NFL Schedules to come out Tuesday

The NFL will announce it's regular season schedule in a live television gala to be broadcast on NFL Network, Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

Last spring marked the first time that the NFL announced the schedule in a prime time special; in years past the schedules usually came out in press releases to the media, which were quickly published thereafter. Now it's a live event.

This year's announcement will certainly be jaded. With the NFL lockout still hanging over the league, many fans will be skeptical if these games are even played at all this fall.

The NFL's owners and players are still entwined in a bitter labor dispute that has gone to Federal Courts in Minnesota. Both sides are being encouraged to enter talks of mediation, but who mediates, and where those talks will take place is still being debated.

The NFL has to release this schedule, because in the event the two sides come to a new agreement come July, then the NFL can resume training camp and get set for the regular season.

The NFL announced only one regular season game on Monday. The Chicago Bears will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in London in the increasingly ridiculous trek to London for the "international series." The game will be on October 23 on FOX.

Rumors are that the world champion Green Bay Packers will open the season against the New Orleans Saints, the previous Super Bowl Champions, on Opening Night, Thursday September 5 on NBC.

Here are the opponents for the Giants and Jets for the upcoming season. When the schedules are announced for both teams, they will be published here on Cohen's Corner Sports.

GIANTS 2011 opponents
Home: Cowboys, Eagles, Redskins, Bills, Dolphins, Packers, Rams, Seahawks.
Away: Cowboys, Eagles, Redskins, Jets, Patriots, Saints, 49ers, Cardinals.

JETS 2011 opponents
Home: Bills, Patriots, Dolphins, Giants, Cowboys, Chargers, Chiefs, Jaguars.
Away: Bills, Patriots, Dolphins, Redskins, Eagles, Broncos, Raiders, Ravens.