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2015 NFL PREVIEW It all starts here! p3

“Civil War”

Airing Monday through Friday on PBS (check local listings). p 16

“Ferrell Takes the Field” Saturday on HBO. p 17

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Premieres Tuesday on CBS. pp 12-13

“Longmire” Returns Thursday on Netflix. pp 14-15

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Celebrity potlights Danielle Panabaker of “The Flash” Tuesday on The CW. p4

Katie LeClerc

of “Switched at Birth” Monday on ABC Family.

Gabrielle Hamilton of “Mind of A Chef,” Saturdays on PBS. p7

Pedro Pascal Checking in. p8

Noah Reid

of “Kevin From Work” Wednesday on ABC Family.

McKenzie Westmore of “Face Off” on SYFY. p9

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Pictured: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) walks down the tunnel towards the field before the start of the 2015 preseason game between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Familiar faces get

new NFL addresses in 2015 By George Dickie

The Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said that “change is the only constant in life.” Surely he could have made that observation about the NFL, too. Player movement in the league has been brisk since the New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX in February. And a lot of it has happened to the defending champs themselves. They’ll be on display when they open the 2015 season at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday, Sept. 10, on NBC. As the Pats come into the 2015 season, they’ll be without the services of their two-time MVP quarterback Tom Brady, suspended for the season’s first four games after failing to cooperate with investigators probing the deflation of footballs during last season’s AFC Championship game. While the loss of the 38-year-old Brady is tough, what could prove disastrous for the Pats are the departures of key defensive cogs Darrelle Revis, Brandon Browner, Kyle Arrington and Vince Wilfork. Their dominance of the AFC East may be over. The obvious beneficiaries of any Pats’ backslide would be the New York Jets, who signed Revis and former Arizona Cardinal Antonio Cromartie to form what could be the league’s best defensive backfield; and the Buffalo Bills, whose myriad offseason moves – among them the addition of Pro Bowl RB LeSean McCoy – make them a very interesting team.

The St. Louis Rams may have made the steal of the year when they swapped injury-prone, underachieving QB Sam Bradford and a draft pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for Pro Bowl QB Nick Foles and two picks. Foles may have fallen off some last season from his impressive 2013, but he’s certainly worth more than a QB who has had two torn ACLs in two years. Score a few GM of the Year votes for the Rams’ Les Snead. Also very active over the past eight months have been the New Orleans Saints, who missed the postseason in 2014 with a 7-9 record. With QB Drew Brees entering his late 30s, the Saints needed to switch to a more run-oriented offense, so they traded away All-Pro TE Jimmie Graham, Pro Bowl G Ben Grubbs and WR Kenny Stills and brought in All-Pro C Max Unger, Pro Bowl RB C.J. Spiller and Pro Bowl CB Brandon Browner. These moves could be a revelation or a disaster. Only time will tell. As if he didn’t have enough weapons, Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck gets another in bruising five-time Pro Bowl RB Frank Gore. We pity the defenses that have to try to contain this attack. Other noteworthy names in new cities include DT Ndamukong Suh (Miami Dolphins), WR Brandon Marshall (Jets), S Dashon Goldson (Washington Redskins), RB DeMarco Murray (Eagles), LB Keith Rivers (Dallas Cowboys), WR Michael Crabtree (Oakland Raiders), WR Andre Johnson (Colts), RB DeAngelo Williams (Steelers) and WR Dwayne Bowe (Cleveland Browns).

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CELEBRITY Jay Bobbin’s Q&A

DaniellePanabaker of ‘The Flash’ Tuesday on The CW

How does it feel to be back on the set for Season 2 of “The Flash” (which begins airing Oct. 6)? Oh, it’s been wonderful! In some ways, it feels like we never left; we were back shooting at some locations where we were just three months prior. And it feels like we’re all a little bit more well-rested than we were at the end of last season, but otherwise, it feels great. There’s also a sort of unspoken inner confidence in all of us as we’re coming back for Season 2. We worked really hard on Season 1 and people really responded to it, so it’s great now that we’re getting the opportunity to do it again. Certain things have to change by necessity for Season 2, based on how Season 1 ended, plus you’re adding Shantel VanSanten and Teddy Sears as cast regulars. Does that process feel natural to you? That’s what’s exciting. Our writers are so wonderful and so talented, they knew we couldn’t do the same thing all over again. We’re just trying to top it and do everything a little bit better. You’ve done fantasy and horror acting before, in such movies as “The Crazies” and the “Friday the 13th” remake, but how has your current genre work been different for you? It’s been so rewarding. That’s what’s great about being on TV – you’re in front of an audience on a consistent basis. People come up to me all the time, no matter where I am, and talk about the show. Even the guy at TSA, when I’m getting on an airplane, wants to know if I can tell him about Season 2. My favorite thing is when parents come up and say, “We watch it as a family. We all watch it together.” I think that’s something that’s really special.

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KatieLeClerc of ‘Switched at Birth’ Monday on ABC Family With ABC Family now repositioning itself as the network for “Becomers,” how do you think “Switched at Birth” fits in? If the network’s brand is “growing up,” we are the show that its audience right now has grown up with. We seem to be the perfect transition show for them, because now, Daphne (played by LeClerc) and Bay (Vanessa Marano) are in college ... and what is that going to look like for them? And what is it like to grow up? When I was 15, I wanted to be 20. And at a certain age, you go, “Wait a minute! I don’t want to get older. I want to go backward.” For a long time, you want to hurry up to the next step, so it’s kind of nice to show characters on television who are embracing that next step, but doing so in a series environment that’s real. College is messy for a lot of people, and I love our show because it’s not afraid to talk about that experience. Earlier this season, a story line about whether an intimate night between Bay and her ex-boyfriend was consensual stirred controversy. How did you feel about the way that plot was handled? We didn’t tell the story in a very clean way. There’s no “winner” in that scenario – and there shouldn’t be. I have to say I’m very proud of ABC Family for saying, “We don’t have to have a direct ending to this.” This will affect these characters for the rest of their lives, whether we see that on the air or it’s in their minds.

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CELEBRITY Jay Bobbin’s Q&A

of ‘Kevin From Work’ Wednesday on ABC Family How do things continue for your character Kevin and his co-worker Amy (Paige Spara), now that the whole office knows of his love for her, on “Kevin From Work”? I think those are situations you dread, and once you’re in them, you realize that life is continuing anyway and you have to find a way through it. You kind of hope everything will be OK, and there are moments of that being true ... and moments of, “Oh, this is the worst thing. I’ve made a terrible, terrible mistake.” I think for both of them, having that lid lifted of the box opens possibilities. I’ve certainly had it in my own life where there’s that “maybe,” and that’s the place where we sit now (on the series). And it’s very fickle, that not knowing. Everybody’s trying to feel totally cool about it, and that lends itself to some great comedy. Do you consider Kevin and his co-worker Brian (Matt Murray) to be true friends? They’re a bit of an odd-couple tag team, one of those friendships that comes out of geographical convenience and the lack of another friend. They’ve found a way to be what each other needs. Brian is just 100 percent who he is, with no apologies, and I love how Kevin is with him. He’s forgiving of these strange ideas and turns of phrase. How is it to have Amy Sedaris as a recurring regular on the show? I think all of us wish that Amy was with us a little more often. She’s such a unique performer and such a brilliant energy to be around ... you never know what’s going to come out of her. She’s a wild card, and I think she enjoys shocking all of us kids. It’s so amazing to see that kind of boundless risk-taking. It’s very cool.

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FOOD John Crook’s What's for Dinner

Your book “Blood, Bones & Butter” is revered in the food world. What other chefs’ memoirs do you admire? “(Anthony Bourdain’s) ‘Kitchen Confidential’ is the national anthem and the pledge of allegiance of line cooks the world over. I also love ‘The Apprentice’ by Jacques Pepin, so fine and elegantly written. And Madeleine Kamman’s ‘When French Women Cook’ is a perfect combination of food, story, sensuality and practicality all in one book.” What’s your favorite ingredient to kick up a dish? “I put a lot of raw garlic in a lot of dishes that don’t usually get that, and that’s what usually lights things up for me.” What is your favorite comfort food? “I never eat for any other reason than I am very hungry. The real answer, of course, is gin and tonic is what I’m going to have if I need to cheer up!” What kind of music plays in your kitchen at work? “It’s so eclectic. When a new cook pops in their iPod, it can give you a sense of whether that person will work out. If it’s all pop girl crap, that’s going to be tough, or if it’s all heavy, heavy metal, that’s not going to work, either.”

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Art

imitates life, they say, and that extends to the culinary arts as well for Gabrielle Hamilton, the New York restaurateur featured in the first eight episodes of this season’s “Mind of a Chef.” Currently airing Saturdays on PBS (check local listings), each episode of this revelatory series takes viewers inside the world of a gifted chef. Hamilton, who opened her East Village restaurant Prune in 1999, takes an autobiographical approach to her menu choices. “The food that I cook largely comes directly from deep experience with whatever the item and rarely if ever from a magazine or cookbook or another restaurant,” she explains. “Usually the dishes have some profound or just pleasurable connection to a time and place in my life when I would eat these things: this lamb chop from a family party when I was a kid or this Greek salad from the time I was a backpacker in Greece and ate a salad like that every day.”

She prides herself on being practical and pragmatic, buying ingredients at her neighborhood grocery store. “You just have to know how to pick, how to select, then decide what you’re going to do with it,” Hamilton says. “I really stand by the pragmatism and realistic-ness of making do with what is in front of you, what you can afford and what you have the time for. It’s very possible to eat very well without the pursuit of the finest grain of wheat or the most perfect tomato.” And if you want to make her nuts, just throw away stuff that could still be used. “It’s a work ethic issue for me,” she says. “If you work a little harder, you can find a way to use the whole creature or the whole vegetable.”

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CELEBRITY George Dickie’s Celebrity ScooP

Pedro

Pascal As he prepared for his role as undercover DEA agent Javier Pena in the Netflix original series “Narcos,” Pedro Pascal at first found himself intimidated at meeting the real Pena. “I’m like, ‘I’m just an actor. You were there. You lived it,’ ” the 40-year-old Chilean-born, U.S.-reared actor says. “I’m like taking off a costume and putting on some cool fighter pilot glasses. ... There was something very new about meeting the person you’re playing and knowing that he experienced the story that we’re telling. There is something very intimidating about that. And ... he is not an intimidating person at all – he’s kind and generous and friendly, easy going, just wants to have a beer and hang out kind of guy.” To familiarize himself with the story of Pablo Escobar and the 1980s Colombian drug trade for “Narcos,” Pascal picked the recently retired Pena’s brain, read books and underwent training with cast mate Boyd Holbrook at the DEA’s training academy in Quantico, Va. Also helpful was filming in Colombia, where Pascal reports he regularly met people who lived the story. “I was certainly given complete freedom in terms of how I wanted to interpret this person,” says Pascal, who also has extensive stage experience as an actor and a director. “And Javier was just sort of like positioning himself at my disposal in terms of anything that I wanted to know in terms of what he went through. And what we ended up doing was just hanging out. All we did was hang out and drink beers and talk, and he told me stories, which I will never share.”

