INDIANAPOLIS —Get your planners ready.
The National Football League has announced that the 2018 regular season schedule for all 32 teams — including the Colts, who will be celebrating their 35th season in Indianapolis — will be released at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday.
The NFL Network will celebrate the occasion with its two-hour "2018 NFL Schedule Release" show, which also begins at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Hosted by Scott Hanson and featuring analysts Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner and Maurice Jones-Drew, the special will break down the entire 2018 NFL regular season schedule, division by division, analyzing the top matchups and primetime games, including the 18-game Thursday Night Football schedule on FOX and NFL Network.
Additionally during the two-hour show, the Rich Eisen Show hosted by Rich Eisen will take calls from fans to provide their thoughts and reactions, as well as provide interviews with current NFL players regarding the 2018 NFL schedule.
By virtue of last season's results — as well as the four-year inter-conference and three-year intra-conference rotations — the Colts already know their opponents and sites of their games for the 2018 regular season; all that's left are the dates/times of those matchups, as well as the network televising them.Here's the Colts' 2018 home slate:
• Houston Texans
• Jacksonville Jaguars
• Tennessee Titans
• Buffalo Bills
• Cincinnati Bengals
• Dallas Cowboys
• Miami Dolphins
• New York GiantsAnd the away games:
• Houston Texans
• Jacksonville Jaguars
• Tennessee Titans
• New England Patriots
• New York Jets
• Oakland Raiders
• Philadelphia Eagles • Washington Redskins
For more on those Colts regular season matchups, click here.
The NFL last week announced the preseason schedule for all 32 teams. The Colts' four-game preseason slate is as follows:
• Week 1 (date/time TBD): at Seattle Seahawks
• Week 2; Monday, Aug. 20; vs. Baltimore Ravens
• Week 3; Saturday, Aug. 25; vs. San Francisco 49ers • Week 4; Thursday, Aug. 30; at Cincinnati Bengals
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