FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots will open the 2017 NFL season at home against the Kansas City Chiefs, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN.
The matchup will be one of the highlights when the league officially releases the entire schedule of games Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. Other Week 1 matchups expected to be announced include:
The New York Giants will face the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas, a source told ESPN's Jordan Ranaan. It will mark the fifth time in six seasons the Giants will have opened against the Cowboys.