NBC Sports Kicks Off NFL Season with Premier Matchups, Beg. Today

NBC Sports kicks off its coverage of the 2016 NFL season with a blockbuster weekend featuring all four teams from last season's NFC and AFC Championship Games. It all begins tomorrow, September 8, on NBC, when SUPER BOWL 50 MVP Von Miller and the defending champion Denver Broncos play host to Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in NFL Kickoff 2016 in a rematch of last year's Super Bowl. Coverage begins with a special edition of FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA - the most-watched weekly studio show in sports - at 7:30 p.m. ET. Three days later, NBC Sports opens its 11th season of SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on September 11, when Carson Palmer and the Arizona Cardinals face Jimmy Garrapolo and the New England Patriots at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Coverage starts with Football Night at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

Coverage of the 2016 NFL regular season will include 24 live game presentations on NBC - the only network with two primetime NFL packages - highlighted by Sunday Night Football, the No. 1 show on primetime TV, and five Thursday Night Football games; Sunday pre-game coverage on NBC with Football Night in America, the most-watched weekly studio show in sports; live streaming of SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and Thursday Night Football for desktops, tablets and connected TVs on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app; weekday studio coverage on NBCSN with Pro Football Talk; weekly programming on NBCSN with Emmy Award-nominated NFL Turning Point; daily NFL-related radio programming on nearly 420 NBC Sports Radio affiliates across the United States; local team coverage on 10 NBC Sports Regional Networks; comprehensive fantasy football coverage through Rotoworld.com; and additional digital and social media content.

Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst), and Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter) will call tomorrow night's NFL Kickoff 2016 season opener featuring the Panthers and Broncos, as well as the SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL opener between the Patriots and Cardinals.

Tomorrow night's pre-game coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC with a special edition of Football Night In America, live from Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver. Bob Costas and Dan Patrick will host FNIA on-site, alongside Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy, two-time SUPER BOWL champion Rodney Harrison, and Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK on NBCSN, NBCSports.com and NBC Sports Radio. Pre-game coverage will also feature Mike Tirico's interview with Cam Newton.

Dan Patrick will anchor FNIA on Sunday from NBC Sports' International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn., alongside Dungy, Harrison, and Florio. Costas and Tirico will host Sunday's edition of FNIA on-site in Glendale, and Paul Burmeister will provide reports from Sunday's Giants-Cowboys game in Dallas. NFL Insider Peter King will contribute stories and information throughout the season. Last week, NBC Sports announced the commentary teams for this season's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and Thursday Night Football broadcasts.