NFL Games Today: Is There Monday Night Football Tonight? Preseason Week 2 Schedule

The NFL preseason began in earnest last week Mark it with a full slate of games to include Thursday night football. The best stories from the Sunday included some great performances of rookie quarterbacks, the new NFL kickoff rule and a head coach who might be on the way to a new career as an analyst.

Thus, after an entertaining weekend of football and full of expectations for other high-profile games to happen, spectators are eagerly awaiting when Week 2 of preseason will start.

Is There Football On Tonight: NFL Preseason Schedule

While the games are played over the week in the preseason there are no games played on Monday this week.

The second week of the 2024 NFL preseason will begin on Thursday evening when the Philadelphia Eagles will be on the road to face the New England Patriots with the former expected to start their rookie signal-caller Drake Maye.

Notably, there are no Friday games in the week also. Most of the games will be on Saturday and there will be two games on the Sunday night.

Week 2 Preseason Schedule

For this week, the following is the list of six games to be aired on NFL Network for viewership.

NFL Network Schedule

New England at Atlanta, Thursday, August 15

7 p. m. ET, NFL Network

Bengals at Bears, Saturday August 17

1 p. m. ET, NFL Network

Lions and Chiefs, Saturday 17 August 2013

4 p. m. ET, NFL Network

Bills at Steelers, Saturday Aug 17

7 p. m. ET, NFL Network

PRESEASON – Cowboys at Raiders, Saturday, August 17

10 p. m. ET. , NFL Network

Packer againstthe Broncos, Sunday August 18

It should be noted that there are frequently changes of the schedule; the mentioned show, for instance, is aired at 8 p. m. ET, NFL Network.

Also worthy of mention is the match between the Saints and the 49ers scheduled for Sunday, August 18, at 8 pm of the Eastern Time – this match will be aired live on FOX.

Remaining NFL Preseason Games

Apart from the NFL Network games; there are nine other games that are due to be played on the Saturday.

Falcons at Ravens

Noon ET

Giants at Texans

1 p. m. ET

Vikings at Browns

4:25 p. m. ET

Seahawks at Titans

7 p. m. ET

Cardinals at Colts

7 p. m. ET

Commanders at Dolphins

7 p. m. ET

Jets at Panthers

7 p. m. ET

Rams at Chargers

7:05 p. m. ET

Buccaneers at Jaguars

7:30 p. m. ET

The other Sunday game is at 4 pm ET, of Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers which will be held at Empower Field at Mile High.

When is the Preseason for the 2024 NFL finished?

The preseason games of the NFL are slated to end on Sunday 25th of August.

Since the NFL switched to practicing for three weeks before the start of the official campaign, each team is given a week’s break before the start of the season.

The Thursday night kickoff of the 2024 regular season is planned for the fifth of September when the champion of the past year, Kansas City Chiefs, is to face the Baltimore Ravens – the rival of the past AFC Championship Game.

Once the preseason comes to an end, NFL franchises will be expected to leave their roster to 53 players in a period of 48 hours. The NFL final cuts in 2010 are set for August, 27 and will conclude by 4:00 PM ET.

For many years, the league had three cutdown dates: that allows one window for the teams to set down their rosters from a maximum of 90 players, another window for the teams to make further cuts, and get their final rosters down to 80 and the last window which sets the rosters at a maximum of 53 players for the regular season.

Now there is only one roster cut down deadline, most of the cuts occur at the same time with the majority of the players being released to free agency.

How Many Preseason NFL Games Are There

Before the core NFL season was upgraded to 17 games in 2021, the league contracted each squad’s preseason from four games down to three.

The 2024 preseason schedule will encompass a total of 49 games (counting the Hall of Fame Game). Here you can find complete tables of the NFL preseason.

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