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Full name: Jose Pedro Balmaceda Pascal Birth date: April 2, 1975 Birthplace: Santiago, Chile Raised in: San Antonio and Orange County, Calif. Residence: New York City Education: Orange County School for the Performing Arts, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts TV credits: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Touched by an Angel,” “NYPD Blue,” “Without a Trace,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Good Wife,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Body of Proof,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Nikita,” “Red Widow,” “Homeland,” “Game of Thrones,” “Graceland,” “The Mentalist”

CELEBRITY CelebritY profile

M c Ken z i eW estm or e - Born April 26, 1977, in San Fernando, Calif., into Hollywood’s famous Westmore family. - Beginning with her great-grandfather George, the Westmore family set the bar for film and television make-up, essentially pioneering the field. - Her father, Michael Westmore, is the legendary make-up artist behind the TV series “Star Trek” and has appeared with her as a mentor on “Face Off.” - She had roles on “Weird Science,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Miss Match,” as well as in the feature film “Star Trek: Insurrection.” - She is best known for her roles in daytime drama, first playing Dr. Riley Sinclair on “All My Children” from 2008-2009. Then as Sheridan Crane on “Passions,” from 1999 to 2008. - In 2008, the Westmore family received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in honor of their pioneering work in the world of film and television make-up and the combined family contributions to over 2,000 films and television series. - In 2011, she became the host of SyFy’s special effects and makeup competition “Face Off.“ - In 2014, she announced her engagement to “Face Off” guest judge Patrick Tatopoulos. They plan on being wed this fall. - This past April, the star launched her own beauty line, Westmore Beauty, exclusively with QVC. - She became an ordained minister and officiated over marriages on “Face Off’s” recent 100th episode in August.

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“I was curious. I was curious about what working in the streaming service was like because when I signed on ‘Transparent’ hadn’t broken yet. The only thing on Amazon was ‘Alpha House’ that I knew of. And I’m friends with Jonathan Alter, who created it with Garry Trudeau and I knew that he had a good experience on it. And it was also working with Ron (Perlman), who I’ve known back when I was on ‘China Beach’ and he was on ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ so we sort of circled each other for years.” – Dana Delany, on what drew her to her Amazon series “Hand of God”

“I like it, actually. It’s a nice opportunity to use your imagination. As an actor, you sort of have two resources you can draw upon; you can use your own experiences, or you can use your imagination to visualize what something would look like.” – Danielle Panabaker of “The Flash” on The CW, about working with special effects on the show

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“Now, it’s very easy for a kid coming out of film school to grab a small digital camera, go into the subway and knock off a scene. Back then, when we were shooting film, you didn’t see too much of that ... and that really opened my eyes to (the fact that) you actually don’t need what they tell you that you need, which is a full-sized crew.” – Edward Burns of “Public Morals” on TNT, about making independent films now

CELEBRITY

ON DVRs Katie LeClerc of “Switched at Birth” on ABC Family “I just finished watching Season 3 of ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ and it’s absolutely my favorite show on television. Otherwise, I’m a big fan of comedy – and I don’t love competition shows, but I love, love, love ‘America’s Got Talent.’ In the hair and makeup trailer, everybody wants to talk about it.”

NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon “I record Formula One. ... ‘Suits’ is a TV show that I really like to watch. ... I record some cartoon shows for my kids (so) we don’t have to ever search for those. We can just pull it up and make them watch it if they’re watching TV.”

Noah Reid of “Kevin From Work” on ABC Family “I’m a big hockey fan, and most of my televised entertainment is in the sports area. I do watch ‘Game of Thrones,’and ‘The Wire’ is probably my favorite show ever. It’s hard to beat how deep that goes into the sociopolitical.”

John Smoltz of MLB Network “I really don’t record anything; my kids do. I don’t have a whole lot of time. I remember just for whatever reason I personally recorded, because it became a family thing about two, three years ago, ‘American Idol.’ And then the other thing that I recorded that I absolutely loved was ‘The Voice.’ I like the a cappella version of what they would do. And so that’s about it.” September 6 - 12, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 11

STORY

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” premieres Tuesday on CBS.

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STORY

Here comes Colbert:

Stephen takes over CBS’ ‘Late Show’ By Jay Bobbin

After more than a year of buildup, Stephen Colbert is ready to just get going. The former “Colbert Report” anchor assumes the seat David Letterman had for almost 22 years when CBS debuts “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Tuesday, Sept. 8. With the program’s new host dropping what he labels the “character” he played on Comedy Central, he’ll welcome Stay Human’s Jon Batiste as his bandleader and George Clooney and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush among his inaugural guests in New York’s freshly renovated Ed Sullivan Theater. “CBS has asked nothing of me other than (that) I fill an hour every night Monday through Friday,” a still-droll yet sincere Colbert says, “so the format hasn’t changed. There are certain things that happen perforce. There are six commercial breaks. There are seven acts. “I love the grind of a daily show. I love a live audience. I like meeting the guests, and I like telling jokes ... but that’s it. They haven’t asked me to change or do anything. They like the show I used to do, and they said, ‘Would you mind adding another 120 hours a year?’ ” For the bountiful comedy he did on “The Colbert Report,” Colbert believes the exchanges with guests will help make his “Late Show” transition easy and pleasurable: “I’m a comedian, but I have to say very quickly that my favorite thing on the (former) show became doing the interviews because I got into comedy through improvisation. And when we’re doing the jokes, which I love writing, and I love producing, I can only get those wrong. “But when you’re interviewing people, you don’t know what’s going to happen. That’s much closer to how I learned my craft. And you can have big stars or important politicians or impressive thinkers, but it’s sometimes the people you don’t expect to impress you who can be your best guests.” Indeed, Colbert notes that “all I really want from a guest is somebody who has something to say so I can play with them. We have

some common topic to be talking about. My character was actively ignorant about them.” That “character” Colbert exuded on “The Colbert Report” had reached the end of the line, he believes, when the “Late Show” offer came. “I felt I had done everything I could with him or everything I could do with that show ... other than have my honest interest in my guest, which is almost constant. And so now, I feel actually more freed up. That was in some ways the most energetic, the most exciting part of the show to me. And now, I don’t have to hold back at all.” For advice on taking over “The Late Show,” Colbert went to the most logical source ... Letterman. “I asked him questions (for) about a half an hour, and at one point I said, ‘Do you mind me asking you these questions?’ And he said, ‘I don’t mind at all. No one’s ever asked me these questions.’ And I said, ‘Really? No one’s ever asked you these questions?’ And he goes, ‘Who would know to ask, and who would care what the answer was?’ And that felt great. That was a very gracious way for him to say, you know, ‘Only the person sitting behind that chair cares about the conversation we’re having right now.’ ” Actually, a couple of others might, both named Jimmy: Fallon on NBC and Kimmel on ABC. Colbert’s arrival only can stoke the competition among late night shows, but he maintains he’s staying focused on his own task. “I have my own hopes for the kind of show that I want to do, but I won’t know until I’m on my wave,” he says. “All I can feel right now is the swell behind me, and I’m paddling as fast as I can, but I do know that the idea of war between hosts makes no sense to me. It’s not like my success takes away from anybody else, and fighting amongst each other doesn’t sound funny. There’s no joke there, so I’m not interested.”

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STORY

Robert Taylor stars in “Longmire,” which returns for its fourth season Thursday on Netflix. Story on next page

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STORY

‘Longmire’

gets a second chance on Netflix By George Dickie

Even after A&E Network canceled “Longmire,” title star Robert Taylor didn’t believe his three-season-old series was history. “I thought it was a joke,” the 52-year-old Australian actor says. “... It took me a week or so and I reconciled myself to not doing it again, but I always believed we weren’t finished. I just felt it in my bones that we weren’t done.” And his feelings were proven correct when nearly three months after its Aug. 2014 termination, Netflix picked up the hourlong drama for a fourth season, which drops with 10 episodes on Thursday, Sept. 10. The story picks up where the third-season finale left off, with Absaroka (Wyo.) County Sheriff Walt Longmire (Taylor), having found out who was behind his wife’s murder, succumbs to his darker impulses and takes off with revenge in mind. What happens next and whether he follows through are questions that are answered in the new season. “I think he feels things very deeply, especially since the death of his wife,” says Taylor, who is joined in Season 4 by fellow cast returnees Lou Diamond Phillips, Katee Sackhoff, Cassidy Freeman and Bailey Chase. “I think that kind of destroyed his universe and nothing seems to make sense anymore. And as much as a guy his age and with his background can be searching for something, he would never admit it in polite company – or impolite company, for that matter. ... I mean, he does resolve to do something about it but ultimately that may not be the right decision.” When it comes to details on Season 4, Taylor is understandably tight-lipped lest he give away spoilers but a trailer says it will be about second chances. And for Walt, that means how he moves forward now that he thinks he’s found his wife’s killer. “Obviously, it’s all about the writing,” Taylor says of how he connects to Walt’s moods. “... You bring your soul, or

Pictured: Lou Diamond Phillips a version of your soul, with your spirit and you have to render that and deliver that, and nobody gives you any notes on that. That comes entirely from the actor.” Phillips, who plays Longmire’s best friend, Henry Standing Bear, agrees. “I think it’s part and parcel of playing characters who are our age,” he says. “I mean, I’ve been around a long time – we both have – and to finally be able to play characters who are mature men who have life experience, who have baggage and history and mileage – the scripts are all fantastic but they do rely on us to bring that sense of gravitas to it. “And I’ve always said as an actor we’re very fortunate because the longer we live, hopefully the more we learn, the more our minds are open, the more we are able to apply having kids, having our ups and downs, having challenges in life to our work that enriches our work. And our writers have blessed us by not giving us superficial characters. They put us in these situations where we have to draw on our experiences, our empathy, our compassion as mature human beings, to round out who these characters are and how they deal with their choices.”

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STORY

Not only did the Civil War have enormous significance to history, it eventually had huge meaning to the history of Ken Burns. The much-honored documentary maker had made films before 1990 – “Brooklyn Bridge” and “The Statue of Liberty” among them – but his profile of the critical mid-19th-century battle cemented his career and helped enable him to tackle such projects as “Baseball,” “Jazz,” “The War” (World War II) and “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” later. In a newly remastered version, “The Civil War” marks its 25th anniversary by returning to PBS in nightly telecasts Monday through Friday, Sept. 7-11 (check local listings). “It’s really a goosebump moment for me,” the ever-pleasant Burns confirms, “because it was such a central part of my professional life. To have this new life given to these images ... I’ve said it many times, but what I saw through the lens was not what came out on a tiny 16mm film image about the size of my thumb. And what we lost to grain and the fact of film, we’ve now been able to recapture as we’ve gone frame by frame through 11-1/2 hours and restored it. “All of a sudden, the iconic cannon in silhouette on the mountain is not just a smear of orange, but this complex thing,” adds Burns. “The images look as sharp and clear as I saw them through the viewfinder. I think this removes a few veils between the audience, including myself, and the subject of the Civil War that I would argue is still the most important event in American history. We live out every day the issues that came about because of the Civil War, and that have been consequences of since.” “The Civil War” set down the Burns technique that also employs a large voice cast as pivotal players. Sam Waterston and Jason Robards are heard as Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant respectively, with Julie Harris, Morgan Freeman, Garrison Keillor, Jeremy Irons, Colleen Dewhurst, Derek Jacobi, Studs Terkel, Arthur Miller, Kurt Vonnegut and Horton Foote among other notables who lent their vocal talents. “I had worked on a short film about Emily Dickinson, and Julie was the narrator and host,” Burns recalls of landing her participation in “Brooklyn Bridge” as “a first-person voice, this thing I’d been experimenting with. She did it, then when I told everybody else who’d been turning me down, they’d say, ‘Julie Harris? The five-time Tony Award-winning actress?’ I’d go, ‘Yes,’ then they’d say, ‘Well, OK. I guess we can spare a half-hour or an hour.’ Then ‘The Civil War’ came along, and people wanted to be involved.” Burns notes the “Civil War” upgrade “wouldn’t have happened” without the financial support of Bank of America, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS itself. He says securing such funding is “still hard, it’s still crazy, it’s still tenuous, it’s still anxiety-producing – but I think the validation is that we’re hungry for content. We’re also hungry for meaning, and all meaning accrues over duration. The work you’re proudest of, and the relationships you care most about, are the ones that have benefited from sustained attention.” Page 16 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote September 6 - 12, 2015

By Jay Bobbin

STORY

Ferrell takes one

for the teams on HBO

By George Dickie

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Ten teams, 10 positions, one very tired comedian. That’s the scenario Will Ferrell lived this past March 12, when for charity he took the field in five Arizona preseason games to play all nine on-field positions plus designated hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Oakland A’s and San Diego Padres. His head-spinning journey is chronicled in the documentary “Ferrell Takes the Field,” airing Saturday, Sept. 12, on HBO. Produced by a partnership between Major League Baseball and the humor website Funny or Die, the presentation is dedicated to helping Cancer for College, which provides scholarships for young people who have had the disease. In each of the five games, the then-47-year-old former “Saturday Night Live” star suited up with men half his age, played for half an inning, then went across the field to the other clubhouse, changed uniforms and played another halfinning. When done, he hopped into a waiting helicopter that took him to the next ballpark, where he repeated the routine. Along the way, he changed in bathrooms, ate lunch in a trainer’s room and did everything on the fly. On the field, he was vintage Ferrell – irreverent, goofy and clueless.

