Giants and Jets 2012 schedules released

The NFL has released its 2012 regular season schedule. The World Champion New York Giants will open their campaign at home against the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, September 5 on NBC. The game would have been broadcast Thursday night, but President Barack Obama's DNC acceptance speech is on that Thursday, so the network decided to move the game up.

A "leaked schedule" that hit the web 11 days ago turned out to be exactly what the NFL said it was hours after its release: phony.  That schedule had the Giants playing against Cleveland in Week 2 when, in fact, they are playing Tampa Bay. That will be an interesting match-up only because former Rutgers coach Greg Schiano returns to New Jersey as coach of the Bucs. The Giants will play the Carolina Panthers in Week 3 on Thursday Night Football before heading to Philadelphia for a Sunday night clash in Week 4.

The Giants will have their NFC Championship rematch with the San Francisco 49ers in Week 6 on Fox and won't see the Packers until Week 12 on Sunday Night Football. The Giants Bye Week is late, Week 11.

As for the Jets and all of their problems whether it be the incompetent play of Mark Sanchez, the bad attitude of Santonio Holmes, the circus that is Tim Tebow, or Woody Johnson's desire to get as much publicity as possible, the team gets a tricky schedule in the first month of the year. The meet the Bills in Week 1, a team the Jets struggled to beat last season. Then in Week 2, Mark Sanchez's job could be on the line as the New York travels to Pittsburgh.

The Jets are on prime time only three times: home to Houston on Monday Night Football, home to New England on Thanksgiving night, and at Tennessee on a Monday night. The Thanksgiving game will be the second time in a three year period that the Jets will host a Thanksgiving prime time game. Unlike years past where the prime time turkey game was broadcast on NFL Network, this year's version will be on NBC. San Diego is tentatively scheduled for a Sunday night in Week 16, but chances are, if the Jets truly suck, that game will be a 4:05 on CBS.

Other highlights of the NFL schedule include the Broncos hosting the Steelers on Sunday Night Football in Week 1 on September 9. The Green Bay Packers play host to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 1, that game will be on FOX. The Ravens host the Bengals in the first game of ESPN's Monday Night double-header in Week 1. The entire 2012 regular season schedule can be accessed at this link!

NY Giants 2012 schedule
9/5 DALLAS ................ 8:30 NBC
9/16 TAMPA BAY.........1:00 FOX
9/20 @ Carolina ............8:20 NFLN
9/30 @ Philadelphia......8:30 NBC
10/7 CLEVELAND.......1:00 CBS
10/14 @ San Francisco...4:15 FOX
10/21 WASHINGTON....1:00 FOX
10/28 @ Dallas................4:15 FOX
11/4 PITTSBURGH.........4:15 CBS
11/11 @ Cincinnati..........1:00 FOX
11/18 Bye Week
11/25 GREEN BAY.........8:20 NBC
12/2 @ Washington.........8:30 ESPN
12/9 NEW ORLEANS.....4:15 FOX
12/16 @ Atlanta...............1:00 FOX
12/23 @ Baltimore...........1:00 FOX
12/30 PHILADELPHIA...4:15 FOX

NY Jets 2012 schedule
9/9 BUFFALO.................1:00 CBS
9/16 @ Pittsburgh............4:15 CBS
9/23 @ Miami..................1:00 CBS
9/30 SAN FRANCISCO..1:00 FOX
10/8 HOUSTON..............8:30 ESPN
10/14 INDIANAPOLIS...1:00 CBS
10/21 @ New England.....4:15 CBS
10/28 MIAMI..................1:00 CBS
11/4 Bye Week
11/11@ Seattle................4:05 CBS
11/18 @ St. Louis...........1:00 CBS
11/22 NEW ENGLAND..8:30 NBC (Thanksgiving)
12/2 ARIZONA..............1:00 FOX
12/9 @ Jacksonville........1:00 CBS
12/17 @ Tennessee.........8:30 ESPN
12/23 SAN DIEGO........8:20 NBC
12/30 @ Buffalo.............1:00 CBS