When you factor in the early camp arrival and Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend, the Buffalo Bills had more time to prepare for the 2009 regular season than any other team (ok, the Tennessee Titans did, too). But heading into this 2009 NFL Kickoff Weekend’s opening slate of games, they are one of the league’s most uncertain teams.
Within the past few days, Bills head coach Dick Jauron fired offensive coordinator Turk Schonert and the team released their starting left tackle (Langston Walker)—two integral positions in the success of any offense. So with no time to test their suddenly new …read more

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The NFL announced its 2009 Kickoff Weekend primetime television schedule today — including a Monday night “AFL 50th” doubleheader — and the Thanksgiving Day national TV tripleheader.
In a tradition that began in 2004, the Super Bowl champion annually hosts the NFL Thursday night season kickoff the following year. This September 10 at 8:30 PM ET on NBC, the Super Bowl XLIII champion Pittsburgh Steelers will host the AFC South champion Tennessee Titans, who had an NFL-best 13-3 record last season. The Sunday night primetime game (8:30 PM ET) on NBC will feature a division …read more

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For the fourth consecutive year, all 16 games of the NFL’s Kickoff Weekend have sold out in advance of the local TV blackout deadline, enabling every game to be televised in the home-team market, the NFL announced today. The Washington at New York Giants game on Thursday night (September 4) was sold out and televised by NBC’s New York affiliate WNBC-TV. This will be the fifth Kickoff Weekend in NFL history to have blackouts lifted for all games. They were lifted on the weekends of September 6-7 in 1998; September 8, 11-12 in 2005; September …read more

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N.Y. Giants receiver Plaxico Burress wanted a contract extension before the 2008 regular season began. Little did he know it would come mere hours before the 2008 regular season began. Plax signed a five-year, $35 million deal today with $11 million coming this season. That’s a lot of cash for one year. I suppose he’ll have a little extra spring in his step tonight when the G-Men open the 2008 Kickoff Weekend against the Washington Redskins.
Source: Giants.com

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The 2008 National Football League season kicks off tonight when the Super Bowl XLII champion N.Y. Giants host the Washington Redskins. The game will feature two of the NFL’s most successful teams in season openers. The Giants rank second in history with 46 Kickoff Weekend victories and the Redskins tie for sixth with 37 wins. The 42 Super Bowl winners have a 34-7-1 record in the Kickoff Weekend games of their title seasons. And since 1978, when the NFL went to the 16-game schedule, and excluding the abbreviated season of 1982, teams that are victorious …read more