“Some of (the players) found out that morning,” explains Joe Farrell, an executive producer of the film. “I think some players were thrilled. Some players had costumes dressed as Will in his movies and some dressed up as Burt Reynolds from his ‘SNL’ ‘Jeopardy!’ days to sort of be with Will. So some players were really into it, and we were super respectful because other players, they’re trying to make a team. You know, we made some jokes about how two weeks from now, a lot of you guys might not be on the team. But that was true, and so we were super respectful to guys taking at-bats.” When the day, which lasted from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., was done, Farrell and the crew marveled at how Ferrell was able to rise to the occasion – and how everything seemed to fall into place. “I said to one of the cameramen who’d been a cameraman out of New York for I think 27 years, ‘How does this rank?’ ” Farrell says. “He’s like, ‘That was the most intense day of my life.’ Especially for the camera guys. They never stopped, so it was like, on the field, running, then in the van and then in a helicopter. And you have this pressure of like, ‘I can’t miss it,’ because there’s no going back; there’s no ‘Let’s take that again.’ You just have to capture it.”

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MOVIES JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review

review By now, it’s no surprise that Meryl Streep can do virtually anything ... and often, she’s proven that during the summer movie season. “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Julie & Julia” are among the notable examples, and she ensures there’s thoughtful entertainment during the warm-weather months again with “Ricki and the Flash,” another brave change of pace for the iconic actress who’s been playing prime ministers and witches lately. Now, she‘s a rock star – literally – getting big assists from director Jonathan Demme (“The Silence of the Lambs”) and writer Diablo Cody (“Juno”) as she portrays a cover band’s lead singer who left her family to pursue her musical dreams. She hasn’t reached the heights she’d hoped for, but she makes an OK living that includes personal involvement with the band’s guitar genius (actual pop-rock veteran Rick Springfield). The balance in her life is up-ended when her well-todo ex-husband (Kevin Kline, Streep’s leading man in “Sophie’s Choice”) summons her home to deal with family crises that include the emotional unraveling of her daughter (actual Streep offspring Mamie Gummer) and strain with her sons (Sebastian Stan, Nick Westrate). That’s a lot for one character to handle, but when the one character is played by Streep? No problem! She’s ever-watchable as the rough-around-the-edges Ricki, and it’s even more fun when you stack it up against such other recent Streep roles as Margaret Thatcher. Even when the script veers toward hitting potential potholes, the star spins gold from it, just by doing what she does so expertly. Among her co-stars, Springfield is especially good, dramatizing the habitation of a world he knows so well. His image is burned into so many minds from his younger years when he wished that he had “Jessie’s Girl,” seeing him redefine that with his work here – particularly opposite Streep – is another of the picture’s pleasures. “Ricki and the Flash” may not hit every note perfectly, but even when it doesn’t, it stays true to its tune. And that, and its solid use of Streep, are something to sing about. Page 18 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote September 6 - 12, 2015

MOVIES JAY BOBBIN's movie review movies to watch

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DVD

“THE AGE OF ADALINE” Some have referred to former “Gossip Girl” star Blake Lively as a timeless beauty, and that’s never been more true than in her title performance in this fantasy-drama, which draws fresh pathos from a familiar premise. She plays a woman whose aging is halted by an accident, leaving her to appear eternally young ... a dilemma for her as those around her grow older. The situation becomes especially dicey when she finds her true love (Michiel Huisman, “Game of Thrones”) and becomes acquainted with his parents (Harrison Ford, particularly good here, and Kathy Baker). Ellen Burstyn also stars, and Lively holds her own impressively against such high-caliber colleagues. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries; audio commentary by director Lee Toland Krieger; deleted scenes. ››› (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)

Pictured: Harrison Ford

upcoming DVD releases

Coming Soon on DVD... “FURIOUS 7” (Sept. 15): Paul Walker’s last film in the franchise finds Dom (Vin Diesel) and his hard-driving comrades hunted as well as hunting. (PG-13: AS, P, V) “LOST IN SPACE: THE COMPLETE SERIES” (Sept. 15): The Irwin Allen-produced 1960s sci-fi classic makes its Blu-ray debut, with Guy Williams and June Lockhart as the heads of the family stranded among the stars. (Not rated: V) “PITCH PERFECT 2” (Sept. 22): The Bellas return to take part in a global a cappella competition; Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson reprise their roles. (PG-13: AS, P)

“ENTOURAGE” (Sept. 29): The movie continuation of the former HBO comedy series reunites cast members including Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon and Jeremy Piven. (R: AS, N, P) “SPY” (Sept. 29): Melissa McCarthy plays a CIA analyst who becomes a surprisingly effective field agent. (R and unrated versions: AS, P, V) “AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON” (Oct. 2): Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), alias Iron Man, unwittingly generates a new enemy (voice of James Spader) for himself and his Marvel superhero allies. (PG-13: P, V)

Pictured: Vin Diesel

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THIS WEEK’S FAVORITE SHOWS

SUNDAY 9 p.m. on TNT The Last Ship In the season finale, “A More Perfect Union,” the crew of the Nathan James becomes fully focused on its current mission to spread the cure to the plague as quickly and efficiently as possible. As the ship puts out a call to civilians telling them at what pre-selected ports they can find the cure being given, small Immune factions continue their insidious campaign to sow mistrust and fulfill the deranged vision of the Ramseys. Eric Dane stars. Season Finale New

Tom Papa hosts “BOOM!”

MONDAY 8:30 p.m. on CBS CBS Fall Preview With another television season about to begin, the network offers peeks at its new series. Emmy winner Jane Lynch — who’s in one of the shows, the comedy “Angel From Hell” — serves as host of the program, which also covers another sitcom, the family saga “Life in Pieces.” Also previewed: Melissa Benoist’s much-anticipated arrival as “Supergirl”; the Marcia Gay Hardenstarring medical drama “Code Black” New

Jeff Foxworthy hosts “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

TUESDAY 8 p.m. on FOX Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? The last adult contestant of the revival’s season is up in “Jason,” as a physician pursues the $1 million grand prize by showing what he does — or doesn’t — remember from grade school by responding to questions usually posed to elementary students. This finale gives host Jeff Foxworthy one more shot to poke fun at a professional person outsmarted by youngsters, and you can bet the comedian will take every chance he gets during the hour. Season Finale New WEDNESDAY 10 p.m. on TLC Suddenly Royal It may sound like the premise of a fish-out-of-water movie comedy, but this new seven-episode unscripted series follows the real-life experiences of blue-collar auto repair advisor David Drew Howe, who researched his ancestry online and discovered he was an heir to the throne of the British

Isle of Man. His documentation got him an invitation to a royal wedding, but he and his family got a somewhat chilly reception from locals when they moved 3000 miles to discover what it means to be royalty. Series Premiere New THURSDAY 8 p.m. on FOX BOOM! One more messy-contents-packed explosive is left to go off this season, and the finale titled “It’s the Refried Beans Bomb!” leaves no doubt of what’s inside. It’s merely a question of when it will be set off, and at least for now, host Tom Papa has only this one session left to worry whether he’ll have to take his suit to the cleaners. If all the questions are answered correctly, only the amount of the winnings will be a concern ... but we’ll bet on the beans. Season Finale New FRIDAY 8 p.m. on ABC CBS NBC FOX Think It Up The major commercial broadcast

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Jane Lynch hosts the “CBS Fall Preview”

networks unite to simulcast this new special, which uses music and comedy to inspire students and educators alike as a new school year begins. Stephen Colbert, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Seacrest, Kristen Bell and Jeremy Renner are among the celebrities scheduled to take part in the program, which also will seek viewer donations to help fund related initiatives at American schools. New SATURDAY 9 p.m. on CBS NCIS: Los Angeles In hopes of identifying the source of an anthrax poisoning before terrorists can turn it into a biological weapon, Sam and Callen (LL Cool J, Chris O’Donnell) go under cover as food truck owners in Mexico in “Black Wind.” Angelique Cabral and Enrique Castillo guest star; Linda Hunt, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen and Barrett Foa also star. FALL PREMIERES on next page

FALL PREVIEW 2015

2015 FALL PREMIERES 9/1 - Hotel Impossible (Travel Channel, 9 p.m.) 9/1 - Drunk History (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.) 9/2 - Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles (Bravo, 10 p.m.) 9/4 - Hand of God (Amazon) 9/5 - Saturday Night College Football (ABC, 8 p.m.) 9/6 - Arthur & George (PBS, 8 p.m.) 9/7 - The League (FXX, 10 p.m.) 9/7 - You’re the Worst (FXX, 10:30 p.m.) 9/8 - The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m.) 9/10 - Longmire (Netflix) 9/10 - Football Night in America (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) 9/10 - Sunday Night Football (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) 9/11 - 20/20 (ABC, 10 p.m.) 9/11 - Z Nation (Syfy, 10 p.m.) 9/13 - Project Greenlight (HBO, 10 p.m.) 9/13 - Doll & Em (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) 9/14 - Monday Night Football (ESPN, 7:10 p.m.) 9/14 - Dancing With the Stars (ABC, 8 p.m.) 9/15 - The Bastard Executioner (FX, 10 p.m.) 9/15 - Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris (NBC, 10 p.m.) 9/16 - South Park (Comedy Central 10 p.m.) 9/16 - Moonbeam (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.) 9/17 - Thursday Night Football (CBS, 8:25 p.m.) 9/18 - I Am Kellie Pickler (CMT, 10 p.m.) 9/19 - Doctor Who (BBC America, 9 p.m.) 9/19 - Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN, 9 p.m.) 9/19 - Oprah: Where Are They Now? (OWN, 10 p.m.) 9/20 - The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (Fox, 8 p.m.) 9/21 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.) 9/21 - Gotham (Fox, 8 p.m.) 9/21 - The Voice (NBC, 8 p.m.) 9/21 - Life in Pieces (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) 9/21 - Minority Report (Fox, 9 p.m.) 9/21 - Scorpion (CBS, 9 p.m.) 9/21 - Blindspot (NBC, 10 p.m.) 9/21 - NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, 10 p.m.) 9/21 - Castle (ABC, 10:01 p.m.) 9/22 - The Muppets (ABC, 8 p.m.) 9/22 - NCIS (CBS, 8 p.m.) 9/22 - Scream Queens (Fox, 8 p.m.) 9/22 - The Voice (NBC, 8 p.m.) 9/22 - Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) 9/22 - NCIS: New Orleans (CBS, 9 p.m.) 9/22 - The Bazillion Dollar Club (Syfy, 10 p.m.) 9/22 - If Loving You Is Wrong (OWN, 10 p.m.) 9/22 - Limitless (CBS, 10 p.m.) 9/23 - The Middle (ABC, 8 p.m.) = New Series

