{"id":664734,"date":"2026-05-12T16:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664734\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:05:17","slug":"what-we-know-about-nfl-schedule-release-leaks-as-week-1-mnf-game-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664734\/","title":{"rendered":"What we know about NFL schedule release leaks \u2014 as Week 1 ‘MNF’ game announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of the full release Thursday, the 2026 NFL schedule is slowly leaking.<\/p>\n

Week 1 especially is coming more and more into view before official schedules release Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, with the opening \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d game between the Broncos and Chiefs being announced Tuesday. The venue for the AFC West clash, though, has not been revealed.<\/p>\n

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is in a race to be ready<\/a> for that prime-time matchup as he recovers from a torn ACL.<\/p>\n

The NFL\u2019s opening week will kick off with the defending champion Seahawks celebrating their Super Bowl win on Wednesday, Sept. 9, with a potential Super Bowl 2026 rematch against the Patriots a possibility.<\/p>\n

\"Kansas Hollywood Brown #5 of the Kansas City Chiefs misses a pass attempt under pressure from Ja\u2019Quan McMillian #29 of the Denver Broncos during the fourth quarter at Arrowhead Stadium on December 25, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThursday Night Football\u201d will follow with a matchup between the Rams and 49ers in Australia \u2014 the first NFL game to touch down in the Down Under.<\/p>\n

The Sept. 10 game will be broadcast by Netflix, and the streaming platform is set to host various games this season.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Giants even learned of their first opponent in the John Harbaugh era as they will host the Cowboys at MetLife Stadium<\/a> on \u201cSunday Night Football\u201d on Sept. 13.<\/p>\n

After a dramatic offseason overhaul, Big Blue will be chasing a 1-0 start \u2014 something they haven\u2019t accomplished since 2022.<\/p>\n

A few nuggets have dropped regarding the following weeks as well.<\/p>\n

The Lions will be on the road against the Bills for a Thursday night game in Week 2, which will air on Amazon Prime. The game will mark the debut of the Bills\u2019 new Highmark Stadium.<\/p>\n

The NFL will also be traveling internationally again in Week 3, packing their bags for Brazil, where the Ravens and Cowboys will clash on Sept. 27.<\/p>\n

\"ASaquon Barkley #26 of the Philadelphia Eagles carries the ball against the Dallas Cowboys during the second half of an NFL football game at AT&T Stadium on November 23, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Additionally, a holiday game has been revealed. <\/p>\n

The Cowboys will host the Eagles on Thanksgiving on Nov. 26 for a 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff.<\/p>\n

Tuesday also brought out another schedule wrinkle, which is the continuation of Saturday NFL games.<\/a><\/p>\n

The league is expected to schedule Saturday games in Weeks 15, 16, 17 and 18, and continue to have them during the Wild-Card and divisional playoff rounds as usual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the full release Thursday, the 2026 NFL schedule is slowly leaking. Week 1 especially is coming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1748,49,48,1721,1743,3163,1727,1749,44226,1728,514,1747,948,1739,82],"class_list":["post-664734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-denver-broncos","tag-detroit-lions","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-monday-night-football","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}