As soon as the NFL trickled out a number of the video games earlier than its full schedule launch, it turned clear who the Los Angeles Rams would host within the opening sport of the 2022 NFL common season.

The Denver Broncos with new quarterback Russell Wilson have been an possibility for the Rams’ opener, however the NFL mentioned the Broncos would face the Rams on Christmas Day. The NFL normally steers away from divisional video games within the conventional Thursday evening opener. That narrowed the possible checklist to 1 juicy, marquee matchup for Sept. eight at SoFi Stadium: The reigning Tremendous Bowl champion Rams internet hosting the Buffalo Payments, one of many high contenders for the crown within the NFL’s upcoming season.

Payments at Rams is a good way to kick off the season and one of many highlights of the NFL’s schedule launch on Thursday. The discharge of the NFL’s schedule has grow to be one of many huge occasions of the NFL offseason. NFL Community scheduled a three-hour present across the schedule launch on Thursday night.

The complete NFL schedule will be seen right here.

The NFL normally begins the season with the defending Tremendous Bowl champion at house on the Thursday evening of Week 1, typically towards one other marquee opponent. The Rams are the primary group from California to host the opener because the NFL began that custom.

That is the second season with 18 weeks. The season was expanded to 17 video games for every group, with one bye week, final season.

The NFL had already launched some video games earlier than the total schedule was introduced on Thursday. It set Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas Metropolis Chiefs for the Thursday evening sport of Week 2 (Amazon Prime Video’s first broadcast), and a Week 2 “Monday Night time Soccer” doubleheader of Tennessee Titans at Buffalo Payments and Minnesota Vikings at Philadelphia Eagles.

The worldwide video games have been set as properly:

Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints in Week Four at London
New York Giants vs. Inexperienced Bay Packers in Week 5 at London
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Denver Broncos in Week eight at London
Seattle Seahawks vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 10 at Munich
Arizona Cardinals vs. San Francisco 49ers in Week 11 at Mexico Metropolis.

Different video games introduced lengthy earlier than the total schedule was launched: Broncos at Rams on Christmas Day, Chiefs at Buccaneers in Week 4, Dallas Cowboys at Packers in Week 10. Different video games have been leaked by means of numerous reporters.

A pair hours earlier than the total schedule launch, the NFL launched all 32 groups’ house openers, so the Week 1 schedule was simple to piece collectively:

Included within the opening weekend are just a few good divisional rivalries (Saints at Falcons, Steelers at Bengals, Patriots at Dolphins, Packers at Vikings, Raiders at Chargers) earlier than a unbelievable Sunday evening sport between the Cowboys and Buccaneers. The Monday evening sport options Wilson’s return to Seattle to face the Seahawks, the group he led as quarterback for 10 years.

The NFL places a lot of its greatest matchups on Sunday evening, and NBC’s slate of video games this season is a good one.

There are some nice highlights within the 2022 NFL schedule. Lower than 4 months till the season kicks off.