, among others.
Courtesy of The506, here is a list of the MNF matchups in chronological order: NE-MIA/OAK-DEN; STL-NYG; WSH-DAL; IND-TB; CHI-DET; MIA-NYJ; BAL-JAX; SD-KC; CHI-PHI; MIN-GB; KC-NE; NYG-NO; SD-JAX; STL-SEA; PIT-SF; ATL-NO, no wk17 game.
There is less than 90 minutes remaining until NFL Network debuts the full 2011 NFL schedule. However, more and more games are leaking by the minute, and we’re there to put the pieces together and compile a list of the confirmed regular season matchups.
The following list will be updated in real time; all the way up until tonight’s release show at 7 p.m.
- We already know of two confirmed matchups, both occurring internationally: The Bears-Bucs in London on October 23, and the Redskins-Bills in Toronto on October 30.
- Philly opens their season on the road at St. Louis to take on the Rams.
- Despite what we heard, the New York Giants and New York Jets will not meet during the NFL’s opening week. Instead, the Jets will kick off their season at home on Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys.
- The Giants will head to Landover, Maryland to take on the Washington Redskins in a Week One afternoon game.
- The Giants and Jets will still play each other, as scheduled. That particular game will kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Christmas Eve.
- Rex Ryan’s squad, for the second year in a row, have landed their share of primetime matchups. They’re scheduled to take on the Broncos during a Thursday night in November. There’s speculation it will actually be a Thanksgiving game, but that’s not confirmed as of yet.
- The Thursday night, season-opening game on September 8 will pit the 2009 champion New Orleans Saints against the reigning 2010 champs, the Green Bay Packers.
- In Week 5, Green Bay will play the Atlanta Falcons.
- In Week 9 — November 6 — the Giants will head to Foxborough to battle the New England Patriots. That has a scheduled 4:15 p.m. ET.
- In a AFC East Showdown, the Patriots will host the Jets at Gillette Stadium in Week 5.
- And to open their season, the Pats will visit Miami to play the Dolphins on MNF.
- For the league’s second Monday Night Football matchup, the Broncos will reportedly host the Raiders for a tentative 10 p.m. ET kickoff.
- In their first primetime game since 2005, the Detroit Lions will host the Chicago Bears for a Monday night tilt on October 10.
- Speaking of the Bears, they will open with the Atlanta Falcons at home, will visit Lambeau for a Christmas night matchup with the Green Bay Packers, and close out their season at the Minnesota Vikings.
- On October 16, Bears the play the Vikings in one of their two regular season matchups.
- In a December MNF game, the 49ers will meet the Steelers at Heinz Field.
