The Tampa Bay Buccaneers already know their 2022 schedule will feature marquee matchups, legendary quarterback battles, playoff rematches and a couple of very long trips. What they don’t yet know, but soon will, is the dates and times that these exciting events will take place.
Clarity will arrive on Thursday, May 12, when the NFL releases its full 2022 regular-season schedule. The league will make the announcement on the Schedule Release ’22 show, which will begin at 8:00 p.m. ET on the NFL Network. The schedule will also be available at that time on NFL.com and the NFL app, and Tampa Bay’s full schedule will be released at the same time on Buccaneers.com. Each team will also be permitted to announce its first home game opponent a bit early, at 6:00 p.m. ET.
The Buccaneers will actually find out the date and time of at least one of their games before that Thursday evening show. A handful of dates will be announced in the days leading up to the full release, including all of the contests in the International Series, which will be released on Wednesday, May 4.
Perhaps the most anticipated date for the Buccaneers is the one attached to their groundbreaking game in Munich. The Bucs also do not yet know what opponent will be joining them for the first NFL game ever played in Germany. Since that contest will count as a home game for Tampa Bay, the opponent will come from that half of their schedule, which includes the likes of the Kansas City Chiefs and both of the teams that squared off in Super Bowl LVI in February, the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals.
The NFL also plans to announce the details of its Week Two Thursday Night Football game on Prime Video during the first round of the draft on April 28. Other select games will be revealed during the Week of May 9.
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