Vikings-Packers in Monday Night Opener
March 31, 2008
Filed under: Packers, Vikings, ESPN
The Minnesota Vikings will open the season against the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football on Sept. 8 on ESPN, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune is reporting (via PFT).
The game will be the first of a doubleheader to conclude the NFL’s kickoff weekend, and it’s expected to be played at Lambeau Field as the Packers usher in the post-Brett Favre era. ESPN will undoubtedly beg Favre to show up; it’s possible that the team will use the occasion to retire Favre’s number.
The NFL has also announced that the Redskins will visit the Giants in the Thursday night opener, and the league is expected to announce today the other nationally televised Week 1 games. The second game of the Monday Night opener will presumably feature a pair of Pacific time zone teams.
The entire 2008 schedule is expected to be announced next month.
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