Football Night in America will open the 2022 NFL season with a first time broadcast in Canton

Canton- The NBC Sports family are trying something different this year. For the first time ever, the Football Night in America crew will broadcast live to open up the 2022 NFL Season.

It is finally here. Football is back and the Football Night in America crew will get the mood set for the upcoming season, starting with a live broadcast in Canton for the Hall of Fame game. The game will feature the Raiders vs Jags, yes, I know, not the way to get fans excited about football. Maria Taylor, Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison,Jason Garrett, Chris Simms, Jac Collinsworth and Mike Florio will be onsite, getting the fans hyped about the season, as well as doing player interviews.

After Canton, the Football Night in America crew will prepare for the actual football season.

Here are the games that NBC will broadcast through the season.

Sept. 8 NFL Kickoff Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams

Sun. Sept. 11 Week 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys Sun.

Sept. 18 Week 2 Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

Sun. Sept. 25 Week 3 San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos

Sun. Oct. 2 Week 4 Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sun. Oct. 9 Week 5 Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

Sun. Oct. 16 Week 6 Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles

Sun. Oct. 23 Week 7 Pittsburgh Steelers at Miami Dolphins

Sun. Oct. 30 Week 8 Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills

Sun. Nov. 6 Week 9 Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chief

Sun. Nov. 13 Week 10 Los Angeles Chargers at San Francisco 49ers

Sun. Nov. 20 Week 11 Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers

Thurs. Nov. 24 Week 12 New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings

Sun. Nov. 27 Week 12 Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles

Sun. Dec. 4 Week 13 Indianapolis Colts at Dallas Cowboy

Sun. Dec. 11 Week 14 Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos

Sun. Dec. 18 Week 15 New England Patriots at Las Vegas Raiders

Sun. Dec. 25 Week 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arizona Cardinals

Sun. Jan. 1 Week 17 Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles Chargers

Sun. Jan. 8 Week 18 TBD