NFL Week #2: CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC and NFLN all set for full 16 game schedule; Talent and markets cleared

CBS has the doubleheader this week. Fox the singleton. Tim Brando moves from college this week and is assigned an NFL game, Vikings-Colts.

Giants-Bears game, ordinarily on Fox goes to CBS this week.

By late week, Fox was trying to get the NFL to allow Kenny Albert to do the 49ers at Jets game. He was unable to work last Sunday after traveling from Canada where he did hockey. The NFL, enforcing Covid protocols, asked Fox that he not call an NFL game for 14 days. The indefatigable son of Marv is a chip off the old block. Dad Marv was omnipresent too. Sounds like the NFL held firm. Fox confirmed Thursday that Albert will be back in Week #3 and that this Sunday the talented and promising Brandon Gaudin will sub for him on $9ers-Jets.

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman did the Thursday night game and have Sunday off.

CONGRATS TO JOE BUCK. IT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT HE WON THE PETE ROZELLE RADIO AND TELEVISION AWARD FROM THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME! 

Thursday, Sept. 17 (8:20 p.m. ET)

Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns (NFLN) Joe Buck/Troy Aikman 

100% of country – 65 million subscribers

Sunday, Sept. 20 (1:00 p.m. ET)

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers (Fox) Chris Myers/Greg Jennings (12%)

Alpena, Anchorage, Billings, Butte, Casper, Cedar Rapids, Champaign, Cheyenne, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Davenport, Dayton, Des Moines, Detroit, Fairbanks, Flint, Grand Rapids, Great Falls, Green Bay, Helena, Juneau, La Crosse, Lansing, Lima, Lincoln, Madison, Marquette, Milwaukee, Missoula, North Platte, Omaha, Peoria, Quincy, Rockford, Springfield, St. Louis, Toledo, Topeka, Traverse City, Wausau

New York Giants at Chicago Bears (CBS) Ian Eagle/Charles Davis (45%)

Abilene, Alexandria, Alpena, Atlanta, Augusta, Austin, Bangor, Baton Rouge, Beaumont, Biloxi, Birmingham, Bryan , Cadillac, Cedar Rapids, Charleston, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Des Moines, Detroit, Duluth – Chisholm, Escanaba, Evansville, Fairbanks, Fargo, Flint, Fort Wayne, Ft Smith, Greenbay, Greensboro, Harlingen , Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, Kirksville, La Crosse , Lafayette,In., Lafayette, La., Lake Charles, Lansing, Laredo, Little Rock, Lubbock , Macon, Madison, Mankato, Mason City, Meridian, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Monroe, Montgomery, New Orleans, Odessa, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia , Phoenix, Portland, Presque Isle, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sault Saint Marie, Sherman Shreveport Spartanburg Terre Haute Tulsa Tyler Victoria Waco Walker Wausau Wichita Falls Wilmington Yuma Albany Binghamton Burlington Champaign Chicago Hartford New York Peoria Quincy Rock Island Rockford South Bend Springfield Watertown

Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans (CBS) Andrew Catalon/James Lofton (8%)

Albany, Bowling Green, Cape Girardeau, Chattanooga, Columbus_Ga., Columbus_Ms., Dothan, Gainesville, Greenville Ms., Hattiesburg, Huntsville, Jackson, Jackson, Jacksonville, Johnson City, Jonesboro, Knoxville, Memphis, Mobile, Nashville, Orlando, Panama City Beach, Savannah, Spokane, Tallahassee

Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys (Fox) Kevin Burkhardt/Daryl Johnston (23%)

Abilene, Albany, Albuquerque, Alexandria, Amarillo, Atlanta, Augusta, Austin, Baton Rouge, Beaumont, Biloxi, Birmingham, Charleston, Chattanooga, Columbia, Columbus, Columbus, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Dothan, El Paso, Fort Smith, Greenwood, Guam, Harlingen, Hattiesburg, Houston, Huntsville, Idaho Falls, Jackson, Jackson, Jonesboro, Joplin, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Laredo, Las Vegas, Lexington, Little Rock, Lubbock, Macon, Memphis, Meridian, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, New Orleans, Odessa, Oklahoma City, Paducah, Parkersburg, San Angelo, San Antonio, Savannah, Sherman, Shreveport, Springfield, St. Joseph, Tri-Cities, Tulsa, Tyler, Victoria Waco Wheeling Wichita Wichita Falls

San Francisco 49ers at New York Jets (Fox) Brandon Gaudin/Jonathan Vilma (17%)

Albany, Bakersfield, Bend, Binghamton, Boise, Chico, Elmira, Eugene, Eureka, Fresno, Honolulu, Medford, Monterey, New York, Portland, Puerto Rico, Reno, Rochester, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Syracuse, Twin Falls, US Virgin Islands, Utica, Watertown, Yakima

Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles (Fox) Kevin Kugler/Chris Spielman (10%)

Erie, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Philadelphia, Salisbury, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Wilkes-Barre

Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Fox) Adam Amin/Mark Schlereth (15%)

Bangor, Bluefield, Boston, Burlington, Charleston, Charlotte, Columbia, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Greensboro, Greenville, Greenville, Hartford, Myrtle Beach, Orlando, Panama City, Portland, Presque Isle, Providence, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, Springfield, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Wilmington

Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers (CBS) Greg Gumbel/Rich Gannon (41%)

marillo, Anchorage, Bakersfield, Baltimore, Bend, Billings, Bismarck, Boise, Boston, Bozeman, Butte, Charlottesville, Chico, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia, Coos Bay, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge City/Ensign, El Paso, Eugene, Eureka, Florence, Florence, Fresno, Glendive, Goodland, Grand Island, Great Falls, Greenville NC, Harrisonburg, Hays, Hazard, Helena, Idaho Falls, Jefferson City, Juneau, Kalispell, Kansas City, Ketchikan, Las Vegas, Lewiston, Lexington, Lima, Lincoln, Los Angeles, Louisville, Medford, Minot, Missoula, Monterey, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha, Palm Springs, Pasco, Pittsburg, Portland, Providence , Raleigh, Rapid City, Reliance, Reno Richmond Roanoke Roseburg Sacramento Salisbury San Diego San Francisco Santa Maria Seattle Sioux City Sioux Falls Sitka Springfield St Joseph St. Louis Toledo Topeka Tucson Twin Falls Washington Wichita Williston Yakima

Minnesota Vikings at Indianapolis Colts (Fox) Tim Brando/Robert Smith (5%)

Bowling Green, Duluth, Evansville, Fargo, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Louisville, Mankato, Minneapolis, Minot, Ottumwa, Rapid City, Rochester, Mn; Sioux City, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Terre Haute

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins (CBS) Spero Dedes/Adam Archuleta (6%)

Buffalo, Elmira-corning, Erie, Ft Myers , Miami , Rochester, Syracuse, Tampa, Utica, W. Palm Beach

Sunday, Sept. 20 (4:05 p.m. ET)

Washington Football Team at Arizona Cardinals (Fox) Dick Stockton/Brady Quinn

Baltimore, Buffalo, Charlottesville, Chicago, Clarksburg, Colorado Springs, Columbus, Denver, Grand Junction, Harrisonburg, Jacksonville, Miami, Nashville, Norfolk, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Roanoke, Tucson, Washington, Youngstown, Yuma

Sunday, Sept. 20 (4:25 p.m. ET)

Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers (CBS) Jim Nantz/Tony Romo (71%)

Albany, NY; Albany, Ga; Albuquerque, Alexandria, Alpena, Amarillo, Anchorage, Atlanta, Bangor, Baton Rouge, Bend, Billings, Biloxi, Binghamton, Birmingham, Bismarck, Boise, Boston, Bozeman, Buffalo, Burlington, Butte, Cadillac, Casper, Champaign, Cheyenne, Chicago, Chico, Colorado Springs, Columbia, Columbus_Ga., Columbus_Ms., Coos Bay, Denver, Detroit, Dickinson, Dothan, Duluth – Chisholm, Durango, Elmira-corning, Escanaba, Eugene, Eureka, Evansville, Fairbanks, Fargo, Flint, Florence, Florence, Fresno, Ft Myers , Ft Smith, Gainesville, Glendive, Grand Junction, Great Falls, Greenbay, Greenville_Ms, Greenville_Nc, Hartford, Hattiesburg, Helena, HonoluluHuntsville Idaho Falls Indianapolis Jackson Jackson Jonesboro Juneau Kalamazoo Kalispell Ketchikan La Crosse  Lafayette_In. Lake Charles Lander Lansing Las Vegas Lewiston Little Rock Lubbock  Macon Madison Mankato Medford Memphis Meridian Miami  Milwaukee Minneapolis Minot Missoula Mobile Monroe Monterey Montgomery Montrose New Orleans New York Odessa Oklahoma City Orlando Panama City Beach Pasco Peoria Phoenix Portland Portland Presque Isle Providence  Raleigh Rapid City Reliance Reno Rochester Rock Island Rock Springs Rockford Roseburg Roswell Sacramento Salt Lake City San Francisco Sault Saint Marie Scottsbluff/Gering Scranton Seattle Shreveport Sioux Falls Sitka South Bend Spokane Springfield Syracuse Tallahassee Tampa Terre Haute Tucson Tulsa Twin Falls Tyler Utica W. Palm Beach Walker Watertown Wausau Williston Wilmington Yakima Kansas City Los Angeles San Diego St Joseph Topeka Bakersfield Cape Girardeau Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dodge City/Ensign Goodland Grand Island Hays Jefferson City Kirksville Lincoln Mason City North Platte Omaha Palm Springs Pittsburg Quincy Santa Maria Sioux City Springfield St. Louis Wichita Yuma

Baltimore Ravens at Houston Texans (CBS)  Kevin Harlan/Trent Green (29%)

Abilene, Austin, Charlottesville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Harlingen , Harrisonburg, Laredo, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sherman, Waco, Wichita Falls, Baltimore, Beaumont, Bryan , Harrisburg, Houston, Salisbury, Victoria, Washington

Sunday, Sept. 20 (8:20 p.m. ET)

New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks (NBC) Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth

100% of country – NBC

Monday, Sept. 21 (8:15 p.m. ET)

New Orleans Saints at Las Vegas Raiders (ESPN) Steve Levy/Brian Griese/Louis Riddick

100% of country – ESPN has roughly 85 million subscribers