NFL Week 1: How To Watch The Philadelphia Eagles' Season Opener

Point Pleasant NJ

08 September, 2021

9:56 AM

Description

POINT PLEASANT, NJ — The 2021 NFL season starts this week, with the Philadelphia Eagles set to kick off against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday. It will be aired locally on FOX. The Eagles' season opener will kick off a 2021 campaign in which the team hopes to improve on its 4-11-1 record from 2020. The Eagles-Falcons clash is one of 16 games scheduled for Week 1 of the 2021 National Football League season; it's 102nd. The season begins Thursday when the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL kickoff game on NBC. Two other prime-time games will be highlighted during the opening weekend. On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Rams host the Chicago Bears in a game on NBC. The Las Vegas Raiders host the Baltimore Ravens Monday night in a game to be televised on ESPN. Thirteen NFL games are on tap Sunday, with nine beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Time and four scheduled for the late window, which starts at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. In the CBS "Game of the Week," the 2020 Super Bowl champions and 2021 runner-up Kansas City Chiefs host the Cleveland Browns. The game airs at 4 p.m. Sunday. See which games will be on early and late Sunday in your area with the weekly TV map via 506 Sports, which says a map of which games will be shown in which markets will be available Wednesday. For the first time in NFL history, all teams will play 17 regular-season games instead of the 16-game schedule in place from 1978 to 2020. Find the Eagles' full regular-season schedule here. Here's the full Week 1 NFL schedule (All times Eastern) Thursday Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:20 p.m. Sunday Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texas, 1 p.m. Los Angeles Chargers at Washington Football Team, 1 p.m. Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. New York Jets at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m. Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m. Arizona Cardinals at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m. Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p.m. (Game in Jacksonville, Florida) Denver Broncos at New York Giants, 4:25 p.m. Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m. Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams, 8:20 p.m. Monday Baltimore Ravens at Las Vegas Raiders, 8:15 p.m.