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Preseason football may be some four months off, but the NFL wants to give you time to get adequately pumped for what amounts to glorified practices. That's right: On Wednesday, the league announced the 2014 preseason schedule in all its meaningless glory.
Meaningless may be an overstatement; the preseason is when jobs are won and rosters are made. It also provides hapless fans of hopeless franchises a chance to feel like this is the year.
We'll get a better sense after the draft of which games will be worth your attention, but in the meantime we'll pencil in these Week 1 matchups as noteworthy, too (at least for the first couple of series, anyway).
* Bills vs. Giants: It'll be the closest thing we've had to football since the Super Bowl. Hey, beggars can't be choosers.
* Seahawks vs. Broncos: Denver and Peyton Manning will have their revenge. At least for the one series they're on the field.
* Patriots vs. Redskins: We'll get our first glimpse at a healthy Robert Griffin III playing in Jay Gruden's new offense.
* Panthers vs. Patriots: Looking forward to the Luke Kuechly and Rob Gronkowski halftime reenactment.
And here's the entire 2014 NFL preseason schedule:
| Date | Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio | Time/Network |
| Aug 3 | Bills vs. Giants (Hall of Fame Game) | 8 PM EST/NBC |
| Aug 7-10 | Week 1 | Time/Network |
| TBA | Miami at Atlanta | |
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New England at Washington
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Indianapolis at New York Jets
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| TBA | San Francisco at Baltimore | |
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Cincinnati at Kansas City
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Cleveland at Detroit
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Pittsburgh at New York Giants
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| TBA | Houston at Arizona | |
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Tampa Bay at Jacksonville
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Green Bay at Tennessee
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Seattle at Denver
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Oakland at Minnesota
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Dallas at San Diego
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Philadelphia at Chicago
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Buffalo at Carolina
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| TBA | New Orleans at St. Louis | |
| Aug 14-18 | Week 2 | Network |
| Aug 14 | Jacksonville at Chicago | 8 PM EST/ESPN |
| Aug 17 | Kansas City at Carolina | 8 PM EST/FOX |
| Aug 18 |
Cleveland at Washington
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8 PM EST/ESPN |
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Miami at Tampa Bay
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Philadelphia at New England
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| TBA | Minnesota at Arizona | |
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New York Jets at Cincinnati
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Atlanta at Houston
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New York Giants at Indianapolis
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Tennessee at New Orleans
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| TBA | Denver at San Francisco | |
| TBA | Detroit at Oakland | |
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Buffalo at Pittsburgh
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San Diego at Seattle
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Baltimore at Dallas
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| TBA | Green Bay at St. Louis | |
| Aug 21-24 | Week 3 | Network |
| Aug 22 | Oakland at Green Bay | 8 PM EST/CBS |
| Aug 23 |
New Orleans at Indianapolis
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8 PM EST/CBS |
| Aug 24 |
San Diego at San Francisco
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4 PM EST/FOX |
| Aug 25 | Cincinnati at Arizona | 4 PM EST/NBC |
| TBA | Tampa Bay at Buffalo | |
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Dallas at Miami
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Carolina at New England
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New York Giants at New York Jets
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Washington at Baltimore
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St. Louis at Cleveland
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| TBA | Pittsburgh at Philadelphia | |
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Houston at Denver
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Jacksonville at Detroit
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Tennessee at Atlanta
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| TBA | Minnesota at Kansas City | |
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Chicago at Seattle
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| Aug 28 | Week 4 | Network |
| Aug 28 | Detroit at Buffalo | |
| Aug 28 | St. Louis at Miami | |
| Aug 28 | New England at New York Giants | |
| Aug 28 | New York Jets at Philadelphia | |
| Aug 28 | Baltimore at New Orleans | |
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Indianpolis at Cincinnati
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Aug 28 |
Chicago at Cleveland | |
| Aug 28 | Carolina at Pittsburgh | |
| Aug 28 | San Francisco at Houston | |
| Aug 28 | Atlanta at Jacksonville | |
| Aug 28 | Minnestoa at Tennessee | |
| Aug 28 | Denver at Dallas | |
| Aug 28 | Kansas City at Green Bay | |
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Seattle at Oakland
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Arizona at San Diego
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| Aug 28 |
Washington at Tampa Bay
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