NFL to release regular-season schedule Thursday

NEW YORK — The NFL will release its full regular-season schedule Thursday.

The announcement made Friday is in step with the previous couple of years, when the schedule has been launched in the course of the second week of May.

The league has already introduced that the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams will meet in Melbourne, Australia, in Week 1. The sport will probably be aired in primetime within the United States at 8:35 pm ET on Sept. 10. Melbourne is 14 hours forward of New York and 17 hours forward of Los Angeles and San Francisco, which means the sport will kick off at 10:35 am the following day in Australia.

The sport between the Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro will happen in Week 3 (Sept. 27).

The different seven worldwide matchups will probably be introduced on Wednesday at 9 am ET on “Good Morning Football” on NFL Network.

Dates for different key video games are anticipated to filter out in the course of the week. Typically, networks announce certainly one of their showcase video games throughout so-called up-fronts to advertisers.

The Seattle Seahawks will start protection of their Super Bowl title within the kickoff sport on Sept. 9. The opponent has not been introduced.

The NFL might go for a right away Super Bowl LX rematch since New England is scheduled to go to Seattle. Last season, the Super Bowl LIX rematch between Philadelphia and Kansas City came about in Week 2.

Other possible prospects embody Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas or the Los Angeles Chargers.