9/23 - The Mysteries of Laura (NBC, 8 p.m.) 9/23 - Rosewood (Fox, 8 p.m.) 9/23 - Survivor (CBS, 8 p.m.) 9/23 - The Goldbergs (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) 9/23 - Empire (Fox, 9 p.m.) 9/23 - Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 9 p.m.) 9/23 - Modern Family (ABC, 9 p.m.) 9/23 - Pizza Masters (Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.) 9/23 - Worst Cooks in America (Food Network, 9 p.m.) 9/23 - Big Brother (CBS, 9:30 p.m.) 9/23 - blackish (ABC, 9:31 p.m.) 9/23 - Nashvile (ABC, 10 p.m.) 9/23 - Road Spill (truTV, 10:30 p.m.) 9/23 - Triptank (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.) 9/24 - Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 8 p.m.) 9/24 - Heroes Reborn (NBC, 8 p.m.) 9/24 - The Blacklist (NBC, 9 p.m.) 9/24 - Scandal (ABC, 9 p.m.) 9/24 - How to Get Away With Murder (ABC, 10 p.m.) 9/24 - The Player (NBC, 10 p.m.) 9/25 - The Amazing Race (CBS, 8 p.m.) 9/25 - Last Man Standing (ABC, 8 p.m.) 9/25 - Hawaii Five-0 (CBS, 9 p.m.) 9/25 - Shark Tank (ABC, 9 p.m.) 9/25 - Blue Bloods (CBS, 10 p.m.) 9/26 - 48 Hours (CBS, 10 p.m.) 9/26 - Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29 p.m.) 9/27 - 60 Minutes (CBS, 7 p.m.) 9/27 - Bob’s Burgers (Fox, 7:30 p.m.) 9/27 - Once Upon a Time (ABC, 8 p.m.) 9/27 - The Simpsons (Fox, 8 p.m.) 9/27 - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox, 8:30 p.m.) 9/27 - Blood & Oil (ABC, 9 p.m.) 9/27 - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS, SERIES FINALE, 9 p.m.) 9/27 - Family Guy (Fox, 9 p.m.) 9/27 - Indian Summers (PBS, 9 p.m.) 9/27 - The Last Man on Earth (Fox, 9:30 p.m.) 9/27 - Quantico (ABC 10 p.m.) 9/28 - I’ll Have What Phil’s Having (PBS, 10 p.m.) 9/28 - The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.) 9/29 - Grandfathered (Fox, 8 p.m.) 9/29 - The Grinder (Fox, 8:30 p.m.) 9/29 - Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC, 9 p.m.) 9/29 - Adam Ruins Everything (truTV, 10 p.m.) 9/30 - Criminal Minds (CBS, 9 p.m.) 9/30 - Chicago PD (NBC, 10 p.m.) 9/30 - Code Black (CBS, 10 p.m.) 10/1 - Bones (Fox, 8 p.m.) 10/1 - Sleepy Hollow (Fox, 9 p.m.) 10/2 - Dr. Ken (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) 10/4 - Super Soul Sunday (OWN, 10 p.m.) 10/4 - Madam Secretary (CBS, 8 p.m.) 10/4 - The Good Wife (CBS, 8 p.m.)

All times Eastern; titles, dates and times subject to change

10/4 - The Leftovers (HBO, 9 p.m.) 10/4 - The Affair (Showtime, 10 p.m.) 10/4 - CSI: Cyber (CBS, 10 p.m.) 10/4 - The Widower (PBS, 10 p.m.) 10/6 - The Flash (The CW, 8 p.m.) 10/6 - iZombie (The CW, 9 p.m.) 10/7 - Arrow (The CW, 8 p.m.) 10/7 - Supernatural (The CW, 9 p.m.) 10/7 - American Horror Story: Hotel (FX, 10 p.m.) 10/8 - The Vampire Diaries (The CW, 8 p.m.) 10/8 - The Originals (The CW, 9 p.m.) 10/8 - Ridculousness (MTV, 10 p.m.) 10/8 - Billy on the Street (truTV, 10:30 p.m.) 10/9 - Red Oaks (Amazon) 10/9 - Reign (The CW, 8 p.m.) 10/9 - Undateable (NBC, 8 p.m.) 10/10 - The Last Kingdom (BBC America, 10 p.m.) 10/11 - America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m.) 10/11 - The Walking Dead (AMC, 9 p.m.) 10/11 - The Talking Dead (AMC, 10:30 p.m.) 10/12 - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW, 8 p.m.) 10/12 - Jane the Virgin (The CW, 9 p.m.) 10/12 - Fargo (FX, 10 p.m.) 10/13 - Manhattan (WGN, 9 p.m.) 10/13 - Chicago Fire (NBC, 10 p.m.) 10/14 - The Brain With David Eagleman (PBS, 10 p.m.) 10/15 - Nathan for You (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.) 10/16 - Truth Be Told (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) 10/16 - The Knick (Cinemax, 10 p.m.) 10/18 - Belief (OWN, 8 p.m.) 10/18 - Comic Book Men (AMC, 11:59 p.m.) 10/24 - Da Vinci’s Demons (Starz, 8 p.m.) 10/25 - Oprah’s Master Class (OWN, 8 p.m.) 10/26 - Supergirl (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) 10/27 - Wicked City (ABC, 10 p.m.) 10/30 - Grimm (NBC, 9 p.m.) 10/31 - Ash vs Evil Dead (Starz, 9 p.m.) 11/5 - Mom (CBS, 9 p.m.) 11/5 - Angel From Hell (CBS, 9:30 p.m.) 11/5 - Elementary (CBS, 10 p.m.) 11/6 - Master of None (Netflix) 11/6 - MasterChef: Junior Edition (Fox, 8 p.m.) 11/6 - World’s Funniest Fails (Fox, 9 p.m.) 11/8 - Flesh and Bone (Starz, 9 p.m.) 11/10 - Chicago Med (NBC, 10 p.m.) 11/14 - Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s (OWN, 9 p.m.) 11/14 - Raising Whitley (OWN, 10 p.m.) 11/15 - Into the Badlands (AMC, 10 p.m.) 11/20 - The Man in the High Castle (Amazon)

PBS programming varies regionally. At presstime, not all premiere infor mation was available.

“Dancing With the Stars” ABC Mon, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.

“The Walking Dead” AMC Sun, Oct. 11, 9 p.m.

“The Walking Dead” AMC Mon, Oct. 11, 9 p.m.

“Fargo” FX Mon, Oct. 12, 10 p.m.

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SPORTS

By Dan Ladd They say that backup quarterbacks are the most popular guys on the football team. With New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady serving a suspension (appeal pending), backup Jimmy Garoppolo could surely get a lot of attention this week when the Pats host the Pittsburgh Steelers to open the 2015 NFL season, Thursday, Sept. 10, on NBC. With the outcome of any appeal unknown, Garoppolo was working in the pre-season with the starters under coach Bill Belichick’s guidance. Let’s not forget that when Brady went down with a knee injury in 2008 that Belichick coached then backup Matt Cassel to a 10-5 record as a starter. At the most, Garoppolo would be under center for four games, which beyond the Steelers include Buffalo and Jacksonville before heading to Dallas to face Tony Romo and the Cowboys in Week 5. That game follows a bye week for New England. Garoppolo, a rookie last season, was considered one of the better quarterbacks in the 2014 NFL Draft. He came out of Eastern Illinois University – also Romo’s alma mater – where he had been the starter since halfway through his freshman year in 2010. He put up respectable numbers, including breaking Romo’s school record for pass completions. In 2014, Garoppolo completed 19 of 27 passes with a touchdown and no interceptions in the six games that he played in for the Pats. A reversal of fortunes for Brady could demote Garoppolo back to clipboard duties, but if it doesn’t happen, he’ll be the most popular guy in New England’s locker room.

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New NFL season will be a coin toss Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in the 2015 regular season opener airing Thursday on NBC. Story on next page

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Pictured: Hines Ward

A bigger issue for the Pats may be their defense. During the offseason, the secondary lost star defenders Darrelle Revis, Brandon Browner and Kyle Arrington, while the line saw the departure of Vince Wilfork, thus turning what was a strength into a potential Achilles heel.

By George Dickie This week’s NFL Kickoff 2015 not only ushers in this year’s regular season but could also serve as a preview of the AFC Championship game. That is, if both participants can resolve a few question marks. The Thursday, Sept. 10, opener on NBC, pits Jimmy Garoppolo and the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots against Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.

“I think a lot of pressure is now put on (defensive end) Chandler Jones and some of those guys to really go after the quarterback to help an inexperienced secondary,” Ward says. “You lose both Browner and Revis, I mean, these guys are known to be lockdown guys that were very disruptive in the passing game. Now you’ve got guys who are unproven ... . So it’ll be real interesting to see coach Belichick and how he handles (things).” As for Pittsburgh’s chances this season, the retired Steeler great is excited – but with one qualifier.

Of course, the big question on many observers’ minds is how the Pats will fare without star quarterback Tom Brady, who is suspended for the season’s first four games after failing to cooperate with investigators probing the deflation of footballs during last season’s AFC title game. But while the temporary loss of their offensive leader is difficult, the Pats have done without him before. In 2008, Matt Cassel led the Pats to an 11-5 record after Brady went down for the season with torn knee ligaments.

“They probably have the most experience coming back – as well as the Green Bay Packers – on the offensive side of the ball than any other team in the league,” Ward says. “Defensively, they’re a huge question mark. They drafted all these linebackers high in the draft. No Troy Polamalu (their newly retired star safety), no veteran guys like (retired cornerback) Ike Taylor in the secondary. (Defensive coordinator) Keith Butler takes over now, so it’ll be real interesting to see what they do.

“When you lose a superstar player, sometimes a team rallies around each other and becomes closer,” says Hines Ward, a studio analyst for NBC Sports and a former Steelers wide receiver. “You know, there’s more attention to detail because the other guys have to step up their games. So I’m pretty sure, even though Brady won’t be there, coach (Bill) Belichick is going to get those guys riled up.”

“But it always starts with the front seven on the defensive side of the ball with (defensive end) Cam Heyward and some of those guys,” he continues. “If they can put pressure and allow those linebackers to just play scot free and run sideline to sideline and make plays, maybe I look for Pittsburgh to have a pretty good year.”

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NEW ENGLAND

PATRIOTS

AFC EAST

TOM BRADY QB

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Bill Belichick Key arrivals: WR Travaris Cadet, QB Matt Flynn, WR Brandon Gibson Key departures: CB Darrelle Revis, RB Shane Vereen, CB Brandon Browner Top 3 Draft Picks: DT Malcom Brown (Texas), S Jordan Richards (Stanford), DE Geneo Grissom (Oklahoma) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “They may lose Tom Brady early but the departure of their secondary is the biggest problem for them.” Wk 1 - Pittsburgh 8:30 PM Wk 2 - at Buffalo 1:00 PM Wk 3 - Jacksonville 1:00 PM Wk 4 - Bye Wk 5 - at Dallas 4:25 PM Wk 6 - at Indianapolis 8:30 PM

Wk 7 - NY Jets 1:00 PM Wk 8 - Miami 8:25 PM Wk 9 - Washington 1:00 PM Wk 10 - at NY Giants 4:25 PM Wk 11 - Buffalo 8:30 PM Wk 12 - at Denver 8:30 PM

Wk 13 - Philadelphia 4:25 PM Wk 14 - at Houston 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Tennessee 1:00 PM Wk 16 - at NY Jets 1:00 PM Wk 17 - at Miami 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Miami

Ndamukong Suh

Head coach: Joe Philbin Key arrivals: WR Kenny Stills, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Brice McCain Key departures: TE Charles Clay, DT Jared Odrick, S Jimmy Wilson Top 3 Draft Picks: WR DeVante Parker (Louisville), DT Jordan Phillips (Oklahoma), OG Jamil Douglas (Arizona State) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “The last two seasons going into December, the Dolphins had been in playoff position and seemed to wilt. Can Ndamukong Suh change that?”

