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The 2017 NFL season was the 98th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL) and the 52nd of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 7, 2017, with the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots in the NFL Kickoff Game.
This article is a list of every person who has served as an on-camera announcer for the NFL on Fox:
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
Dec 17, 2020 · He will be involved in Fox’s NFL coverage at a high level, appearing on the sidelines of NFL games and doing features. The same goes with college football, including a presence on Fox’s “Big...
- Richard Deitsch
- Player Movements and Retirements
- Preseason
- Regular Season
- Rule Changes
- Stadiums
- New Uniforms and Patches
- Media
The 2017 NFL League year began on March 9 at 4:00 p.m. EST. On March 7, clubs were allowed to contact and enter into contract negotiations with the agents of players who became unrestricted free agents upon the expiration of their contracts two days later. On March 9, clubs exercised options for 2017 on players who have option clauses in their cont...
Training camps for the 2017 season will be held in late July through August. Teams started training camp no earlier than 15 days before the team's first scheduled preseason game. Prior to the start of the regular season, each team will play four preseason exhibition games, beginning on August 10. The preseason began on the evening of August 3 with ...
The 2017 regular season's 256 games will be played over a 17-week schedule which will begin on September 7. Each of the league's 32 teams plays a 16-game schedule, with one bye week for each team. The slate also features games on Monday nights. There are games played on Thursday, including the National Football League Kickoff game in prime time on ...
The following rule changes were approved for the 2017 NFL season at the owner's meeting on March 28, 2017: 1. Defensive players are now prohibited from running toward the line of scrimmage and leaping or hurdling over offensive linemen on field goal or PAT attempts, similar to a change made in college football for the 2017 season. Previously this a...
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons will play their first season at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, after playing in the Georgia Dome for the previous 25 seasons.
Denver Broncos seek new naming rights
The stadium in which the Denver Broncos play their home games is in the process of obtaining a new naming rights agreement. Sporting goods retailer Sports Authority, which had owned the naming rights to the Broncos' home field since 2011, filed for bankruptcy in March 2016, and liquidated all of their stores.The Broncos bought out the existing naming rights contract with permission from the Delaware District United States bankruptcy court in August 2016. Three months later, the Broncos select...
Arizona Cardinals seek new naming rights
The stadium in which the Arizona Cardinals play their home games is in the process of obtaining a new naming rights agreement. The University of Phoenix, which owns the naming rights to the Cardinals' home field, is planning to terminate the final nine years of a 20-year agreement, but will continue to keep its name on the stadium.
25 teams transitioned to Nike's new uniform template. While most teams have just transitioned to it without any actual changes to the uniforms themselves, the New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals...The Detroit Lions unveiled new uniforms on April 13, 2017. They added a new alternate uniform as well as a new Color Rush uniform.The Los Angeles Rams announced they would be switching their primary helmets to white and blue, similar to their Color Rush helmets. The team had fans vote on the color of their facemask, which wou...The Cincinnati Bengals will wear a patch to commemorate their 50th season.Broadcast rights
This is the fourth season under the current broadcast contracts with ESPN, CBS, Fox, and NBC. This includes "cross-flexing" (switching) Sunday Afternoon games between CBS and Fox before or during the season (regardless of the conference of the visiting team). NBC will continue to air Sunday Night Football, the annual Kickoff game, and the primetime Thanksgiving game. ESPN will continue to air Monday Night Football and the Pro Bowl. NBC will also serve as the broadcaster of Super Bowl LII. Thi...
Commercials
The league has sought to reduce the number of standard commercial breaks (media timeouts) on its telecasts from 21 to 16, four in each quarter, with each break extended by one additional 30-second commercial. One particular scenario the league sought to eliminate is the "double-up," in which a network cuts to a commercial after a scoring play, then airs the kickoff, and again goes to commercial before play from scrimmage resumes. Under the proposal, the league will allow networks to cut to co...
Personnel changes
Tony Romo, who announced his retirement as a player on April 4, 2017, was hired by CBS, and will replace Phil Simms as lead color commentator. Simms and Nate Burleson, who comes over from NFL Network, will replace Tony Gonzalez and Bart Scott on CBS's pregame show, The NFL Today. Jay Cutler also announced his retirement from professional football on May 5 and was slated to join Fox as a color analyst for its NFL coverage; he later rescinded that announcement in August and joined the Miami Dol...
Feb 5, 2018 · NFL. From the wild-card round through Super Bowl LII, ESPN.com has you covered. Check out the full playoff picture and coverage on each team.
Apr 17, 2017 · The 2017 campaign will feature a Super Bowl rematch between Matt Ryan's Falcons and Tom Brady's Patriots. Is this the No. 1 game on this season's slate? Elliot Harrison has the top 17 of...
