Mike Tomlin Makes NBC Sports Regular Season Debut on Football Night In America Before Patriots-Seahawks on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. ET

Sunday Night Football takes us to the NFC East, where an old rivalry begins a new chapter.

The 2026 NFL regular season kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 9 with a Week 1 Super Bowl LX rematch when the New England Patriots travel to Seattle to take on the Super Bowl champion Seahawks at 8:20 p.m.

On the morning of Sept. 10, 2006, Drew Esocoff — who would go on to direct Sunday Night Football for the next two decades — found himself on a treadmill at the team hotel next to Archie Manning. “He was as calm as any dad with sons playing QB in the NFL against each

The legendary player and coach is no longer a part of the pregame show for NBC's primetime NFL broadcasts in 2026.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is produced by Universal Television and Broadway Video with Lorne Michaels as exec producer and Chris Miller as showrunner.

Here are the play-by-play announcers, analysts and sideline reporters who will be calling NFL games during the 2026 season.

Welcome to the first Sunday Night Football matchup of the year, as the Dallas Cowboys visit the New York Giants for a primetime NFC East showdown. The Giants are entering a new era as a franchise under head coach John Harbaugh,