The NFL Preseason schedule for Week 4 starts on Thursday and all 32 teams are in action for the final games of the exhibition season before the real 2014 season starts and the TV coverage comes from the NFL Network, CBS, FOX and NBC as games get underway and the start time for the early games is at 6 pm ET and 7 pm ET for kickoff.
The schedule for Week 4 starts with the Atlanta Falcons against the Jacksonville Jaguars and that will be in Florida at EverBank Field and that game starts up at 6 pm ET. The game is the first of the week on the schedule and it has the Falcons looking to take some momentum into the season after going just 4-12 last season and missing the playoffs. The game comes ahead of the Detroit Lions visiting the Buffalo Bills and that will be at Ralph Wilson Stadium and kicks off the 7 pm ET hour games.
The Indianapolis Colts and the Cincinnati Bengals are playing at 7 pm ET and that matchup will be at Paul Brown Stadium and this has two AFC playoff teams matching up with each other. Andrew Luck and Andy Dalton are two of the best young quarterbacks in the league and they will matchup for a bit in this game and it comes ahead of the next matchup with the NY Jets and Eagles. The matchup will be in Philly and that will be at Lincoln Financial Field and it starts up at 7 pm ET as well and that game will be on the NFL Network.
The St. Louis Rams and the Miami Dolphins are playing at Sun Life Stadium and that will be the last chance for Michael Sam to make an impression on his head coach. The next game has the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers playing at Lambeau Field, while the Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers kick off the next set of games and that will be from Heinz Field.
The NY Giants and New England Patriots play their annual preseason game and that will be at 7:30 pm ET from MetLife Stadium. The Pats went undefeated against the Giants before that first Super Bowl and then of course the two teams played again a few years later, with New York winning that game as well. The Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers play next and that comes ahead of the 8 pm Et hour with the New Orleans Saints and the Baltimore Ravens.
The Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns are playing on the schedule along with the San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans. The later names include the Arizona Cardinals and San Diego Chargers along with the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks. The two games before that are the Vikings and the Titans along with the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos.