TheEndzoneAnalyst Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) -- The Super Bowl champion Steelers will open the 2009 NFL season in Pittsburgh on Sept. 10 against the Tennessee Titans.In announcing the opening weekend's nationally televised games, the league also said the Chicago Bears will play at Green Bay in the first Sunday night game. Both the Titans-Steelers and Bears-Packers games will be on NBC.The Monday night doubleheader on ESPN on Sept. 14 will feature Buffalo at New England, followed by San Diego at Oakland.The NFL also announced its Thanksgiving Day slate. The early game (FOX, 12:30 PM ET) will be an NFC North meeting of the Green Bay Packers at the Detroit Lions. The second game (CBS, 4:15 PM ET) features the Oakland Raiders visiting the Dallas Cowboys in the Raiders' first Thanksgiving game since 1970. The Thanksgiving primetime game will be at 8:20 PM ET on NFL Network with the defending NFC East champion New York Giants visiting the Denver Broncos, marking the first Thanksgiving contest in Denver since 1963.Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine207 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 boring thanksgiving games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dem Birds Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 That's pretty weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenzy™® Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 lol @ oakland wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceReville Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 lol @ oakland wtfNo Shyt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Off subject a bit here, but I have stayed at the resort/spa where the owners/gms/coaches are staying - its very nice but is absolutely the worst service for a plush hotel - you would not believe (St. Regis Monarch/ Dana Point, CA)Its the culture out in California - mostly young kids who would not know the meaning of "service" if it reached up and bit them in the face. You definitely get more customer service on the east coast than you do the west. Its just hilarious because you would think somewhere that costs $600-$800 per night with $50 for breakfast (toast/eggs/oj/coffee - i'm not kidding!) that you would get better service - don't ever pay a lot for a resort in Cali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Van Brocklin Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 when will the NFL wake up and stop putting the Lions on one of the biggest days for visibility the NFL has? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grrrillapmpn Inc.® Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Man I can't wait to not watch those games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacksburgHokie Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 lol @ oakland wtfYeah what an odd matchup Am I supposed to be excited about watching 3 teams that will draft in the top 10 and 3 others who had a combined 0 playoff victories (with only 1 appearance) this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrndzombii Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 shouldn't have much trouble sleeping after turkey this year either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white hope Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 howabout Arizona getting the shaft! I thought the defending NFC champs were supposed to get the sunday or monday night game. Seems like it would have been very to easy to have AZ play the late MNF game. ....???and I think it would have been interesting to have the texans play the cowboys on thanksgiving. does anyone know if that game will be in dallas or houston this year??? if its in houston, It would have been an interesting mnf game for opening weekend since they"ll both be 0-0 and very much still in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon_bob Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 shouldn't have much trouble sleeping after turkey this year either.Tryptophan and Lions football: an insomniac's dream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobkowski Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Tryptophan and Lions football: an insomniac's dream!I love the vid you have in your posts. sounds just like mb posters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimsmusic™ Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 how typical, crappy "primetime" games from the NFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 wtf with the gayders and the cubs. The opening game should be a good one and thats the only good game on the schedule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 these little sig vids are so funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconMama Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 when will the NFL wake up and stop putting the Lions on one of the biggest days for visibility the NFL has?They've sucked all the other years that they had it. No sense in taking it away now, I'm glad the Lions were able to keep their Thanksgiving Day game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfalc Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Horrible fixtures, except Steelers -v- Titans....and why does the 2nd worst team in the NFL get 2 prime time games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmildog Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Someone really needs to explain to me why Oakland would have any Primetime games last year. Their feeble attempt at the Doubleheader MNF opening weekend game looked like a High School team playing the Broncos. This makes no sense to me at all, I guess Skeletor Davis still has a lot of pull with the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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