{"id":1043468,"date":"2026-09-04T19:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043468\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T19:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:28:19","slug":"your-2026-nfl-week-1-announcing-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043468\/","title":{"rendered":"Your 2026 NFL Week 1 announcing schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL season kicks off with a wild Week 1 slate that even features a Wednesday night game, as well as a Thursday night game in Australia (where it\u2019s technically a Friday morning game).<\/p>\n

Wednesday will bring the NFL season opener in a Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. It will be televised on NBC (8:20 p.m. ET) with Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth on the call (and it will be interesting to see how they address the relationship<\/a> between Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and former NFL insider Dianna Russini).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s followed by the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night (8:35 p.m. ET) in Melbourne (10:35 a.m. local time). Noah Eagle and Luke Kuechly<\/a> will be in the booth \u2014 and NFL insider Tom Pelissero will make his debut as a Netflix sideline reporter<\/a> \u2014 for what\u2019s one of five Netflix games<\/a> on the 2026 NFL schedule.<\/p>\n

Sunday will have 13 games, featuring eight games in the early window (1 p.m. ET) and four games in the 4:25 p.m. ET window before Sunday Night Football between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants, which will again have Tirico and Collinsworth on the NBC broadcast.<\/p>\n

With CBS Sports placing Tony Romo on leave<\/a> after his recent OWI arrest<\/a>, J.J. Watt takes over<\/a> as the color commentator alongside Jim Nantz<\/a>. They will make their debut as a duo for the Week 1 contest between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings (4:25 p.m. ET).<\/p>\n

And with Watt joining Nantz, color commentator Ross Tucker moves up to the No. 2 CBS booth<\/a> and will work alongside Ian Eagle. They will call one of Week 1\u2019s best matchups, with the Houston Texans hosting the Buffalo Bills (1 p.m. ET).<\/p>\n

The lead Fox team of Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady will call an NFC East duel between the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles (4:25 p.m. ET).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the television networks and announcers for the Week 1 NFL games (all times are Eastern):<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 9<\/p>\n

New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks (8:20 p.m., NBC): <\/strong>Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst), Melissa Stark (reporter), Kaylee Hartung (reporter)<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 10<\/p>\n

San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia (8:35 p.m., Netflix): <\/strong>Noah Eagle (play-by-play), Luke Kuechly (analyst), Tom Pelissero (reporter),\u00a0MJ Acosta-Ruiz (reporter)<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 13<\/p>\n

Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis Colts (1 p.m., CBS): <\/strong>Andrew Catalon (play-by-play), Logan Ryan (analyst), AJ Ross (reporter)<\/p>\n

Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans (1 p.m., CBS):\u00a0<\/strong>Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Ross Tucker (analyst), Evan Washburn (reporter)<\/p>\n

Cleveland Browns at Jacksonville Jaguars (1 p.m., CBS): <\/b>Tom McCarthy (play-by-play), Robert Turbin (analyst)<\/a>, Tiffany Blackmon (reporter)<\/p>\n

New York Jets at Tennessee Titans (1 p.m., CBS):\u00a0<\/strong>Spero Dedes (play-by-play), Adam Archuleta (analyst), Aditi Kinkhabwala (reporter)<\/p>\n

Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers (1 p.m., Fox):\u00a0<\/strong>Joe Davis (play-by-play), Greg Olsen (analyst), Pam Oliver (reporter)<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers (1 p.m., Fox):\u00a0<\/b>Adam Amin (play-by-play), Drew Brees (analyst), Kristina Pink (reporter)<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions (1 p.m., Fox):\u00a0<\/strong>Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Jonathan Vilma (analyst), Megan Olivi (reporter)<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals (1 p.m., Fox):\u00a0<\/strong>Kevin Kugler (play-by-play), Daryl Johnston (analyst), Allison Williams (reporter)<\/p>\n

Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Chargers (4:25 p.m., CBS): <\/strong>Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Trent Green (analyst), Melanie Collins (reporter)<\/p>\n

Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings (4:25 p.m., CBS): <\/strong>Jim Nantz (play-by-play), J.J. Watt (analyst), Tracy Wolfson (reporter)<\/p>\n

Miami Dolphins at Las Vegas Raiders (4:25 p.m., Fox): <\/strong>Chris Myers (play-by-play), Mark Schlereth (analyst), Jen Hale (reporter)<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles (4:25 p.m., Fox):\u00a0<\/strong>Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play), Tom Brady (analyst), Erin Andrews (reporter), Tom Rinaldi (reporter)<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants (8:20 p.m., NBC):\u00a0<\/strong>Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst), Melissa Stark (reporter)<\/p>\n

Monday, September 14<\/p>\n

Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs (8:15 p.m., ESPN\/ABC):<\/strong> Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (analyst), Lisa Salters (reporter); Alternate broadcast featuring Peyton Manning and Eli Manning on ESPN2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL season kicks off with a wild Week 1 slate that even features a Wednesday night game,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1043469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[73350,396646,73352,73356,62846,361854,395351,108171,1232,136420,361855,62,73351,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1043468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-andrew-catalon","tag-cris-collinsworth","tag-ian-eagle","tag-j-j-watt","tag-jim-nantz","tag-logan-ryan","tag-luke-kuechly","tag-mike-tirico","tag-nfl","tag-noah-eagle","tag-ross-tucker","tag-sports","tag-tony-romo","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117214426525884059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}