The NFL countdown has officially begun: 2007 NFL Schedule released

Well, almost everyone is
ready for some football.

After having the off season exploits of Pacman Jones shoved down our throats for the past few months, we can now turn our collective attention back to on-field issues because the head honchos over at NFL headquarters have finally decided to release this year’s complete schedule.

The season opens up with the Saints at the Colts on September 6 and ends with a Monday night double-header that is highlighted by a contest between division rivals as Baltimore and Cincinnati hook up for an early season, smack talking showdown. The NFC champion Bears will have to bounce back from a Super Bowl loss and be prepared to deal with LaDanian Tomlinson’s Chargers right off the bat. All in all, it’s a pretty solid schedule for the first week of the season, but after going without any helmet smacking for over six months, fans would be happy with a Texans/Raiders match-up.

The really juicy games come later in the season, like in Week 3 when last year’s rookie sensations Vince Young and Reggie Bush get together on Monday Night Football. Or in Week 8 when the league’s golden boys line up across from one another as Tom Brady travels to Peyton Manning, or perhaps you’ve heard of their teams; the Patriots and the Colts.

In Week 10 the Super Bowl MVP and the regular season MVP will battle it out as Indy goes to San Diego for a Sunday night primetime game. And the in Week 13, LT’s Chargers will take on another studly RB when they travel to Kansas City. But forget about the fireworks on the field, everyone is waiting for Joey Porter and Levi Jones to meet up on December 30 in the rematch of their Vegas fight.

Now that your whistle has been wet, just think, only five more months until the opening kick.

Full 2007 NFL Week by Week Schedule after the jump

WEEK 1
Thursday, Sep. 6
New Orleans at Indianapolis    8:30 pm        
Sunday, Sep. 9
Atlanta at Minnesota    1:00 pm        
Carolina at St. Louis    1:00 pm        
Denver at Buffalo    1:00 pm        
Kansas City at Houston    1:00 pm        
Miami at Washington    1:00 pm        
New England at N.Y. Jets    1:00 pm        
Philadelphia at Green Bay    1:00 pm        
Pittsburgh at Cleveland    1:00 pm        
Tennessee at Jacksonville    1:00 pm        
Chicago at San Diego    4:15 pm        
Detroit at Oakland    4:15 pm        
Tampa Bay at Seattle    4:15 pm        
N.Y. Giants at Dallas    8:15 pm        
Monday, Sep. 10
Baltimore at Cincinnati    7:00 pm        
Arizona at San Francisco    10:15 pm        

WEEK 2
Sunday, Sep. 16
Atlanta at Jacksonville    1:00 pm        
Buffalo at Pittsburgh    1:00 pm        
Cincinnati at Cleveland    1:00 pm        
Green Bay at N.Y. Giants    1:00 pm        
Houston at Carolina    1:00 pm        
Indianapolis at Tennessee    1:00 pm        
New Orleans at Tampa Bay    1:00 pm        
San Francisco at St. Louis    1:00 pm        
Dallas at Miami    4:05 pm        
Minnesota at Detroit    4:05 pm        
Seattle at Arizona    4:05 pm        
Kansas City at Chicago    4:15 pm        
N.Y. Jets at Baltimore    4:15 pm        
Oakland at Denver    4:15 pm        
San Diego at New England    8:15 pm        
Monday, Sep. 17
Washington at Philadelphia    8:30 pm        

WEEK 3
Sunday, Sep. 23
Arizona at Baltimore    1:00 pm        
Buffalo at New England    1:00 pm        
Detroit at Philadelphia    1:00 pm        
Indianapolis at Houston    1:00 pm        
Miami at N.Y. Jets    1:00 pm        
Minnesota at Kansas City    1:00 pm        
San Diego at Green Bay    1:00 pm        
San Francisco at Pittsburgh    1:00 pm        
St. Louis at Tampa Bay    1:00 pm        
Cincinnati at Seattle    4:05 pm        
Cleveland at Oakland    4:05 pm        
Jacksonville at Denver    4:05 pm        
Carolina at Atlanta    4:15 pm        
N.Y. Giants at Washington    4:15 pm        
Dallas at Chicago    8:15 pm        
Monday, Sep. 24
Tennessee at New Orleans    8:30 pm        

