Day two of our four-day NFL Preseason extravaganza continues as the Detroit Lions unveil their Megatron-less offense against the Pittsburgh Steelers. There are actually two nationally televised games tonight, but I’ll just be covering one of them because of a PBC Boxing show on ESPN.
As always, scroll on down to the bottom for the live blog. Keep reading for the press release from the NFL.
FULL SLATE OF GAMES WITH ALL 32 TEAMS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Football returns with a full schedule as all 32 NFL clubs will be in action this week.
Six games will be featured on national TV, including the return of NFL football to Los Angeles. On Saturday night, August 13 (8:00 PM ET, ESPN), the Rams will host the Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Five other games will be broadcast live on NFL Network this week. The action starts with the New Orleans Saints visiting the New England Patriots on Thursday night (August 11, 7:30 PM) and concludes with the San Francisco 49ers hosting the Houston Texans on Sunday (August 14, 7:00 PM).
DETROIT LIONS at PITTSBURGH STEELERS (Friday, NFLN, 7:00 PM ET)
Detroit QB MATTHEW STAFFORD has passed for at least 4,000 yards in each of the past five seasons, including 4,262 yards in 2015.
The Lions signed CB DARIUS SLAY to a four-year contract extension in July. Slay has led the team in passes defensed in each of the past two seasons (17 in 2014, 13 in 2015).
Steelers WR ANTONIO BROWN had 136 catches for 1,834 yards last season. He has 375 catches over the past three seasons, the most in any three-year span in league history.
Pittsburgh QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER passed for 3,938 yards in 12 games last year (328.2 per game, the best mark in the NFL). He has 42,995 career passing yards, the most in franchise history.
OAKLAND RAIDERS at ARIZONA CARDINALS (Friday, NFLN, 10:00 PM ET)
Raiders QB DEREK CARR passed for 3,987 yards with 32 touchdown passes last season while WR AMARI COOPER set club rookie records with 72 receptions and 1,070 receiving yards.
Oakland DE KHALIL MACK ranked second in the NFL last season with 15 sacks and 23 tackles for a loss.
Last season, the Cardinals won a franchise-record 13 regular-season games and advanced to the NFC Championship Game.
Arizona topped the NFL in total offense (408.3 yards per game), led by QB CARSON PALMER, who set single-season franchise records for passing yards (4,671), touchdown passes (35) and passer rating (104.6).
NFL Network remains the only network to show the entire slate of 64 preseason games, highlighted by a record 16 live games.
NFL Network’s live preseason schedule kicks off Thursday, August 11 with the New England Patriots hosting the New Orleans Saints at 7:30 PM ET. Also featured as part of NFL Network’s package of live preseason games are top picks Jared Goff (Chiefs-Rams, August 20 at 10:00 PM ET) and Carson Wentz (Eagles-Steelers, August 18 at 8:00 PM ET), as well as seven playoff teams from 2015.
Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, fans turn to NFL Network to receive information and insight straight from the field, team headquarters, league offices and everywhere the NFL is making news. Launched in 2003, NFL Network gives fans unprecedented year-round inside access to all NFL events, including the Super Bowl, Playoffs, regular season, preseason, Pro Bowl, Pro Football Hall of Fame induction weekend, NFL Draft, NFL Scouting Combine, Senior Bowl, league meetings, minicamps and training camps.
The game is on the NFL Network and your local Michigan and Pennsylvania stations at 7 p.m. Watch it with me.
