NFL preseason schedule: Team-by-team matchups, dates, TV

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The first live NFL games we’ll get this year will be in August during the preseason — and those matchups are already out.

Starting with the Hall of Fame Game between the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers on Aug. 6, a month’s worth of games that will help work out schemes, whittle down rosters and more kicks off.

Jump to a team:

(Click on team names for full preseason schedule. All times ET.)

AFC East

Buffalo Bills

Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers, TBD
Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, TBD
Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, TBD

Miami Dolphins

Week 1: at Washington Commanders, 7 p.m. Aug. 14
Week 2: vs. New York Giants, TBD
Week 3: vs. Atlanta Falcons, TBD

New England Patriots

Week 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 7:30 p.m. ET Aug. 13
Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, TBD
Week 3: at Cleveland Browns, 8 p.m. ET Aug. 27 (Amazon Prime)

New York Jets

Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, TBD
Week 2: at Pittsburgh Steelers, TBD
Week 3: vs. New York Giants, TBD

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AFC North

Baltimore Ravens

Week 1: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, TBD
Week 2: at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m. Aug. 22
Week 3: vs. Washington Commanders, 7 p.m. Aug. 28

Cincinnati Bengals

Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions, 7 p.m. Aug. 13
Week 2: vs. Chicago Bears, TBD
Week 3: at Philadelphia Eagles, 8 p.m. Aug. 28 (CBS)

Cleveland Browns

Week 1: at Chicago Bears, TBD
Week 2: vs. Buffalo Bills, TBD
Week 3: vs. New England Patriots, 8 p.m. Aug. 27 (Amazon Prime)

Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 1: vs. Green Bay Packers, TBD
Week 2: vs. New York Jets, TBD
Week 3: at Buffalo Bills, TBD

AFC South

Houston Texans

Week 1: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, TBD
Week 2: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 8 p.m. Aug. 20 (ESPN)
Week 3: at Carolina Panthers, TBD

Indianapolis Colts

Week 1: at New England Patriots, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13
Week 2: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m. Aug. 22
Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m. Aug. 29

Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 1: at New Orleans Saints, TBD
Week 2: vs. Carolina Panthers, TBD
Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, TBD

Tennessee Titans

Week 1: at San Francisco 49ers, TBD
Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 8 p.m. Aug. 23 (Fox)
Week 3: vs. Chicago Bears, TBD

AFC West

Denver Broncos

Week 1: at Atlanta Falcons, TBD
Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers, TBD
Week 3: vs. Minnesota Vikings, TBD

Kansas City Chiefs

Week 1: vs. Los Angeles Rams, TBD
Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, TBD
Week 3: vs. Seattle Seahawks, TBD

Las Vegas Raiders

Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals, TBD
Week 2: at Houston Texans, 8 p.m. Aug. 20 (ESPN)
Week 3: vs. San Francisco 49ers, TBD

Los Angeles Chargers

Week 1: at Houston Texans, TBD
Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers, TBD
Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Rams, TBD

NFC East

Dallas Cowboys

Week 1: at Seattle Seahawks, TBD
Week 2: at Arizona Cardinals, TBD
Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints, TBD

New York Giants

Week 1: vs. Minnesota Vikings, TBD
Week 2: at Miami Dolphins, TBD
Week 3: at New York Jets, TBD

Philadelphia Eagles

Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens, TBD
Week 2: at New England Patriots, TBD
Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 8 p.m. Aug. 28 (CBS)

Washington Commanders

Week 1: vs. Miami Dolphins, 7 p.m. Aug. 14
Week 2: at Detroit Lions, noon Aug. 22
Week 3: at Baltimore Ravens, 7 p.m. Aug. 28

NFC North

Chicago Bears

Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns, TBD
Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals, TBD
Week 3: at Tennessee Titans, TBD

Detroit Lions

Week 1: at Cincinnati Bengals, 7 p.m. Aug. 13
Week 2: vs. Washington Commanders, noon Aug. 22
Week 3: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. Aug. 29

Green Bay Packers

Week 1: at Pittsburgh Steelers, TBD
Week 2: at Denver Broncos, TBD
Week 3: vs. Arizona Cardinals, TBD

Minnesota Vikings

Week 1: at New York Giants, TBD
Week 2: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m. Aug. 22
Week 3: at Denver Broncos, TBD

NFC South

Atlanta Falcons

Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos, TBD
Week 2: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. Aug. 22
Week 3: at Miami Dolphins, TBD

Carolina Panthers

Hall of Fame Game: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 8 p.m. Aug. 6 in Canton, Ohio (NBC)
Week 1: at Buffalo Bills, TBD
Week 2: at Jacksonville Jaguars, TBD
Week 3: vs. Houston Texans, TBD