SCHEDULE

Dolphins

Wk 1 - at Washington Wk 2 - at Jacksonville Wk 3 - Buffalo Wk 4 - NY Jets Wk 5 - Bye Wk 6 - at Tennessee

1:00 PM 4:05 PM 4:25 PM 9:30 AM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Houston Wk 8 - at New England Wk 9 - at Buffalo Wk 10 - at Philadelphia Wk 11 - Dallas Wk 12 - at NY Jets

1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - Baltimore 1:00 PM Wk 14 - NY Giants 8:30 PM Wk 15 - at San Diego 4:25 PM Wk 16 - Indianapolis 1:00 PM Wk 17 - New England 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Buffalo

LeSean McCoy

Head coach: Rex Ryan Key arrivals: WR Percy Harvin, G Richie Incognito, RB LeSean McCoy Key departures: RB C.J. Spiller, G Erik Pears, LB Kiko Alonso Top 3 Draft Picks: CB Ronald Darby (Florida State), OG John Miller (Louisville), RB Karlos Williams (Florida State) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Can the legs of LeSean McCoy and a great defense finally get the Bills back into the playoffs?”

SCHEDULE

BILLS

Wk 1 - Indianapolis Wk 2 - New England Wk 3 - at Miami Wk 4 - NY Giants Wk 5 - at Tennessee Wk 6 - Cincinnati

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - at Jacksonville Wk 8 - Bye Wk 9 - Miami Wk 10 - at NY Jets Wk 11 - at New England Wk 12 - at Kansas City

9:30 AM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - Houston 1:00 PM Wk 14 - at Philadelphia 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at Washington 1:00 PM Wk 16 - Dallas 1:00 PM Wk 17 - NY Jets 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

NEW YORK

JETS

GENO SMITH

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Todd Bowles Key arrivals: CB Darrelle Revis, WR Brandon Marshall, CB Antonio Cromartie Key departures: RB Chris Johnson, WR Percy Harvin, QB Michael Vick Top 3 Draft Picks: DE Leonard Williams (USC), WR Devin Smith (Ohio State), OLB Lorenzo Mauldin (Louisville) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “The Jets have a playoff defense now that they have overhauled the secondary.” Wk 1 - Cleveland Wk 2 - at Indianapolis Wk 3 - Philadelphia Wk 4 - at Miami Wk 5 - Bye Wk 6 - Washington

1:00 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 9:30 AM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - at New England Wk 8 - at Oakland Wk 9 - Jacksonville Wk 10 - Buffalo Wk 11 - at Houston Wk 12 - Miami

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1:00 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - at NY Giants 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Tennessee 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at Dallas 8:25 PM Wk 16 - New England 1:00 PM Wk 17 - at Buffalo 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

SPORTS

PITTSBURGH

AFC NORTH

STEELERS

BEN ROETHLISBERGER

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Mike Tomlin Key arrivals: QB Tajh Boyd, RB DeAngelo Williams, TE Brandon Hartson Key departures: WR Lance Moore, DL Brett Keisel, S Troy Polamalu Top 3 Draft Picks: OLB Bud Dupree (Kentucky), CB Senquez Golson (Mississippi), WR Sammie Coates (Auburn) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “This offense should be one of the best in the league. The problem is it’s the Steelers, and if they want to win in the playoffs, they’ll have to improve their defense.” Wk 1 - at New England Wk 2 - San Francisco Wk 3 - at St. Louis Wk - 4 - Baltimore Wk 5 - at San Diego Wk 6 - Arizona

8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - at Kansas City Wk 8 - Cincinnati Wk 9 - Oakland Wk 10 - Cleveland Wk 11 - Bye Wk 12 - at Seattle

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:25 PM

Wk 13 - Indianapolis 8:30 PM Wk 14 - at Cincinnat i 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Denver 4:25 PM Wk 16 - at Baltimore 8:30 PM Wk 17 - at Cleveland 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

CINCINNATI

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Marvin Lewis Key arrivals: QB Josh Johnson, WR Denarius Moore, LB A.J. Hawk Key departures: QB Jason Campbell, WR Greg Little, TE Jermaine Gresham Top 3 Draft Picks: OT Cedric Ogbuehi (Texas A&M), OT Jake Fisher (Oregon), TE Tyler Kroft (Rutgers) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Four consecutive playoffs made by this team – it’s time for them to win a playoff game. No excuses, no explanations.” Wk 1 - at Oakland 4:25 PM Wk 2 - San Diego 1:00 PM Wk 3 - at Baltimore 1:00 PM Wk 4 - Kansas City 1:00 PM Wk 5 - Seattle 1:00 PM Wk 6 - at Buffalo 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Bye Wk 8 - at Pittsburgh 1:00 PM Wk 9 - Cleveland 8:25 PM Wk 10 - Houston 8:30 PM Wk 11 - at Arizona 4:05 PM Wk 12 - St. Louis 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - at Cleveland 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Pittsburgh 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at San Francisco 8:30 PM Wk 16 - at Denver 8:30 PM Wk 17 - Baltimore 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

BENGALS

ANDY DALTON

QB BALTIMORE

SCHEDULE

Head coach: John Harbaugh Key arrivals: QB Matt Schaub, S Kendrick Lewis, CB Kyle Arrington Key departures: WR Torrey Smith, RB Bernard Pierce, C Gino Gradkowski Top 3 Draft Picks: WR Breshad Perriman (UCF), TE Maxx Williams (Minnesota), DT Carl Davis (Iowa) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “This is Joe Flacco’s third offensive coordinator in the last three years. That says a lot about what type of quarterback he is.” Wk 1 - at Denver 4:25 PM Wk 2 - at Oakland 4:05 PM Wk 3 - Cincinnati 1:00 PM Wk 4 - at Pittsburgh 8:25 PM Wk 5 - Cleveland 1:00 PM Wk 6 - at San Fran. 4:25 PM

Wk 7 - at Arizona 8:30 PM Wk 8 - San Diego 1:00 PM Wk 9 - Bye Wk 10 - Jacksonville 1:00 PM Wk 11 - St. Louis 1:00 PM Wk 12 - at Cleveland 8:30 PM

Wk 13 - at Miami 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Seattle 8:30 PM Wk 15 - Kansas City 1:00 PM Wk 16 - Pittsburgh 8:30 PM Wk 17 - at Cincinnati 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

RAVENS

Joe Flacco

Cleveland

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Mike Pettine Key arrivals: WR Dwayne Bowe, QB Josh McCown, WR Brian Hartline Key departures: QB Brian Hoyer, WR Miles Austin, TE Jordan Cameron Top 3 Draft Picks: DT Danny Shelton (Washington), C Cameron Erving (Florida State), OLB Nate Orchard (Utah) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “If the Browns are going to win more than seven games, their defense must carry the load until they find their quarterback of the future – and he might not be on the roster.” Wk 1 - at NY Jets Wk 2 - Tennessee Wk 3 - Oakland Wk 4 - at San Diego Wk 5 - at Baltimore Wk 6 - Denver

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - at St. Louis Wk 8 - Arizona Wk 9 - at Cincinnati Wk 10 - at Pittsburgh Wk 11 - Bye Wk 12 - Baltimore

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM

Wk 13 - Cincinnati 1:00 PM Wk 14 - San Francisco 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at Seattle 4:05 PM Wk 16 - at Kansas City 1:00 PM Wk 17 - Pittsburgh 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

BROWNS

JOHNNY MANZIEL

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SPORTS

DENVER

BRONCOS

Peyton Manning

AFC WEST

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Gary Kubiak Key arrivals: TE Owen Daniels, C Gino Gradkowski, , G Shelley Smith Key departures: G Orlando Franklin, WR Wes Welker, TE Julius Thomas Top 3 Draft Picks: OLB Shane Ray (Missouri), OT Ty Sambrailo (Colorado State), TE Jeff Heuerman (Ohio State) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Can Coach Kubiak convince Peyton Manning that they must run the ball more in the red zone if he wants to go back to the Super Bowl?” Wk 1 - Baltimore Wk 2 - at Kansas City Wk 3 - at Detroit Wk 4 - Minnesota Wk 5 - at Oakland Wk 6 - at Cleveland

4:25 PM 8:25 PM 8:30 PM 4:25 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Bye Wk 8 - Green Bay Wk 9 - at Indianapolis Wk 10 - Kansas City Wk 11 - at Chicago Wk 12 - New England

8:30 PM 4:25 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM

Wk 13 - at San Diego 4:05 PM Wk 14 - Oakland 4:05 PM Wk 15 - at Pittsburgh 4:25 PM Wk 16 - Cincinnati 8:30 PM Wk 17 - San Diego 4:25 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

KANSAS CITY

alex smith

Head coach: Andy Reid Key arrivals: WR Jeremy Maclin, G Ben Grubbs, G Jeff Linkenbach Key departures: WR Dwayne Bowe, TE Anthony Fasano, C Rodney Hudson Top 3 Draft Picks: CB Marcus Peters (Washington), OG Mitch Morse (Missouri), WR Chris Conley (Georgia) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “If the old line can protect Alex Smith, that should improve the passing game. Remember, this team threw no touchdown passes to a wide receiver last year.”

SCHEDULE

CHIEFS

Wk 1 - at Houston Wk 2 - Denver Wk 3 - at Green Bay Wk 4 - at Cincinnati Wk 5 - Chicago Wk 6 - at Minnesota

1:00 PM 8:25 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Pittsburgh Wk 8 - Detroit Wk 9 - Bye Wk 10 - at Denver Wk 11 - at San Diego Wk 12 - Buffalo

1:00 PM 9:30 AM 4:25 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - at Oakland 4:05 PM Wk 14 - San Diego 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at Baltimore 1:00 PM Wk 16 - Cleveland 1:00 PM Wk 17 - Oakland 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

SaN DieGO

Philip rivers

Head coach: Mike McCoy Key arrivals: G Orlando Franklin, OT Joseph Barksdale, WR Stevie Johnson Key departures: WR Eddie Royal, RB Ryan Mathews, DE/OLB Dwight Freeney Top 3 Draft Picks: RB Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin), ILB Denzel Perryman (Miami, FL), CB Craig Mager (Texas State University) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “With the Chargers’ uncertainty over their future home and Philip Rivers not winning the move to Los Angeles, this is a big season for the Chargers.”

