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The full schedule for the 2016 NFL season is out -- all 256 games have a set date, time, location and TV network. You can check that bad boy out right here. We have a whole bunch of schedule analysis coming your way these next few days.

Things are kicking off with a Super Bowl 50 rematch between the Broncos and Panthers. The Thanksgiving slate features the Lions and Vikings, Cowboys and Washington, and Steelers and Colts. Be sure to check out Pete Prisco's 10 most intriguing games, Will Brinson's things to know about the schedule, and all the rest of our coverage as well.

Me? I'm here with the best game to watch on TV for each of the NFL's 17 regular-season weeks. Without further ado ...

(Just a note: We limited the maximum number of times a single team could appear in this list to three.)

A Super Bowl rematch opens the NFL season. (USATSI)

Week 1: Panthers at Broncos -- 8:30 p.m. (NBC) -- Thursday Night Football

Cam Newton gets his shot at revenge right away. Peyton Manning won't be there, neither will Brock Osweiler, but Von Miller will damn sure be in the house. This is the first time that a Super Bowl rematch opens the regular season.

Week 2: Bengals at Steelers -- 1 p.m. (CBS)

The Vontaze Burfict Game will take place with Vontaze Burfict on the sideline. Of course, the Steelers-Bengals playoff game last season got a little crazy, as Burfict tried to remove Antonio Brown's head from his body with an incredibly dirty hit. Add in a Steelers assistant coach yanking the departed Reggie Nelson's dreadlocks and the divisional hatred these teams have for each other to begin with, and this Week 2 showdown should be a whole lot of fun.

Week 3: Vikings at Panthers -- 1 p.m. (Fox)

The Vikes open their brand new stadium against the Packers in Week 2, then get to travel to the NFC champions for a Week 3 bloodbath. Both of these defenses were excellent last season, and it should be especially interesting to watch Adrian Peterson against Luke Kuechly, Stefon Diggs against Josh Norman, Greg Olsen against Minnesota's linebackers, and Cam Newton against the Vikings' short-yardage run defense.

Week 4: Chiefs at Steelers -- 8:30 p.m. (NBC) -- Sunday Night Football

What might be the NFL's best offense (Steelers) goes up against a defense that was absolutely on fire over the second half of last season (Chiefs). This game also features two of the NFL's best running backs: Le'Veon Bell and Jamaal Charles with both coming off serious, season-ending knee injuries.

Week 5: Giants at Packers -- 8:30 p.m. (NBC) -- Sunday Night Football

New York's revamped defensive line goes up against not only one of the NFL's better offensive lines, but also possibly its best quarterback. Jason Pierre-Paul, Johnathan Hankins, Damon Harrison and Olivier Vernon will be coming after Aaron Rodgers all night. Oh, and Green Bay's stable of young corners gets to try to cover Odell Beckham when the other team has the ball.

Week 6: Chiefs at Raiders -- 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Bengals at Patriots? Cowboys at Packers? Nah. Let's go to the AFC West, where we could be looking at a changing of the guard. Derek Carr, Amari Cooper, Michael Crabtree, Clive Walford and Latavius Murray trying to score on Eric Berry, Justin Houston, Tamba Hali, Marcus Peters, Dontari Poe and the rest of this crew? Yes, please.

Week 7: Texans at Broncos -- 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) -- Monday Night Football

Oh nothing, just Brock Osweiler's return to Denver. The Texans will bring a much better offense into Denver than one might have expected when last season ended, as they not only signed Osweiler but also former Dolphins running back Lamar Miller. They're going to need every bit of firepower they can muster, because the Broncos defense will not go gently into that good Monday night.

Week 8: Cardinals at Panthers -- 4:25 p.m. (Fox)

Hopefully we get a Carson Palmer that bears more resemblance to the guy we saw throughout the 2015 regular season than the one we saw in the NFC title game. That was a dreadful performance for Palmer, but it was also wildly out of character given what we've gotten used to seeing out of him since he has been in Arizona. Week 8 brings his chance for a mild bit of redemption.

Week 9: Colts at Packers -- 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Andrew Luck. Aaron Rodgers. T.Y. Hilton. Jordy Nelson. Donte Moncrief. Randall Cobb. Look out for an aerial assault.

Week 10: Seahawks at Patriots -- 8:30 p.m. (NBC) -- Sunday Night Football

The best team from each conference over the past few years playing the Super Bowl XLIX rematch on a Sunday night? Sign me up. New England is coming off its bye week for this one, which gives Bill Belichick two weeks to plan out how he wants to attack Seattle's secondary and frustrate Russell Wilson. Yeah. That should be fun.

Week 11: Cardinals at Vikings -- 1 p.m. (Fox)

The Cardinals and Vikings played a surprisingly close game on a Thursday night last season, with the Vikes missing a bunch of key players from their defense and still hanging with the explosive Cards for most of the night. Here's hoping Minnesota has a full squad this time around, but that we still get a closely contested game anyway.

Week 12: Patriots at Jets -- 8:30 p.m. (NBC) -- Sunday Night Football

No, it's not Tom Brady against Rex Ryan, but Todd Bowles will do just fine. The Jets exceeded expectations in a big way in 2015. They have a much tougher schedule this time around, so maybe we shouldn't expect them to win 10 games again, but we can definitely expect them to give Brady and Belichick all they've got. Bowles is one of the most creative defensive minds in the league, and it should be a thrill to watch what he has in store to stifle Brady, Rob Gronkowski and the rest of the New England passing game.

Week 13: Cowboys at Vikings -- 8:25 p.m. (NBC/NFLN) -- Thursday Night Football

The defensive coordinator of the Cowboys when they signed an undrafted free agent quarterback named Tony Romo was a guy by the name of Mike Zimmer. Zimmer is now the head coach of the Vikings, and he has a defense that is young, fast and improving. On the other side of the ball, just imagine how much agony Jerry Jones will be in while he's watching Adrian Peterson running through his defense into open space.

Week 14: Seahawks at Packers -- 4:25 p.m. (Fox)

Aaron Rodgers vs. the Seahawks defense is always appointment viewing. The Packers weren't at full strength when these two squared off last season, but they still managed a win. Kam Chancellor's absence probably had something to do with that. Chancellor and Jordy Nelson will hopefully both be on the field this time around.

Week 15: Patriots at Broncos -- 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

The AFC title game rematch. Tom Brady wasn't his usual self the last time he squared off with the Denver defense, and you just know he's going to want to put some crooked-looking numbers on the scoreboard.

Week 16: Cardinals at Seahawks -- 4:25 p.m. (Fox)

Palmer and Wilson. Patrick Peterson and Richard Sherman. Tyrann Mathieu and Earl Thomas. Larry Fitzgerald and Doug Baldwin. Michael Floyd and Tyler Lockett. David Johnson and Thomas Rawls. Calais Campbell and Michael Bennett. Bruce Arians and Pete Carroll. You and your TV.

Week 17: Ravens at Bengals -- 1 p.m. (CBS)

The AFC North is always one of the most closely contested divisions, and it seems pretty likely the race could come down to the last few weeks of the season once again. If that's the case, this matchup seems more likely to be relevant than Browns-Steelers. Joe Flacco and Andy Dalton didn't make it to the end of the regular season in 2015. Let's hope that's not the case in 2016.