Rams to host Bills to open NFL season; Broncos at Seattle

Updated May. 12, 2022 6:09 p.m. ET

Associated Press

To the Super Bowl winner goes the spoils of opening the entire schedule at home.

So the Los Angeles Rams will host the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night, Sept. 8, to begin the 2022 season.

It's a juicy matchup of the team generally considered the title favorite by oddsmakers in the Bills traveling to SoFi Stadium, where the Rams won the championship over Cincinnati in February.

The Bengals are home to their division rivals, the Steelers, on Sunday, Sept. 11 when all but two other teams get started. Those two clubs playing on Monday night also offer an enticing storyline:

Sunday's prime-time game features

The rest of the opening Sunday has some eye-opening matches, such as Jacksonville, with new coach

Several key division matchups are on tap for Sept. 11: New Orleans at Atlanta, Indianapolis at Houston, New England at Miami, Las Vegas at the Los Angeles Chargers and Green Bay at Minnesota.

Also, it will be Cleveland at Carolina, San Francisco at Chicago, Philadelphia at Detroit, Baltimore at the New York Jets, Kansas City at Arizona, and the New York Giants at Tennessee.

The remainder of the entire schedule will be released later Thursday evening.

Previously revealed was that one of the Christmas Day tripleheader games, Denver at the Rams, will be televised by

Another twist will have a doubleheader on the second Monday night of the schedule — with an overlap. On Sept. 19, the Titans will be at Buffalo for a 7:15 p.m. EDT kickoff. At 8:30 p.m., Minnesota takes on the Eagles in Philadelphia.

Previously announced were the

—Nov. 13, the first regular-season NFL game in Germany, Tampa Bay vs. Seattle in Munich.

—Oct. 9, Green Bay becomes the final team to play in Europe, facing the Giants at the home of Premier League soccer team Tottenham in London. The previous week, Minnesota plays New Orleans there.

—Oct. 30, Wembley Stadium will host the Broncos against the Jaguars.

—Nov. 21, San Francisco and Arizona at Mexico City.

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