SCHEDULE

CHARGERS

Wk 1 - at Denver Wk 2 - at Oakland Wk 3 - Cincinnati Wk 4 - at Pittsburgh Wk 5 - Cleveland Wk 6 - at San Francisco

4:25 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM 4:25 PM

Wk 7 - at Arizona Wk 8 - San Diego Wk 9 - Bye Wk 10 - Jacksonville Wk 11 - St. Louis Wk 12 - at Cleveland

8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM

Wk 13 - at Miami 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Seattle 8:30 PM Wk 15 - Kansas City 1:00 PM Wk 16 - Pittsburgh 8:30 PM Wk 17 - at Cincinnati 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

oakland

raiders Christian Ponder

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Jack Del Rio Key arrivals: QB Christian Ponder, WR Michael Crabtree, C Rodney Hudson Key departures: QB Matt Schaub, RB Darren McFadden, RB Maurice Jones-Drew Top 3 Draft Picks: WR Amari Cooper (Alabama), DE Mario Edwards Jr. (Florida State), TE Clive Walford (Miami, FL) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Lots of potential. A young, talented team that might be moving again. That’s sad.” Wk 1 - Cincinnati Wk 2 - Baltimore Wk 3 - at Cleveland Wk 4 - at Chicago Wk 5 - Denver Wk 6 - Bye

4:25 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:25 PM

Wk 7 - at San Diego Wk 8 - NY Jets Wk 9 - at Pittsburgh Wk 10 - Minnesota Wk 11 - at Detroit Wk 12 - at Tennessee

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4:05 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - Kansas City 4:05 PM Wk 14 - at Denver 4:05 PM Wk 15 - Green Bay 4:05 PM Wk 16 - San Diego 8:25 PM Wk 17 - at Kansas City 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

SPORTS

Indianapolis

AFC SOUTH

Colts

Andrew Luck

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Chuck Pagano Key arrivals: RB Frank Gore, WR Andre Johnson, G Todd Herremans Key departures: RB Ahmad Bradshaw, WR Reggie Wayne, RB Trent Richardson Top 3 Draft Picks: WR Phillip Dorsett (Miami, FL), CB D’Joun Smith (Florida Atlantic), DE Henry Anderson (Stanford) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Three consecutive playoff appearances is not good enough for this team. It’s time for Luck and company to find a way to the AFC Championship Game.” Wk 1 - at Buffalo Wk 2 - NY Jets Wk 3 - at Tennessee Wk 4 - Jacksonville Wk 5 - at Houston Wk 6 - New England

1:00 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 8:30 PM

Wk 7 - New Orleans Wk 8 - at Carolina Wk 9 - Denver Wk 10 - Bye Wk 11 - at Atlanta Wk 12 - Tampa Bay

1:00 PM 8:30 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - at Pittsburgh 8:30 PM Wk 14 - at Jacksonville 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Houston 1:00 PM Wk 16 - at Miami 1:00 PM Wk 17 - Tennessee 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

houston

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Bill O’Brien Key arrivals: QB Brian Hoyer, WR Cecil Shorts, WR Nate Washington Key departures: WR Andre Johnson, C Chris Myers, QB Ryan Fitzpatrick Top 3 Draft Picks: CB Kevin Johnson (Wake Forest), ILB Benardrick McKinney (Mississippi State), WR Jaelen Strong (Arizona State) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Can J.J. Watt and a healthy (Jadeveon) Clowney put enough pressure on Andrew Luck to give this team a chance to win this division?” Wk 1 - Kansas City Wk 2 - at Carolina Wk 3 - Tampa Bay Wk 4 - at Atlanta Wk 5 - Indianapolis Wk 6 - at Jacksonville

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - at Miami Wk 8 - Tennessee Wk 9 - Bye Wk 10 - at Cincinnati Wk 11 - NY Jets Wk 12 - New Orleans

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - at Buffalo 1:00 PM Wk 14 - New England 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at Indianapolis 1:00 PM Wk 16 - at Tennessee 1:00 PM Wk 17 - Jacksonville 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

texans

J.J. Watt

Jacksonville

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Gus Bradley Key arrivals: OT Jermey Parnell, C Stefen Wisniewski, TE Julius Thomas Key departures: RB Jordan Todman, C Jacques McClendon, DT Red Bryant Top 3 Draft Picks: DE Dante Fowler Jr. (Florida), RB T.J. Yeldon (Alabama), OG A.J. Cann (South Carolina) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Does the signing of Julius Thomas and drafting running back T.J. Yeldon to go along with a young quarterback in Blake Bortles give this team playoff hopes?” Wk 1 - Carolina Wk 2 - Miami Wk 3 - at New England Wk 4 - at Indianapolis Wk 5 - at Tampa Bay Wk 6 - Houston

1:00 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Buffalo Wk 8 - Bye Wk 9 - at NY Jets Wk 10 - at Baltimore Wk 11 - Tennessee Wk 12 - San Diego

9:30 AM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - at Tennessee 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Indianapolis 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Atlanta 1:00 PM Wk 16 - at New Orleans 1:00 PM Wk 17 - at Houston 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Jaguars

Blake Bortles

QB Tennessee

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Ken Whisenhunt Key arrivals: WR Harry Douglas, OT Byron Bell, C Fernando Velasco Key departures: QB Jake Locker, WR Nate Washington, OT Michael Roos Top 3 Draft Picks: QB Marcus Mariota (Oregon), WR Dorial Green-Beckham (Missouri), OG Jeremiah Poutasi (Utah) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “This franchise has a new look. They drafted a Heisman Trophy candidate in Marcus Mariota.” Wk 1 - at Tampa Bay Wk 2 - at Cleveland Wk 3 - Indianapolis Wk 4 - Bye Wk 5 - Buffalo Wk 6 - Miami

4:25 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Atlanta Wk 8 - at Houston Wk 9 - at New Orleans Wk 10 - Carolina Wk 11 - at Jacksonville Wk 12 - Oakland

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM

Titans Marcus Mariota

Wk 13 - Jacksonville 1:00 PM Wk 14 - at NY Jets 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at New England 1:00 PM Wk 16 - Houston 1:00 PM Wk 17 - at Indianapolis 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

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SPORTS

Dallas

Cowboys

Tony Romo

NFC EAST

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Jason Garrett Key arrivals: RB Darren McFadden, LB Keith Rivers, DE Greg Hardy Key departures: RB DeMarco Murray, OT Jermey Parnell, DE Anthony Spencer Top 3 Draft Picks: CB Byron Jones (Connecticut), OLB Randy Gregory (Nebraska), OT Chaz Green (Florida) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Tony Romo and the offense had one of their best seasons. But who is going to replace DeMarco Murray?” Wk 1 - NY Giants Wk 2 - at Philadelphia Wk 3 - Atlanta Wk 4 - at New Orleans Wk 5 - New England Wk 6 - Bye

8:30 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM 4:25 PM

Wk 7 - at NY Giants Wk 8 - Seattle Wk 9 - Philadelphia Wk 10 - at Tampa Bay Wk 11 - at Miami Wk 12- Carolina

4:25 PM 4:25 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:30 PM

Wk 13 - at Washington 8:30 PM Wk 14 - at Green Bay 4:25 PM Wk 15 - NY Jets 8:25 PM Wk 16 - at Buffalo 1:00 PM Wk 17 - Washington 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Philadelphia

Eagles

Sam Bradford

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Chip Kelly Key arrivals: LB Kiko Alonso, QB Sam Bradford, RB DeMarco Murray Key departures: RB LeSean McCoy, QB Nick Foles, RB Bryce Brown Top 3 Draft Picks: WR Nelson Agholor (USC), CB Eric Rowe (Utah), ILB Jordan Hicks (Texas) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Lots of pressure on Sam Bradford to stay healthy and to take this team into the playoffs.” Wk 1 - at Atlanta 7:10 PM Wk 2 - Dallas 4:25 PM Wk 3 - at NY Jets 1:00 PM Wk 4 - at Washington 1:00 PM Wk 5 - New Orleans 1:00 PM Wk 6 - NY Giants 8:30 PM

Wk 7 - at Carolina 8:30 PM Wk 8 - Bye Wk 9 - at Dallas 8:30 PM Wk 10 - Miami 1:00 PM Wk 11 - Tampa Bay 1:00 PM Wk 12 - at Detroit 12:30 PM

Wk 13 - at New England 4:25 PM Wk 14 - Buffalo 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Arizona 1:00 PM Wk 16 - Washington 8:25 PM Wk 17 - at NY Giants 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

NEW YORK

Giants

Eli Manning

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Tom Coughlin Key arrivals: NT Kenrick Ellis, RB Shane Vereen, LB J.T. Thomas Key departures: S Antrel Rolle, OT James Brewer, CB Walter Thurmond III Top 3 Draft Picks: OT Ereck Flowers (Miami, FL), S Landon Collins (Alabama), DE Owa Odighizuwa (UCLA) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Last year, this offense had growing pains early. This season, it should be one of the best in the league if the line can protect the quarterback.”

QB Washington

Wk 1 - at Dallas Wk 2 - Atlanta Wk 3 - Washington Wk 4 - at Buffalo Wk 5 - San Francisco Wk 6 - at Philadelphia

8:30 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:30 PM

Wk 7 - Dallas Wk 8 - at New Orleans Wk 9 - at Tampa Bay Wk 10 - New England Wk 11 - Bye Wk 12 - at Washington

4:25 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - NY Jets 1:00 PM Wk 14 - at Miami 8:30 PM Wk 15 - Carolina 1:00 PM Wk 16 - at Minnesota 1:00 PM Wk 17 - Philadelphia 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Redskins

Robert Griffin III

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Jay Gruden Key arrivals: NT Terrance Knighton, CB Jeron Johnson, S Dashon Goldson Key departures: LB Brian Orakpo, QB Hutson Mason, CB Tracy Porter Top 3 Draft Picks: OT Brandon Scherff (Iowa), DE Preston Smith (Mississippi State), RB Matt Jones (Florida) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “The big question going into this season is how much can Robert Griffin III improve as a pocket quarterback?” Wk 1 - Miami Wk 2 - St. Louis Wk 3 - at NY Giants Wk 4 - Philadelphia Wk 5 - at Atlanta Wk 6 - at NY Jets

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Tampa Bay 1:00 PM Wk 8 - Bye Wk 9 - at New England 1:00 PM Wk 10 - New Orleans 1:00 PM Wk 11 - at Carolina 1:00 PM Wk 12 - NY Giants 1:00 PM

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Wk 13 - Dallas 8:30 PM Wk 14 - at Chicago 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Buffalo 1:00 PM Wk 16 - at Philadelphia 8:25 PM Wk 17 - at Dallas 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

SPORTS

Green Bay

NFC NORTH

Packers Aaron Rodgers QB

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Mike McCarthy Key arrivals: None Key departures: QB Matt Flynn, WR Jarrett Boykin, LB A.J. Hawk Top 3 Draft Picks: S Damarious Randall (Arizona State), CB Quinten Rollins (Miami, OH), WR Ty Montgomery (Stanford) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “The ability to re-sign Randall Cobb for the Green Bay offense will pay big dividends in the month of December.” Wk 1 - at Chicago Wk 2 - Seattle Wk 3 - Kansas City Wk 4 - at San Francisco Wk 5 - St. Louis Wk 6 - San Diego

1:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:30 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM 4:25 PM

Wk 7 - Bye Wk 8 - at Denver Wk 9 - at Carolina Wk 10 - Detroit Wk 11 - at Minnesota Wk 12 - Chicago

8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM

Wk 13 - at Detroit 8:25 PM Wk 14 - Dallas 4:25 PM Wk 15 - at Oakland 4:05 PM Wk 16 - at Arizona 4:25 PM Wk 17 - Minnesota 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Minnesota

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Mike Zimmer Key arrivals: WR Mike Wallace, RB DuJuan Harris, LB Casey Matthews Key departures: QB Matt Cassel, QB Christian Ponder, WR Greg Jennings Top 3 Draft Picks: CB Trae Waynes (Michigan State), ILB Eric Kendricks (UCLA), DE Danielle Hunter (LSU) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “With a young quarterback that played well last year and adding Adrian Peterson to the offense, this team has legitimate playoff aspirations.” Wk 1 - at San Francisco Wk 2 - Detroit Wk 3 - San Diego Wk 4 - at Denver Wk 5 - Bye Wk 6 - Kansas City

10:20 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - at Detroit Wk 8 - at Chicago Wk 9 - St. Louis Wk 10 - at Oakland Wk 11 - Green Bay Wk 12 - at Atlanta

