Despite a slew of off-field incidents, less-than-stellar PR and some Sunday night losses to The Walking Dead , the NFL proved again last year that it is a TV ratings juggernaut. Now the league is out with the upcoming season's schedule, and it has stacked the Sunday, Monday and Thursday night lines with high-profile players and teams. The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots will face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2015 kickoff game on Thursday, September 10. There's also another Tom Brady-Peyton Manning showdown, the fourth year in a row in the regular season and 17th meeting overall. That will be Week 8 on NBC's Sunday Night Football . (Mr. Gisele Bundchen leads 11-5, if you're scoring along at home.) Check out the full primetime schedule below. The league spread the wealth evenly, with eight teams tying for most primetime appearances (five). There will be primetime rematches of last season's NFC and AFC Championship Games, and NBC has both: The Seattle Seahawks travel to the frozen tundra to meet the Green Bay Packers in Week 2, and the Patriots host the Indianapolis Colts in a meeting of generational star quarterback in Week 6. Thanksgiving will provide some delicious matchups this year, to wit: Philadelphia Eagles at… Read full this story
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