Packers to kick off new NFL season against Saints

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NEW YORK (Reuters) Super Bowl champions Green Bay Packers will kick off the new NFL regular season opposition the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field on September 8 whether the league and players tin determination a labor dispute that has left the season in jeopardy. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]

The alliance disclosed its regular seasin due time aboard Tuesday, while NFL owners and actors met because the third day of court-ordered mediation in Minneapolis in ongoing efforts apt end the lockout or reach a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The fatigue discussion dimmed many of the excitement that normally accompanies the release of the new timetable.

The first Sunday on September 11 will discern the Pittsburgh Steelers, who lost to the Packers at Super Bowl XLV, open up against long-time antagonists the Baltimore Ravens.

The 10th anniversary of the September 11 aggressions on the World Trade Center will have the New York Jets hosting the Dallas Cowboys at New Meadowlands Stadium while the New York Giants visit the Redskins in Washington, another metropolis hit in the attacks.

"That stadium are going to be full of sensation and things favor namely, no only the people from the zone merely in the entire country," said Jets coach Rex Ryan on the team's website. "The truth that this is 9/11 and we'll be in our stadium, that's actually a mammoth deal for china [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], for sure."

The first Monday Night will be a dual bill with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots taking on the Miami Dolphins in South Beach while the Oakland Raiders peregrination to Denver to dare the Broncos.

The schedule ambition also function 2 games appearance the United States, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears clashing at London's Wembley Stadium on October 23 and the Buffalo Bills taking on the Redskins on October 30 in Toronto.

There are 3 games scheduled for Thanksgiving featuring the Packers at the Detroit Lions and Miami at Dallas. The late game will have the San Francisco 49ers visiting the Ravens.

The regular season will flee 17 weeks with the Super Bowl following on February 5 in Indianapolis.

(Writing by Steve Keating in Toronto, editing by Ian Ransom)