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NFL schedule release 2017: Sunday Night Football games

By Brad Berreman

Feb 5, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) shake hands after Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 5, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) shake hands after Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports /
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The 2017 NFL regular season schedule is coming out, and here are the games to be featured on Sunday nights.

The NFL regular season schedule will come out on Thursday night, with dueling prime time shows on NFL Network and ESPN to break it down and make predictions as opponents and bye weeks will be placed for all 32 teams.

The league’s game day television partners pay big money to be associated with “the shield” each year and each week, and NBC’s Sunday Night Football is among the most watched programs each fall. At the end of a football Sunday, a good matchup is often featured in the prime time slot.

Without further ado, here is the full slate of Sunday night games for the NFL regular season, per NFL.com:

Sunday night games can be flexed starting in Week 5. If a matchup that looks good now doesn’t look nearly as good in say, November, NBC can make a change and feature a good game with perhaps some focus on crucial matchups within a division. One thing is certain, the Sunday night schedule can and will change with a de facto divisional title game often taking place in Week 17.

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The Atlanta Falcons will play the first regular-season game in their new stadium Sunday night of Week 2, in an NFC Championship game rematch against the Packers. Sunday night also gets the Super Bowl 51 rematch, not coincidentally, with the defending-champion Patriots welcoming the Falcons to Gillette Stadium in Week 7.

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