WEEK 4
Sunday, Sep. 30
Baltimore at Cleveland    1:00 pm        
Chicago at Detroit    1:00 pm        
Green Bay at Minnesota    1:00 pm        
Houston at Atlanta    1:00 pm        
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo    1:00 pm        
Oakland at Miami    1:00 pm        
St. Louis at Dallas    1:00 pm        
Seattle at San Francisco    4:05 pm        
Tampa Bay at Carolina    4:05 pm        
Denver at Indianapolis    4:15 pm        
Kansas City at San Diego    4:15 pm        
Pittsburgh at Arizona    4:15 pm        
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants    8:15 pm        
Monday, Oct. 1
New England at Cincinnati    8:30 pm        
Open date: Jacksonville, New Orleans, Tennessee, Washington

WEEK 5
Sunday, Oct. 7
Arizona at St. Louis    1:00 pm        
Atlanta at Tennessee    1:00 pm        
Carolina at New Orleans    1:00 pm        
Cleveland at New England    1:00 pm        
Detroit at Washington    1:00 pm        
Jacksonville at Kansas City    1:00 pm        
Miami at Houston    1:00 pm        
N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants    1:00 pm        
Seattle at Pittsburgh    1:00 pm        
Tampa Bay at Indianapolis    4:05 pm        
Baltimore at San Francisco    4:15 pm        
San Diego at Denver    4:15 pm        
Chicago at Green Bay    8:15 pm        
Monday, Oct. 8
Dallas at Buffalo    8:30 pm        
Open date: Cincinnati, Minnesota, Oakland, Philadelphia

WEEK 6
Sunday, Oct. 14
Cincinnati at Kansas City    1:00 pm        
Houston at Jacksonville    1:00 pm        
Miami at Cleveland    1:00 pm        
Minnesota at Chicago    1:00 pm        
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets    1:00 pm        
St. Louis at Baltimore    1:00 pm        
Tennessee at Tampa Bay    1:00 pm        
Washington at Green Bay    1:00 pm        
Carolina at Arizona    4:05 pm        
New England at Dallas    4:15 pm        
Oakland at San Diego    4:15 pm        
New Orleans at Seattle    8:15 pm        
Monday, Oct. 15
N.Y. Giants at Atlanta    8:30 pm        
Open date: Buffalo, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, San Francisco

WEEK 7
Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington    1:00 pm        
Atlanta at New Orleans    1:00 pm        
Baltimore at Buffalo    1:00 pm        
Minnesota at Dallas    1:00 pm        
New England at Miami    1:00 pm        
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants    1:00 pm        
Tampa Bay at Detroit    1:00 pm        
Tennessee at Houston    1:00 pm        
Kansas City at Oakland    4:05 pm        
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati    4:05 pm        
Chicago at Philadelphia    4:15 pm        
St. Louis at Seattle    4:15 pm        
Pittsburgh at Denver    8:15 pm        
Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis at Jacksonville    8:30 pm        
Open date: Carolina, Cleveland, Green Bay, San Diego

WEEK 8
Sunday, Oct. 28
Cleveland at St. Louis    1:00 pm        
Detroit at Chicago    1:00 pm        
Indianapolis at Carolina    1:00 pm        
N.Y. Giants at Miami
(London)    1:00 pm        
Oakland at Tennessee    1:00 pm        
Philadelphia at Minnesota    1:00 pm        
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati    1:00 pm        
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets    4:05 pm        
Houston at San Diego    4:05 pm        
Jacksonville at Tampa Bay    4:05 pm        
New Orleans at San Francisco    4:15 pm        
Washington at New England    4:15 pm        
Monday, Oct. 29
Green Bay at Denver    8:30 pm        
Open date: Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Kansas City, Seattle