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - Seattle 1:00 PM Wk 14 - at Arizona 8:25 PM Wk 15 - Chicago 1:00 PM Wk 16 - NY Giants 1:00 PM Wk 17 - at Green Bay 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Vikings

Adrian Peterson

Detroit

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Jim Caldwell Key arrivals: WR Lance Moore, G Manuel Ramirez, WR Greg Salas Key departures: DT Ndamukong Suh, DT Nick Fairley, RB Reggie Bush Top 3 Draft Picks: OG Laken Tomlinson (Duke), RB Ameer Abdullah (Nebraska), CB Alex Carter (Stanford) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “How will the second-ranked defense in the NFL establish a new identity after losing Suh and Fairley from up front?” Wk 1 - at San Diego Wk 2 - at Minnesota Wk 3 - Denver Wk 4 - at Seattle Wk 5 - Arizona Wk 6 - Chicago

4:05 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:30 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Minnesota Wk 8 - at Kansas City Wk 9 - Bye Wk 10 - at Green Bay Wk 11 - Oakland Wk 12 - Philadelphia

1:00 PM 9:30 AM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:30 PM

Wk 13 - Green Bay 8:25 PM Wk 14 - at St. Louis 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at New Orleans 8:30 PM Wk 16 - San Francisco 1:00 PM Wk 17 - at Chicago 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

LIONS

Calvin Johnson

WR Chicago

SCHEDULE

Head coach: John Fox Key arrivals: RB Jacquizz Rodgers, WR Eddie Royal, C Will Montgomery Key departures: WR Brandon Marshall, CB Charles Tillman, C Roberto Garza Top 3 Draft Picks: WR Kevin White (West Virginia), DT Eddie Goldman (Florida State), C Hroniss Grasu (Oregon) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “(Head coach John) Fox’s background as a defensive specialist should affect the defense in a positive way.” Wk 1 - Green Bay Wk 2 - Arizona Wk 3 - at Seattle Wk 4 - Oakland Wk 5 - at Kansas City Wk 6 - at Detroit

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Bye Wk 8 - Minnesota Wk 9 - at San Diego Wk 10 - at St. Louis Wk 11 - Denver Wk 12 - at Green Bay

1:00 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM

Wk 13 - San Francisco 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Washington 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at Minnesota 1:00 PM Wk 16 - at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM Wk 17 - Detroit 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Bears

Jay Cutler

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SPORTS

Seattle

Seahawks Russell Wilson

NFC WEST

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Pete Carroll Key arrivals: TE Jimmy Graham, NT Ahtyba Rubin, CB Cary Williams Key departures: TE Zach Miller, G James Carpenter, C Max Unger Top 3 Draft Picks: DE Frank Clark (Michigan), WR Tyler Lockett (Kansas State), OT Terry Poole (San Diego State) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Can they go to the Super Bowl three times in a row? With adding Jimmy Graham to their offense, they might just do it.” Wk 1 - at St. Louis Wk 2 - at Green Bay Wk 3 - Chicago Wk 4 - Detroit Wk 5 - at Cincinnati Wk 6 - Carolina

1:00 PM 8:30 PM 4:25 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM

Wk 7 - at San Francisco Wk 8 - at Dallas Wk 9 - Bye Wk 10 - Arizona Wk 11 - San Francisco Wk 12 - Pittsburgh

8:25 PM 4:25 PM 8:30 PM 4:25 PM 4:25 PM

Wk 13 - at Minnesota 1:00 PM Wk 14 - at Baltimore 8:30 PM Wk 15 - Cleveland 4:05 PM Wk 16 - St. Louis 4:25 PM Wk 17 - at Arizona 4:25 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Arizona

Cardinals

LARRY FITZGERALD

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Bruce Arians Key arrivals: G Mike Iupati, C A.Q. Shipley, DE/DT Cory Redding Key departures: CB Antonio Cromartie, DE/OLB John Abraham, C Lyle Sendlein Top 3 Draft Picks: OT D.J. Humphries (Florida), DE Markus Golden (Missouri), RB David Johnson (Northern Iowa) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Carson Palmer is back. Now the problem is their defense. They lost secondary players as well as their defensive coordinator.” Wk 1 - New Orleans Wk 2 - at Chicago Wk 3 - San Francisco Wk 4 - St. Louis Wk 5 - at Detroit Wk 6 - at Pittsburgh

4:05 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM 4:25 PM 4:05 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Baltimore Wk 8 - at Cleveland Wk 9 - Bye Wk 10 - at Seattle Wk 11 - Cincinnati Wk 12 - at San Francisco

8:30 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM 4:05 PM 4:05 PM

Wk 13 - at St. Louis 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Minnesota 8:25 PM Wk 15 - at Philadelphia 1:00 PM Wk 16 - Green Bay 4:25 PM Wk 17 - Seattle 4:25 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

San Francisco

Reggie Bush

Head coach: Jim Tomsula Key arrivals: RB Reggie Bush, WR Torrey Smith, G Erik Pears Key departures: RB Frank Gore, WR Michael Crabtree, G Mike Iupati Top 3 Draft Picks: DE Arik Armstead (Oregon), S Jaquiski Tartt (Samford), OLB Eli Harold (Virginia) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Coach Tomsula is in a tough spot, replacing a coach that went to three consecutive NFC championship games and one Super Bowl.”

SCHEDULE

49ERS

Wk 1 - Minnesota Wk 2 - at Pittsburgh Wk 3 - at Arizona Wk 4 - Green Bay Wk 5 - at NY Giants Wk 6 - Baltimore

10:20 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM 4:25 PM 8:30 PM 4:25 PM

Wk 7 - Seattle Wk 8 - at St. Louis Wk 9 - Atlanta Wk 10 - Bye Wk 11 - at Seattle Wk 12 - Arizona

8:25 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM 4:25 PM 4:05 PM

Wk 13 - at Chicago 1:00 PM Wk 14 - at Cleveland 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Cincinnati 8:30 PM Wk 16 - at Detroit 1:00 PM Wk 17 - St. Louis 4:25 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

St. Louis

Rams

Nick Foles

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Jeff Fisher Key arrivals: QB Nick Foles, DT Nick Fairley, LB Akeem Ayers Key departures: QB Sam Bradford, RB Zac Stacy, OT Jake Long Top 3 Draft Picks: RB Todd Gurley (Georgia), OT Robert Havenstein (Wisconsin), OT Jamon Brown (Louisville) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “With the trade for Nick Foles and drafting Todd Gurley, are the Rams ready to make a playoff run?” Wk 1 - Seattle Wk 2 - at Washington Wk 3 - Pittsburgh Wk 4 - at Arizona Wk 5 - at Green Bay Wk 6 - Bye

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 7 - Cleveland Wk 8 - San Francisco Wk 9 - at Minnesota Wk 10 - Chicago Wk 11 - at Baltimore Wk 12 - at Cincinnati

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1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - Arizona 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Detroit 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Tampa Bay 8:25 PM Wk 16 - at Seattle 4:25 PM Wk 17 - at San Francisco 4:25 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

SPORTS

Carolina

NFC SOUTH

Panthers

Cam Newton

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Ron Rivera Key arrivals: WR Jarrett Boykin, CB Charles Tillman, KR Ted Ginn Key departures: RB DeAngelo Williams, OT Byron Bell, C Fernando Velasco Top 3 Draft Picks: OLB Thompson (Washington), WR Devin Funchess (Michigan), OT Daryl Williams (Oklahoma) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “If the old line can hold up, this offense with (QB Cam) Newton, (TE Greg) Olsen, (WR Kelvin) Benjamin and (WR Devin) Funchess will be fun to watch. Lots of jump balls.” Wk 1 - at Jacksonville Wk 2 - Houston Wk 3 - New Orleans Wk 4 - at Tampa Bay Wk 5 - Bye Wk 6 - at Seattle

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:05 PM

Wk 7 - Philadelphia Wk 8 - Indianapolis Wk 9 - Green Bay Wk 10 - at Tennessee Wk 11 - Washington Wk 12 - at Dallas

8:30 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:30 PM

Wk 13 - at New Orleans 1:00 PM Wk 14 - Atlanta 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at NY Giants 1:00 PM Wk 16 - at Atlanta 1:00 PM Wk 17 - Tampa Bay 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

New Orleans

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Sean Payton Key arrivals: RB C.J. Spiller, C Max Unger, G Andrus Peat Key departures: TE Jimmy Graham, WR Kenny Stills, RB Pierre Thomas Top 3 Draft Picks: OT Andrus Peat (Stanford), ILB Stephone Anthony (Clemson), Hau’Oli Kikaha, OLB (Washington) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Drew Brees is a playoff quarterback and is on the back nine of his career. They went out in the offseason and tried to improve the defense. And if it’s improved, they win the division.” Wk 1 - at Arizona Wk 2 - Tampa Bay Wk 3 - at Carolina Wk 4 - Dallas Wk 5 - at Philadelphia Wk 6 - Atlanta

4:05 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:30 PM 1:00 PM 8:25 PM

Wk 7 - at Indianapolis Wk 8 - NY Giants Wk 9 - Tennessee Wk 10 - at Washington Wk 11 - Bye Wk 12 - at Houston

1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM

Wk 13 - Carolina 1:00 PM Wk 14 - at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM Wk 15 - Detroit 8:30 PM Wk 16 - Jacksonville 1:00 PM Wk 17 - at Atlanta 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

SAINTS

Drew Brees

QB atlanta

falcons

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Dan Quinn Key arrivals: WR Leonard Hankerson, TE Tony Moeaki, TE Jacob Tamme Key departures: RB Steven Jackson, RB Jacquizz Rodgers, S Dwight Lowery Top 3 Draft Picks: OLB Vic Beasley (Clemson), CB Jalen Collins (LSU), RB Tevin Coleman (Indiana) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “For (head coach Dan) Quinn to replicate the defense he had in Seattle, he needs players. It will take him at least two drafts. This team is still two years away.” Wk 7 - at Tennessee 1:00 PM Wk 13 - at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM Wk 1 - Philadelphia 7:10 PM Wk 8 - Tampa Bay 1:00 PM Wk 14 - at Carolina 1:00 PM Wk 2 - at NY Giants 1:00 PM Wk 9 - at San Francisco 4:05 PM Wk 15 - at Jacksonville 1:00 PM Wk 3 - at Dallas 1:00 PM Wk 16 - Carolina 1:00 PM Wk 4 - Houston 1:00 PM Wk 10 - Bye Wk 17 - New Orleans 1:00 PM Wk 5 - Washington 1:00 PM Wk 11 - Indianapolis 1:00 PM Wk 6 - at New Orleans 8:25 PM Wk 12 - Minnesota 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

Matt Ryan

tampa bay

SCHEDULE

Head coach: Lovie Smith Key arrivals: TE Tim Wright, DE George Johnson, DT Henry Melton Key departures: QB Josh McCown, OT Anthony Collins, OT Oniel Cousins Top 3 Draft Picks: QB Jameis Winston (Florida State), OT Donovan Smith (Penn State), OG Ali Marpet (Hobart) ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards’ take: “Can (offensive coordinator Dirk) Koetter have the same success with Jameis Winston as he did in Atlanta with Matt Ryan and company?” Wk 1 - Tennessee Wk 2 - at New Orleans Wk 3 - at Houston Wk 4 - Carolina Wk 5 - Jacksonville Wk 6 - Bye

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Wk 7 - at Washington Wk 8 - at Atlanta Wk 9 - NY Giants Wk 10 - Dallas Wk 11 - at Philadelphia Wk 12 - at Indianapolis

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Wk 13 - Atlanta 1:00 PM Wk 14 - New Orleans 1:00 PM Wk 15 - at St. Louis 8:25 PM Wk 16 - Chicago 1:00 PM Wk 17 - at Carolina 1:00 PM *Check local listings; subject to change.

