<Tr> <Td> 2nd </Td> <Td> Giants </Td> <Td> Lions </Td> <Td> Buccaneers </Td> <Td> Cardinals </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 3rd </Td> <Td> Redskins </Td> <Td> Vikings </Td> <Td> Saints </Td> <Td> Rams </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 4th </Td> <Td> Eagles </Td> <Td> Bears </Td> <Td> Panthers </Td> <Td> 49ers </Td> </Tr> <P> Currently, the thirteen opponents each team faces over the 16 - game regular season schedule are set using a pre-determined formula: The league runs a seventeen - week, 256 - game regular season . Since 2001, the season has begun the week after Labor Day (first Monday in September) and concluded the week after Christmas . The opening game of the season is normally a home game on a Thursday for the league's defending champion . </P>

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