WEEK 9
Sunday, Nov. 4
Arizona at Tampa Bay    1:00 pm        
Carolina at Tennessee    1:00 pm        
Cincinnati at Buffalo    1:00 pm        
Denver at Detroit    1:00 pm        
Green Bay at Kansas City    1:00 pm        
Jacksonville at New Orleans    1:00 pm        
San Diego at Minnesota    1:00 pm        
San Francisco at Atlanta    1:00 pm        
Washington at N.Y. Jets    1:00 pm        
Seattle at Cleveland    4:05 pm        
Houston at Oakland    4:15 pm        
New England at Indianapolis    4:15 pm        
Dallas at Philadelphia    8:15 pm        
Monday, Nov. 5
Baltimore at Pittsburgh    8:30 pm        
Open date: Chicago, Miami, N.Y. Giants, St. Louis

WEEK 10
Sunday, Nov. 11
Atlanta at Carolina    1:00 pm        
Buffalo at Miami    1:00 pm        
Cleveland at Pittsburgh    1:00 pm        
Denver at Kansas City    1:00 pm        
Jacksonville at Tennessee    1:00 pm        
Minnesota at Green Bay    1:00 pm        
Philadelphia at Washington    1:00 pm        
St. Louis at New Orleans    1:00 pm        
Cincinnati at Baltimore    4:05 pm        
Chicago at Oakland    4:15 pm        
Dallas at N.Y. Giants    4:15 pm        
Detroit at Arizona    4:15 pm        
Indianapolis at San Diego    8:15 pm        
Monday, Nov. 12
San Francisco at Seattle    8:30 pm        
Open date: Houston, New England, N.Y. Jets, Tampa Bay

WEEK 11
Sunday, Nov. 18
Arizona at Cincinnati    1:00 pm        
Carolina at Green Bay    1:00 pm        
Cleveland at Baltimore    1:00 pm        
Kansas City at Indianapolis    1:00 pm        
Miami at Philadelphia    1:00 pm        
New England at Buffalo    1:00 pm        
New Orleans at Houston    1:00 pm        
Oakland at Minnesota    1:00 pm        
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets    1:00 pm        
San Diego at Jacksonville    1:00 pm        
Tampa Bay at Atlanta    1:00 pm        
Washington at Dallas    1:00 pm        
N.Y. Giants at Detroit    4:15 pm        
St. Louis at San Francisco    4:15 pm        
Chicago at Seattle    8:15 pm        
* Note: Sunday night games in Weeks 11-17 subject to change.
Monday, Nov. 19
Tennessee at Denver    8:30 pm        

WEEK 12
Thursday, Nov. 22
Green Bay at Detroit    12:30 pm        
N.Y. Jets at Dallas    4:15 pm        
Indianapolis at Atlanta    8:15 pm        
Sunday, Nov. 25
Buffalo at Jacksonville    1:00 pm        
Denver at Chicago    1:00 pm        
Houston at Cleveland    1:00 pm        
Minnesota at N.Y. Giants    1:00 pm        
New Orleans at Carolina    1:00 pm        
Oakland at Kansas City    1:00 pm        
Seattle at St. Louis    1:00 pm        
Tennessee at Cincinnati    1:00 pm        
Washington at Tampa Bay    1:00 pm        
San Francisco at Arizona    4:05 pm        
Baltimore at San Diego    4:15 pm        
Philadelphia at New England    8:15 pm        
* Note: Sunday night games in Weeks 11-17 subject to change.
Monday, Nov. 26
Miami at Pittsburgh    8:30 pm        

WEEK 13
Thursday, Nov. 29
Green Bay at Dallas    8:15 pm        
Sunday, Dec. 2
Atlanta at St. Louis    1:00 pm        
Buffalo at Washington    1:00 pm        
Detroit at Minnesota    1:00 pm        
Houston at Tennessee    1:00 pm        
Jacksonville at Indianapolis    1:00 pm        
N.Y. Jets at Miami    1:00 pm        
San Diego at Kansas City    1:00 pm        
Seattle at Philadelphia    1:00 pm        
San Francisco at Carolina    1:00 pm        
Tampa Bay at New Orleans    1:00 pm        
Cleveland at Arizona    4:05 pm        
Denver at Oakland    4:05 pm        
N.Y. Giants at Chicago    4:15 pm        
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh    8:15 pm        
* Note: Sunday night games in Weeks 11-17 subject to change.
Monday, Dec. 3
New England at Baltimore    8:30 pm        

