We have what’s on tap for NFL Network as Free Agent Frenzy continues from now until the first exhibition games are played next week.
NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (7/27 – 8/2)
FREE AGENCY FRENZY FRIDAY ON NFL NETWORK – LIVE COVERAGE FROM MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
More Than 90 Hours of Live News Coverage on NFL Network This Week Through SundayHall of Fame Specials Next Week:
Ed Sabol: King of Football Movies (Monday, August 1 at 8:00 PM ET)
Sharpe Focus: Journey to Canton (Tuesday, August 2 at 8:00 PM ET)
Marshall Faulk: Rush to Canton (Wednesday, August 3 at 8:00 PM ET)
Deion Sanders: Canton Goes Primetime (Wednesday, August 3 at 9:00 PM ET)
Live on NFL.com – Jacksonville Hosts Orlando in First Round of AFL PlayoffsFree Agency Frenzy – Live Coverage Every Day Beginning at 9:00 AM ET Through Sunday
With a new collective bargaining agreement reached, NFL Media gets fans “Back to Football” with more than 90 hours of live coverage – over five times as many live hours of programming as compared to this week in 2010 – providing all of the latest news and reports from around the league.
When free agency officially opens on Friday, July 27 at 6:00 PM ET, NFL Network is there with NFL Total Access: Free Agent Frenzy, providing continuous news reports through midnight and possibly later on the players shaking up the free agency market. Live coverage continues Saturday & Sunday beginning at 9:00 AM ET with Back to Football: Free Agent Frenzy, followed by NFL Total Access at 7:00 PM ET.
Reporters Albert Breer (@albertbreer), Jason La Canfora (@jasonlacanfora), Michael Lombardi (@michaelombardi), Scott Hanson (@hansonscott), Steve Wyche (@wyche89), Michelle Beisner (@beisnermichelle) and Stacey Dales are stationed around the league with the latest information, while network personalities Rich Eisen (@richeisen), Fran Charles, Kara Henderson (@karahenderson), Paul Burmeister, Jamie Dukes (@jamiedukes), Warren Sapp (@qbkilla), Mike Mayock, Charles Davis (@cfd22) and more bring fans full circle with team and player analysis leading up to the kickoff of the 2011 season.
NFL Network and NFL.com is the source for NFL news with live Back to Football specials all week starting at 9:00 AM ET, followed by NFL Total Access at 7:00 PM ET.
For fans away from their television, NFL.com also provides breaking news updates from an enhanced home page offering easier navigation, personalization and social media plug-ins. NFL.com’s Back to Football coverage also features a revamped Free Agency Tracker featuring a “Rumor Central” section that keeps users up to date with all the latest chatter on where the league’s top free agents may land.
In the opening week of the 2011 league year, NFL Network has been busy, interviewing numerous players, coaches, front office executives and media personalities on Back to Football. From the No. 1 overall pick of the Carolina Panthers Cam Newton to Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff, undrafted free agent linebacker Mark Herzlich to Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, NFL Network provides fans an inside look into their favorite teams and players as training camps open.
Below are video links to interviews on NFL Network this week:
– NFL.com’s Steve Wyche sits down for a one-on-one interview with Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-player-interviews/09000d5d82100ac7/Newton-s-law– Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy discusses the team’s mentality heading into the 2011 season:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d820ff7b9/McCoy-on-the-state-of-the-Eagles– Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez talks about the trade for wide receiver Julio Jones and the potent Atlanta offense:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-training-camps/09000d5d820fdb13/Gonzalez-gets-back– Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis appears via Bengals Cam to discuss Carson Palmer and the future of the team with rookie quarterback Andy Dalton:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/09000d5d820feed6/Lewis-anxious-to-start-Dalton-eraHall of Fame Week Specials: Ed Sabol: King of Football Movies on Monday, August 1 at 8:00 PM ET; Sharpe Focus: Journey to Canton on Tuesday, August 2 at 8:00 PM ET; Marshall Faulk: Rush to Canton on Wednesday, August 3 at 8:00 PM ET & Deion Sanders: Canton Goes Primetime at 9:00 PM ET
Hall of Fame Week on NFL Network kicks off with four documentaries profiling four members of the 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.
