2015 NFL preseason schedule announced
On Thursday, the NFL announced the 2015 preseason schedule in all its meaningless glory.
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 Thursday, the league announced the 2015 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).
* Vikings vs. Steelers (Hall of Fame Game): We'll know whether Adrian Peterson will be a member of the 2015 Vikings, and it'll be one of the few chances to see Le'Veon Bell early in the season.
* Colts vs. Eagles: We'll get our first glimpse at new Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford ... assuming he hasn't been traded to the Browns.
* Redskins vs. Browns: Robert Griffin III vs. Johnny Manziel -- unless Kirk Cousins and/or Colt McCoy beat RG3 out for the job during training camp. In Cleveland, Josh McCown could beat out Manziel, and Bradford (see above) could beat out McCown. Of course, the Browns might trade up for Marcus Mariota, making this all moot -- unless the Redskins beat them to the punch.
Back on Earth, here's the entire 2015 NFL preseason schedule:
| Date | Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio | Network |
| Aug 9 | Vikings vs. Steelers (Hall of Fame Game) | 8 PM EST/NBC |
| Aug 13-17 | Week 1 | Network/Date |
| Carolina at Buffalo Dallas at San Diego Denver at Seattle Green Bay at New England Indianapolis at Philadelphia Kansas City at Arizona Miami at Chicago New Orleans at Baltimore NY Giants at Cincinnati NY Jets at Detroit Pittsburgh at Jacksonville San Francisco at Houston St. Louis at Oakland Tampa Bay at Minnesota Tennessee at Atlanta Washington at Cleveland |
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| Aug 20-24 | Week 2 | Network/Date |
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Buffalo at Cleveland |
ESPN, Aug. 20 |
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| Aug 27-30 | Week 3 | Network/Date |
| Detroit at Jacksonville Seattle at San Diego Houston at New Orleans Arizona at Oakland Atlanta at Miami Chicago at Cincinnati Cleveland at Tampa Bay Indianapolis at St. Louis Minnesota at Dallas New England at Carolina NY Jets at NY Giants Philadelphia at Green Bay Pittsburgh at Buffalo San Francisco at Denver Tennessee at Kansas City Washington at Baltimore |
CBS, Aug. 28 |
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| Sept 3-4 | Week 4 | Network/Date |
| Arizona at Denver Baltimore at Atlanta Buffalo at Detroit Carolina at Pittsburgh Cincinnati at Indianapolis Cleveland at Chicago Houston at Dallas Jacksonville at Washington Kansas City at St. Louis Minnesota at Tennessee New Orleans at Green Bay NY Giants at New England Oakland at Seattle Philadelphia at NY Jets San Diego at San Francisco Tampa Bay at Miami |
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