It's just around the corner diehards. Just around the corner. As the time approaches I'm sure ESPN and the likes will begin to talk about training camps starting up. Who's Top Draft pick will make an automatic impact and who's will fail. Then there's Brett Favre. Nuff said there huh?
So let's take a look at the first couple of weeks below. This list was taken from NFL.fanhouse.com.
Hall of Fame Game
Aug. 8 -- Cincinnati vs. Dallas in Canton, Ohio (NBC)
Preseason Week 1
Aug. 12 -- Carolina Panthers at Baltimore Ravens (ESPN)
Aug. 12 -- New Orleans Saints at New England Patriots
Aug. 12 -- Oakland Raiders at Dallas Cowboys
Aug. 13 -- Buffalo Bills at Washington Redskins
Aug. 13 -- Jacksonville Jaguars at Philadelphia Eagles
Aug. 13 -- Kansas City Chiefs at Atlanta Falcons
Aug. 14 -- Chicago Bears at San Diego Chargers
Aug. 14 -- Cleveland Browns at Green Bay Packers
Aug. 14 -- Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers
Aug. 14 -- Houston Texans at Arizona Cardinals
Aug. 14 -- Minnesota Vikings at St. Louis Rams
Aug. 14 -- Tennessee Titans at Seattle Seahawks
Aug. 14 -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Miami Dolphins
Aug. 15 -- Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals
Aug. 15 -- San Francisco 49ers at Indianapolis Colts
Aug. 16 -- New York Giants at New York Jets (ESPN)
Preseason Week 2
Aug. 19 -- New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons (FOX)
Aug. 19 -- Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills in Toronto
Aug. 20 -- Philadelphia Eagles at Cincinnati Bengals (FOX)
Aug. 21 -- Baltimore Ravens at Washington Redskins
Aug. 21 -- Dallas Cowboys at San Diego Chargers
Aug. 21 -- Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos
Aug. 21 -- Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks
Aug. 21 -- Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints
Aug. 21 -- Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Aug. 21 -- Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars
Aug. 21 -- New York Jets at Carolina Panthers
Aug. 21 -- Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears
Aug. 21 -- Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants
Aug. 21 -- St. Louis Rams at Cleveland Browns
Aug. 22 -- Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers (NBC)
Aug. 23 -- Arizona Cardinals at Tennessee Titans (ESPN)
Preseason lacks a huge interest except for the diehards like myself. I am curious to see if within the next few seasons how many preseason games will remain and how many will be turned into actual regular season games. If they turn a few into regular season games that will definitely make the training camps much more important as well as the preseason games that remain intact.
Injuries, physical fitness, the heat/weather will all play a much more significant part for the beginning of the regular season. Until then I'm still excited about watching and can't wait for the start of camp and the first preseason games this year. What about you?
