NFL Network Previews Week 3 of the 2013 Season

Time for the Sunday NFL pregame previews. As usual, I’ll post the previews from all of the NFL’s TV partners. As usual, I’ll begin with NFL Network which has the earliest of the live pregames beginning at 7 a.m. with NFL GameDay First and then NFL GameDay Morning.

Take a look at what’s in store today.

NFL Network's 10th Anniversary logoWEEK 3 EDITIONS OF NFL NETWORK’S NFL GAMEDAY FIRST & NFL GAMEDAY MORNING

‘NFL GameDay First’ – 7:00 AM ET with Melissa Stark, Sterling Sharpe, Shaun O’Hara and Guest Analyst Jeremiah Trotter Washington RB Alfred Morris Talks with Sterling Sharpe on ‘NFL GameDay First’
‘NFL GameDay Morning’ – 9:00 AM ET with Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp, Michael Irvin, LaDainian Tomlinson, Willie McGinest, Ian Rapoport & Mike Silver
‘NFL GameDay Scoreboard’, ‘NFL GameDay Highlights’ & ‘NFL GameDay Final’ Provide Complete Highlights & Analysis

Sunday is ‘GameDay’ and every week NFL Network provides 12 hours of live coverage, beginning at 7:00 AM ET with NFL GameDay First.  The day continues at 9:00 AM ET with NFL GameDay Morning leading viewers into the early games. At 4:00 PM ET, NFL GameDay Scoreboard recaps the early action and at 7:30 PM ET, NFL GameDay Highlights recaps the entire afternoon.  At 11:30 PM ET, NFL GameDay Final provides complete analysis on the entire football Sunday.

NFL Network GameDay FirstNFL GameDay First – Sunday at 7:00 AM ET

Host: Melissa Stark
Co-Host/Analyst:
Sterling Sharpe
Analyst:
Shaun O’Hara
Guest Analyst:
Jeremiah Trotter

Featured this week on NFL GameDay First:

  • Talk to 84: Washington running back Alfred Morris talks to Sterling Sharpe
  • Stark Reality: Melissa Stark examines the history of NFL teams that start the season 0-2
  • Shaun O’ Hara, who won  Super Bowl XLII with the New York Giants, explains what is happening inside their locker room as they face an 0-2 start to the season
  • Guest analyst Jeremiah Trotter explains his favorite pass rushers of the 2013 season
  • Live reports from the stadium:
    • Desmond Purnell from Dallas for Rams-Cowboys
    • Albert Breer from New England for Buccaneers-Patriots
    • Kimberly Jones from Baltimore for Texans-Ravens

NFL Network NFL GameDay MorningNFL GameDay Morning  – Sunday at 9:00 AM ET

Host: Rich Eisen
Analysts:
Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp, Michael Irvin, Willie McGinest, LaDainian Tomlinson
NFL Media National Insider:
Ian Rapoport
NFL Media:
Mike Silver

Featured this week on NFL GameDay Morning: 

  • NFL Media National Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Media’s Mike Silver on the latest news from around the NFL which includes injury updates and game time decisions
  • Boston Brotherhood: Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona, former Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers, and current Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien speak about being a head coach in a town with multiple successful teams, their relationship with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and what they believe is Belichick’s legacy 
  • Willie McGinest, who won three Super Bowls with New England Patriots head coach Bill  Belichick, speaks about the Patriots and Belichick’s recent Championship drought
  • Marshall Plan: Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, and Steve Mariucci discuss the impact running back Trent Richardson will have on his new team – the Indianapolis Colts
  • LaDainian Tomlinson on the revival of his former teammate – San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers
  • Players Only Meeting: How does a 0-2 start affect the locker room?
  • Other topics to be discussed:
    • What is wrong with Washington and how does it get fixed?
    • Is Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler the new comeback kid in the NFL?
  • Picks for every game
  • Live Reports:
    • Steve Wyche from Cincinnati for Packers-Bengals
    • Jeff Darlington from New Orleans for Cardinals-Saints
    • Stacey Dales from Washington D.C. for Lions-Redskins
    • Desmond Purnell from Dallas for Rams-Cowboys
    • Albert Breer from New England for Buccaneers-Patriots
    • Kimberly Jones from Baltimore for Texans-Ravens

TNFLogo2010NFL GameDay Scoreboard, NFL GameDay Highlights and NFL GameDay Final Conclude Sunday Coverage

‘GameDay’ continues at 4:00 PM ET with NFL GameDay Scoreboard, featuring host Paul Burmeister, analysts Darren Sharper and Jamie Dukes, and Jenn Brown providing news updates from the afternoon games.

At 7:30 PM ET, Chris Rose hosts NFL GameDay Highlights, along with Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, and NFL Network analysts Tomlinson and Mariucci.

At 11:30 PM ET, Rose and analysts Faulk, Sanders and Irvin recap all of the day’s action on NFL GameDay Final with game highlights, player and coach press conferences, post-game interviews and analysis of every game.

ESPN’s preview is next.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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