WEEK 14
Thursday, Dec. 6
Chicago at Washington    8:15 pm        
Sunday, Dec. 9
Carolina at Jacksonville    1:00 pm        
Dallas at Detroit    1:00 pm        
Miami at Buffalo    1:00 pm        
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia    1:00 pm        
Oakland at Green Bay    1:00 pm        
Pittsburgh at New England    1:00 pm        
San Diego at Tennessee    1:00 pm        
St. Louis at Cincinnati    1:00 pm        
Tampa Bay at Houston    1:00 pm        
Arizona at Seattle    4:05 pm        
Minnesota at San Francisco    4:05 pm        
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets    4:15 pm        
Kansas City at Denver    4:15 pm        
Indianapolis at Baltimore    8:15 pm        
* Note: Sunday night games in Weeks 11-17 subject to change.
Monday, Dec. 10
New Orleans at Atlanta    8:30 pm        

WEEK 15
Thursday, Dec. 13
Denver at Houston    8:15 pm        
Saturday, Dec. 15
Cincinnati at San Francisco    8:15 pm        
Sunday, Dec. 16
Arizona at New Orleans    1:00 pm        
Atlanta at Tampa Bay    1:00 pm        
Baltimore at Miami    1:00 pm        
Buffalo at Cleveland    1:00 pm        
Green Bay at St. Louis    1:00 pm        
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh    1:00 pm        
N.Y. Jets at New England    1:00 pm        
Seattle at Carolina    1:00 pm        
Tennessee at Kansas City    1:00 pm        
Indianapolis at Oakland    4:05 pm        
Detroit at San Diego    4:15 pm        
Philadelphia at Dallas    4:15 pm        
Washington at N.Y. Giants    8:15 pm        
* Note: Sunday night games in Weeks 11-17 subject to change.
Monday, Dec. 17
Chicago at Minnesota    8:30 pm        

WEEK 16
Thursday, Dec. 20
Pittsburgh at St. Louis    8:15 pm        
Saturday, Dec. 22
Dallas at Carolina    8:15 pm        
Sunday, Dec. 23
Cleveland at Cincinnati    1:00 pm        
Green Bay at Chicago    1:00 pm        
Houston at Indianapolis    1:00 pm        
Kansas City at Detroit    1:00 pm        
Miami at New England    1:00 pm        
N.Y. Giants at Buffalo    1:00 pm        
Oakland at Jacksonville    1:00 pm        
Philadelphia at New Orleans    1:00 pm        
Washington at Minnesota    1:00 pm        
Atlanta at Arizona    4:05 pm        
Baltimore at Seattle    4:15 pm        
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee    4:15 pm        
Tampa Bay at San Francisco    8:15 pm        
* Note: Sunday night games in Weeks 11-17 subject to change.
Monday, Dec. 24
Denver at San Diego    8:00 pm        

WEEK 17
Saturday, Dec. 29
New England at N.Y. Giants    8:15 pm        
Sunday, Dec. 30
Buffalo at Philadelphia    1:00 pm        
Carolina at Tampa Bay    1:00 pm        
Cincinnati at Miami    1:00 pm        
Dallas at Washington    1:00 pm        
Detroit at Green Bay    1:00 pm        
Jacksonville at Houston    1:00 pm        
New Orleans at Chicago    1:00 pm        
Pittsburgh at Baltimore    1:00 pm        
Seattle at Atlanta    1:00 pm        
San Francisco at Cleveland    1:00 pm        
Tennessee at Indianapolis    1:00 pm        
Minnesota at Denver    4:15 pm        
San Diego at Oakland    4:15 pm        
St. Louis at Arizona    4:15 pm        
Kansas City at N.Y. Jets    8:15 pm        
* Note: Sunday night games in Weeks 11-17 subject to change.