BUCCANEERS

Jameis Winston

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SPORTS

2015 NFL SCHEDULE

Thursday SEPTEMBER 10 - Sunday JANUARY 3 *Time and network subject to change. WEEK 1 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Pittsburgh at New England, 8:30pm NBC SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1pm CBS Green Bay at Chicago, 1pm FOX Kansas City at Houston, 1pm CBS Carolina at Jacksonville, 1pm FOX Cleveland at NY Jets, 1pm CBS Seattle at St. Louis, 1pm FOX Miami at Washington, 1pm CBS New Orleans at Arizona, 4:05pm FOX Detroit at San Diego, 4:05pm FOX Baltimore at Denver, 4:25pm CBS Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:25pm CBS Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 4:25pm CBS NY Giants at Dallas, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10pm ESPN Minnesota at San Francisco, 10:20pm ESPN WEEK 2 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Denver at Kansas City, 8:25pm CBS/NFLN SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 New England at Buffalo, 1pm CBS Houston at Carolina, 1pm CBS Arizona at Chicago, 1pm FOX San Diego at Cincinnati, 1pm CBS Tennessee at Cleveland, 1pm CBS Detroit at Minnesota, 1pm FOX Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1pm FOX Atlanta at NY Giants, 1pm FOX San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1pm FOX St. Louis at Washington, 1pm FOX Miami at Jacksonville, 4:05pm CBS Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05pm CBS Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:25pm FOX Seattle at Green Bay, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 NY Jets at Indianapolis, 8:30pm ESPN WEEK 3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Washington at NY Giants, 8:25pm CBS/ NFLN SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1pm CBS New Orleans at Carolina, 1pm FOX Oakland at Cleveland, 1pm CBS Atlanta at Dallas, 1pm FOX Tampa Bay at Houston, 1pm FOX San Diego at Minnesota, 1pm CBS Jacksonville at New England, 1pm CBS Philadelphia at NY Jets, 1pm FOX Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 1pm CBS Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1pm CBS San Francisco at Arizona, 4:05pm FOX Buffalo at Miami, 4:25pm CBS Chicago at Seattle, 4:25pm CBS Denver at Detroit, 8:30pm NBC

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Kansas City at Green Bay, 8:30pm ESPN WEEK 4 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:25pm CBS/NFLN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 NY Jets at Miami (London), 9:30am CBS Houston at Atlanta, 1pm CBS NY Giants at Buffalo, 1pm FOX Oakland at Chicago, 1pm CBS Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1pm CBS Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1pm CBS Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1pm FOX Philadelphia at Washington, 1pm FOX Cleveland at San Diego, 4:05pm CBS St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25pm FOX Minnesota at Denver, 4:25pm FOX Green Bay at San Francisco, 4:25pm FOX Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 Detroit at Seattle, 8:30pm ESPN Byes: Tennessee, New England WEEK 5 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 Indianapolis at Houston, 8:25pm CBS/ NFLN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 Washington at Atlanta, 1pm FOX Cleveland at Baltimore, 1pm CBS Seattle at Cincinnati, 1pm FOX St. Louis at Green Bay, 1pm CBS Chicago at Kansas City, 1pm FOX New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1pm FOX Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 1pm CBS Buffalo at Tennessee, 1pm CBS Arizona at Detroit, 4:05pm FOX New England at Dallas, 4:25pm CBS Denver at Oakland, 4:25pm CBS San Francisco at NY Giants, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 Pittsburgh at San Diego, 8:30pm ESPN Byes: Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, NY Jets WEEK 6 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:25pm CBS/ NFLN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 Cincinnati at Buffalo, 1pm CBS Denver at Cleveland, 1pm CBS Chicago at Detroit, 1pm FOX Houston at Jacksonville, 1pm CBS Kansas City at Minnesota, 1pm CBS Washington at NY Jets, 1pm FOX Arizona at Pittsburgh, 1pm FOX Miami at Tennessee, 1pm CBS Carolina at Seattle, 4:05pm FOX San Diego at Green Bay, 4:25pm CBS Baltimore at San Francisco, 4:25pm CBS New England at Indianapolis, 8:30pm NBC

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 NY Giants at Philadelphia, 8:30pm ESPN Byes: Dallas, Oakland, St. Louis, Tampa Bay WEEK 7 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 Seattle at San Francisco, 8:25pm CBS/ NFLN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 Buffalo at Jacksonville (London), 9:30am TBA Minnesota at Detroit, 1pm FOX New Orleans at Indianapolis, 1pm FOX Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1pm CBS Houston at Miami, 1pm CBS NY Jets at New England, 1pm CBS Cleveland at St. Louis, 1pm CBS Atlanta at Tennessee, 1pm FOX Tampa Bay at Washington, 1pm FOX Oakland at San Diego, 4:05pm CBS Dallas at NY Giants, 4:25pm FOX Philadelphia at Carolina, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 Baltimore at Arizona, 8:30pm ESPN Byes: Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Green Bay WEEK 8 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 Miami at New England, 8:25pm CBS/NFLN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Detroit at Kansas City (London), 9:30am FOX Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1pm FOX San Diego at Baltimore, 1pm CBS Minnesota at Chicago, 1pm FOX Arizona at Cleveland, 1pm FOX Tennessee at Houston, 1pm CBS NY Giants at New Orleans, 1pm FOX Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1pm CBS San Francisco at St. Louis, 1pm FOX NY Jets at Oakland, 4:05pm CBS Seattle at Dallas, 4:25pm FOX Green Bay at Denver, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Indianapolis at Carolina, 8:30pm ESPN Byes: Buffalo, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Washington WEEK 9 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Cleveland at Cincinnati, 8:25pm NFLN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Miami at Buffalo, 1pm CBS Green Bay at Carolina, 1pm FOX St. Louis at Minnesota, 1pm FOX Washington at New England, 1pm FOX Tennessee at New Orleans, 1pm CBS Jacksonville at NY Jets, 1pm CBS Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1pm CBS Atlanta at San Francisco, 4:05pm FOX NY Giants at Tampa Bay, 4:05pm FOX

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SPORTS

2015 NFL SCHEDULE

Thursday SEPTEMBER 10 - Sunday JANUARY 3 *Time and network subject to change. Denver at Indianapolis, 4:25pm CBS Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Chicago at San Diego, 8:30pm ESPN Byes: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle WEEK 10 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Buffalo at NY Jets, 8:25pm NFLN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1pm CBS Detroit at Green Bay, 1pm FOX Miami at Philadelphia, 1pm CBS Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1pm CBS Chicago at St. Louis, 1pm FOX Dallas at Tampa Bay, 1pm FOX Carolina at Tennessee, 1pm FOX New Orleans at Washington, 1pm FOX Minnesota at Oakland, 4:05pm FOX Kansas City at Denver, 4:25pm CBS New England at NY Giants, 4:25pm CBS Arizona at Seattle, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Houston at Cincinnati, 8:30pm ESPN Byes: Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Diego, San Francisco WEEK 11 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25pm NFLN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Indianapolis at Atlanta, 1pm CBS St. Louis at Baltimore, 1pm FOX Washington at Carolina, 1pm Denver at Chicago, 1pm CBS Oakland at Detroit, 1pm CBS NY Jets at Houston, 1pm CBS Dallas at Miami, 1pm FOX Green Bay at Minnesota, 1pm FOX Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1pm FOX Cincinnati at Arizona, 4:05pm CBS San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25pm FOX Kansas City at San Diego, 8:30 NBC MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Buffalo at New England, 8:30pm

ESPN Byes: Cleveland, New Orleans, NY Giants, Pittsburgh

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 Dallas at Washington, 8:30pm ESPN

Miami at San Diego, 4:25pm CBS Cincinnati at San Francisco, 8:30pm NBC

WEEK 12 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Philadelphia at Detroit, 12:30pm FOX Carolina at Dallas 4:30pm CBS Chicago at Green Bay, 8:30pm NBC SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Minnesota at Atlanta, 1pm FOX St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1pm FOX New Orleans at Houston, 1pm FOX Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, 1pm FOX San Diego at Jacksonville, 1pm Buffalo at Kansas City, 1pm CBS Miami at NY Jets, 1pm CBS Oakland at Tennessee, 1pm CBS NY Giants at Washington, 1pm FOX Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05pm FOX Pittsburgh at Seattle, 4:25pm CBS New England at Denver 8:30 pm NBC MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Baltimore at Cleveland, 8:30pm ESPN WEEK 13 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 Green Bay at Detroit, 8:25pm CBS/NFLN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 Houston at Buffalo, 1pm CBS San Francisco at Chicago, 1pm FOX Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1pm CBS Baltimore at Miami, 1pm CBS Seattle at Minnesota, 1pm FOX Carolina at New Orleans, 1pm FOX NY Jets at NY Giants, 1pm CBS Arizona at St. Louis, 1pm FOX Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1pm FOX Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1pm CBS Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05pm CBS Denver at San Diego, 4:05pm CBS Philadelphia at New England, 4:25pm FOX Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 8:30pm NBC

WEEK 14 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 Minnesota at Arizona, 8:25pm NFLN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 Atlanta at Carolina, 1pm FOX Washington at Chicago, 1pm FOX Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1pm CBS San Francisco at Cleveland, 1pm FOX New England at Houston, 1pm CBS Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1pm CBS San Diego at Kansas City, 1pm CBS Tennessee at NY Jets, 1pm CBS Buffalo at Philadelphia, 1pm CBS Detroit at St. Louis, 1pm FOX New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1pm FOX Oakland at Denver, 4:05pm CBS Dallas at Green Bay, 4:25pm FOX Seattle at Baltimore, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 NY Giants at Miami, 8:30pm ESPN WEEK 15 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8:25pm NFLN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 NY Jets at Dallas, 8:25pm NFLN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 Kansas City at Baltimore, 1pm CBS Houston at Indianapolis, 1pm CBS Atlanta at Jacksonville, 1pm FOX Chicago at Minnesota, 1pm FOX Tennessee at New England, 1pm CBS Carolina at NY Giants, 1pm FOX Arizona at Philadelphia, 1pm FOX Buffalo at Washington, 1pm CBS Green Bay at Oakland, 4:05pm FOX Cleveland at Seattle, 4:05pm FOX Denver at Pittsburgh, 4:25pm CBS

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 Detroit at New Orleans, 8:30pm ESPN WEEK 16 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 San Diego at Oakland, 8:25pm NFLN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 Washington at Philadelphia, 8:25pm NFLN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 Carolina at Atlanta, 1pm FOX Dallas at Buffalo, 1pm FOX San Francisco at Detroit, 1pm FOX Cleveland at Kansas City, 1pm CBS Indianapolis at Miami, 1pm CBS NY Giants at Minnesota, 1pm FOX Jacksonville at New Orleans, 1pm CBS New England at NY Jets, 1pm CBS Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1pm FOX Houston at Tennessee, 1pm CBS Green Bay at Arizona, 4:25pm FOX St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25pm FOX Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8:30pm NBC MONDAY, DECEMBER 28 Cincinnati at Denver, 8:30pm ESPN WEEK 17 SUNDAY, JANUARY 3 New Orleans at Atlanta, 1pm FOX NY Jets at Buffalo, 1pm CBS Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1pm FOX Detroit at Chicago, 1pm FOX Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1pm CBS Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1pm CBS Washington at Dallas, 1pm FOX Minnesota at Green Bay, 1pm FOX Jacksonville at Houston, 1pm CBS Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1pm CBS Oakland at Kansas City, 1pm CBS New England at Miami, 1pm CBS Philadelphia at NY Giants, 1pm FOX Seattle at Arizona, 4:25pm FOX San Diego at Denver, 4:25pm CBS St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:25pm FOX

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