On Monday, August 1 at 8:00 PM ET, Ed Sabol: King of Football Movies premieres, detailing the immeasurable impact the founder of NFL Films has had on the history of the NFL. Through the use of video and exclusive on-field sound from players and coaches, Sabol has provided football fans unprecedented in-depth access to the game of football for almost 50 years.
On Tuesday, August 2 at 8:00 PM ET, Sharpe Focus: Journey to Canton profiles tight end Shannon Sharpe’s 14-year playing career with the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens. With the help of his brother – former Green Bay Packers wide receiver and current NFL Network analyst Sterling Sharpe – Sharpe Focus tells the inspirational story of how a seventh-round draft pick from Savannah State became a Hall of Fame tight end.
The final two specials premiere on Wednesday, August 3. At 8:00 PM ET, Marshall Faulk: Rush to Canton chronicles Faulk’s career with the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams, which included a victory in Super Bowl XXXIV and a league MVP award in 2000.
At 9:00 PM ET, Deion Sanders: Canton Goes Primetime looks back on Sanders’ 14-year career with five different teams, and the incredible impact that he had as both a defensive back and punt returner.
Below is a sneak peak of Deion Sanders: Canton Goes Primetime:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/09000d5d821003e4/Sneak-peek-Canton-goes-PrimetimeJacksonville Sharks Host Orlando Predators in First Round of AFL Playoffs on Friday, July 29 at 8:00 PM ET Live on NFL.com
The road to ArenaBowl XXIV begins with an American Conference playoff matchup between the Orlando Predators and the Jacksonville Sharks live on NFL.com Friday, July 29 at 8:00 PM ET. The game will air on NFL Network on tape delay on Saturday, July 30 at 12 Midnight ET due to the special NFL Total Access: Free Agent Frenzy.
This will be the first time an AFL game has been shown live on NFL.com.
Paul Burmeister provides the play-by-play while Charles Davis serves as game analyst. Anthony Herron provides reports from the sidelines of Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.
With a 14-4 record in the regular season, Jacksonville claimed the top playoff seed in the American Conference. Orlando earned the fourth seed in the playoffs, finishing with an 11-7 record in the regular season.
Jacksonville defeated Orlando in its two meetings this season. On April 30, the Sharks defeated the Predators, 76-55, in Jacksonville; on June 11, the Sharks won 68-67 on the road in Orlando.
This weekend’s game is a rematch of last season’s quarterfinals, in which Orlando defeated Jacksonville on the road, 73-69.
Latest Edition of ‘The Rich Eisen Podcast’ Features Atlanta Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff & Marshall Faulk Interview with Hall of Fame RB Barry Sanders on NFL.com/iTunes
The latest edition of ‘The Rich Eisen Podcast’ is available for download on Thursday, July 28 on NFL.com and iTunes.
This week, Eisen talks with the general manager of the Atlanta Falcons, Thomas Dimitroff. With the league year off to a fast and furious start, Dimitroff discusses the Falcons’ free agency plans as the team looks to improve upon a 2010 season in which they fell to the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round of the players. Dimitroff also looks back on the draft-day trade for wide receiver Julio Jones and the impact the rookie will have as training camp opens.
Also on this edition of the podcast, 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Marshall Faulk catches up with the Hall of Fame running back for the Detroit Lions, Barry Sanders, at the EA Sports Madden event in New York City.
Additionally, Eisen spends time with his former colleague Dan Patrick.
Tonight at 12 Midnight ET, last week’s edition of ‘The Rich Eisen Podcast’ featuring Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, former Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher and star of the critically-acclaimed television show “Breaking Bad” Bryan Cranston debuts on NFL Network.
