NFL Preseason TV schedule - Week 2 Thursday night August 18

The second week of the NFL’s 2016 preseason schedule kicks off tonight, with six games on the schedule. Two of those games, the Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers and the Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, will be broadcast nationwide on NFL Network. This week’s games should start to see the first-team players from every team get more reps ahead of next week’s “dress rehearsal” games.

Below, you will find everything you need to watch the games, including who is on the schedule and how to stream the games online. Each game will be broadcast within their respective markets, so if you live near one of these teams’ home city, you may get the game on live TV. There is also an NFL Network game scheduled for tonight featuring the New Orleans Saints and the New England Patriots.

Online Streaming

NFL GamePass will allow you to stream any of the preseason games. The package for the entire season will include on-demand replays of the regular season games, and it does have an associated cost. However, you can sign up for a free trial right now to be able to see this week’s preseason games.

Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers

7pm ET

National TV coverage: NFL Network

Eagles TV coverage: WCAU 10.2 (Philadelphia), Comcast Sportsnet (Philadelphia), Fox (Harrisburg, Scranton), My/29 (State College)

Steelers TV coverage: CBS (Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Altoona, Youngstown), Fox (Scranton, Erie, Wheeling, Elmira), CW (Charleston), WCMH/4.2 (Columbus)

Cincinnati Bengals at Detroit Lions

7:30pm ET

Bengals TV coverage: CBS (Cincinnati), FOx (Louisville, Lexington, Lima), ABC (Columbus, Dayton)

Lions TV coverage: Fox (Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Traverse City, Toledo), CBS (Saginaw, Escanaba)

Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns

8pm ET

Falcons TV coverage: CW (Atlanta), Fox (Augusta, Albany, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Dothan, Mobile, Montgomery), My/68 (Birmingham)

Browns TV coverage: ABC (Cleveland, Youngstown), CBS (Columbus, Dayton, Toledo)

Oakland Raiders at Green Bay Packers

8pm ET

Raiders TV coverage: Fox (Oakland, San Francisco, Bakersfield), CBS (Fresno), CW (Los Angeles, Honolulu), My/58 (Bakersfield)

Packers TV coverage: My/32 (Green Bay), ABC (Madison, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Wausau, Des Moines, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau), Fox (Duluth, Marquette), CBS (Quad Cities, Omaha), WMLM/49 (Milwaukee), KWWL/7.2 (Waterloo)

Chicago Bears at New England Patriots

8pm ET

Bears TV coverage: Fox (Chicago, Champaign, Peoria, Springfield, Quincy, CEdar Rapids, Fort Wayne, St. Louis, South Bend, Quad Cities), CBS (Rockford), ABC (Evansville), CW (Madison, Des Moines (delay))

Patriots TV coverage: CBS (Boston, Burlington), ABC (Manchester, Portland), Fox (Bangor), My (9/New Haven, 64.2/Providence)

Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks

10pm ET

National TV coverage: NFL Network

Vikings TV coverage: Fox (Minneapolis, Mankato, Bismark, Fargo, Minot, Sioux City), ABC (Duluth, Sioux Falls), CBS (Cedar Rapids, La Crosse), KCCI/8.2 (Des Moines), KETV/7.2 (Omaha)

Seahawks TV coverage: Fox (Seattle, Spokane, Tric-Cities, Yakima, Bend, Portland), ABC (Boise, Twin Falls), CBS (Honolulu), CW (Anchorage), My (23/Eugene, 48/Medford)