The next NFL season will open on a Wednesday night for the first time since 2012, with the Seattle Seahawks beginning their Super Bowl title defense on September 9.
Seattle’s opponent will be confirmed at a later date, but the game is set to air on NBC and stream on Peacock. The 2012 season’s unusual bow, which was then the first on Wednesday since 1948, resulted from the league wanting to avoid conflict with President Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
The Seahawks beat the New England Patriots last month to claim the second Super Bowl championship in franchise history.
The shift to Wednesday from the longtime Thursday opening night has nothing to do with politics this time around. Instead, it has to do with federal rules barring the NFL from playing games on Fridays or Saturdays from the second week of September through
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