Free Agency Edition of the ‘Cover Two Podcast’ Available for Download on NFL.com/iTunes
The latest edition of the ‘Cover Two Podcast’ is now available for download on NFL.com and iTunes.
With the 2011 league year underway and training camps opening throughout the league, the ‘Cover Two Podcast’ brings fans all of the latest news and reports on what has proven to be a wild start to free agency. NFL.com’s Steve Wyche and Bucky Brooks have their fingers on the pulse of everything that is happening around the league.
Wyche speaks with the Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer, Joe Person, to break down all of the Panthers’ moves thus far, how the team was not as bad as its 2-14 record seemed to indicate and how Cam Newton will transition from college to the NFL.
Wyche and Brooks also discuss all of the major transactions to occur so far, including the trade of Donovan McNabb to Minnesota, Matt Hasselbeck agreeing to terms with the Tennessee Titans, the Kevin Kolb sweepstakes and the reports of Kyle Orton being linked to the Miami Dolphins.
To download this edition of the ‘Cover Two Podcast,’ visit:
http://blogs.nfl.com/2011/07/27/cover-two-podcast-rookies-going-into-storage/DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE (all times listed are ET)
Wednesday, July 27
9:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Back to Football
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Back to Football
12 MIDNIGHT – The Rich Eisen Podcast
12:30 PM – Sound FX: Super Bowl XLVThursday, July 28
9:00 AM – Back to Football – LIVE
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Free Agent Frenzy Preview – LIVE
Friday, July 29
9:00 AM – Back to Football: Free Agent Frenzy – LIVE
6:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Free Agent Frenzy – LIVE
Saturday, July 30
9:00 AM – Back to Football – LIVE
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Back to Football – LIVE
8:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Worst Free Agent Signings
9:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Back to Football
10:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Draft Steals
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Back to Football
12 MIDNIGHT – Arena Football: Orlando Predators vs. Jacksonville Sharks [Tape Delay]Sunday, July 31
9:00 AM – Back to Football – LIVE
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Back to Football – LIVE
8:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Things We Miss About Football
9:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Back to Football
10:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Undrafted Players
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access: Back to Football
12 MIDNIGHT – Canadian Football League: Edmonton Eskimos vs. Calgary Stampeders [Tape Delay]
3:00 AM – Canadian Football League: Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Montreal Alouettes [Tape Delay]Monday, August 1
6:00 AM – NFL’s Top 10: Super Bowls
7:00 AM – NFL’s Top 10: Teams That Didn’t Win the Super Bowl
8:00 AM – Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals: Episode #1
9:00 AM – Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals: Episode #2
10:00 AM – Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals: Episode #3
11:00 AM – Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals: Episode #4
12 NOON – Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals: Episode #5
1:00 PM – NFL Films Presents: Reunion in Canton
2:00 PM – NFL Films Presents: Class of 2005
3:00 PM – Jerry Rice: Catching History
4:00 PM – Road to Canton: Michael Irvin
5:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Greatest Hands
6:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Things That Changed the Game
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access
8:00 PM – Ed Sabol: King of Football Movies – PREMIERE
9:00 PM – America’s Game: 1985 Chicago Bears
10:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Football Divas
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access
Tuesday, August 2
12 NOON – America’s Game: 1997 Denver Broncos
1:00 PM – America’s Game: 1985 Chicago Bears
2:00 PM – 1972 Washington Redskins
2:30 PM – 1999 St. Louis Rams
3:00 PM – 1997 Denver Broncos
3:30 PM – 1998 Denver Broncos
4:00 PM – Ed Sabol: King of Football Movies
5:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Return Aces
6:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Most Feared Tacklers
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access
8:00 PM – Sharpe Focus: Journey to Canton – PREMIERE
9:00 PM – America’s Game: 1998 Denver Broncos
10:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Players Not in the Hall of Fame
11:00 PM – NFL Total Access
That’s it.
