By Ryan

NFL Network announced today the details of its Super Bowl XLIV pregame coverage, consisting of a whopping eight and a half hours of programming. Just about every major storyline is getting some attention. And then, they’ll trot out the cast of the movie Grown Ups. From NFL Network:

NFL NETWORK AT SUPER BOWL XLIV: WHAT’S ON
“THE LONGEST PREGAME SHOW IN HISTORY”
NFL GAMEDAY MORNING—Sunday, February 7 at 9:00 AM

On Super Bowl Sunday, NFL Network’s pregame show, NFL GameDay Morning will provide a record 8 ½ hours of live coverage starting at 9:00 AM ET with 18 on-air personalities from Sun Life Stadium and other locations in South Florida.

The following are highlights of what will be on the longest Super Bowl pregame show in history on NFL Network, Sunday, February 7:

9:00 AM ET

Introduction from South Beach

NFL Films Steve Sabol feature on Vince Lombardi and his grandson, Saints QB Coach Joe Lombardi

First update of the day on Colts DE Dwight Freeney’s playing status

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By Ryan

NFL Network announced its “everything but the game itself” coverage of Super Bowl XLIV from South Florida. Highlights include 8.5 hours of pregame coverage on Sunday, along with 65 hours of original programming from South Florida. From NFL Network:

THE LONGEST PREGAME SHOW IN HISTORY – A RECORD 8.5 HOURS OF SUPER BOWL SUNDAY COVERAGE ON NFL NETWORK

SUPER COVERAGE INCLUDES MORE THAN 50 HOURS OF LIVE PROGRAMMING OF SUPER BOWL XLIV FROM SOUTH FLORIDA PROVIDING VIEWERS ALL-ACCESS PASS

Unmatched Super Bowl-Winning Analyst Line-Up Includes Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp, Rod Woodson and Joe Theismann Plus Many More Analysts and Special Guests

Beginning Wednesday, January 27, NFL Network sets down in South Florida and for 13 days, brings viewers wall-to-wall coverage of the 2010 Pro Bowl, Super Bowl XLIV and all the events in between. On Super Bowl Sunday, NFL Network’s pregame show, NFL GameDay Morning will provide a record 8 ½ hours of live coverage starting at 9:00 AM ET with 17 on-air personalities from four locations across South Florida.

With more than 65 hours of original programming from South Florida combined with the classic, complementary Super Bowl content including Emmy award-winning NFL Films specials that can only be found on NFL Network, fans receive the complete NFL postseason experience with more than 100 hours of round-the-clock programming.
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By Ryan

NFL Network presents 12 preseason games live and in HD, and five of them air this Friday and Saturday Aug. 14-15. During the 2009 NFL preseason, NFL Network will televise a record 65 games – up from the 54 shown in 2008. The preseason schedule, which is entirely in HD for the first time, also includes 97 encore telecasts so that no one will miss a game.

Live NFL Preseason Games on NFL Network:

St. Louis Rams vs. New York Jets (HD) • Friday, Aug. 14, 7pm ET
Denver Broncos vs. San Francisco 49ers (HD) • Friday, Aug. 14, 10pm ET
Atlanta Falcons vs. Detroit Lions (HD) • Saturday, Aug. 15, 4pm ET
Chicago Bears vs. Buffalo Bills (HD) • Saturday, Aug. 15, 7pm ET
Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers (HD) • Saturday, Aug. 15, 10pm ET
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Washington Redskins (HD) • Saturday, Aug. 22, 7:30pm ET
Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks (HD) • Saturday, Aug. 22, 10:30pm ET
Indianapolis Colts vs. Detroit Lions (HD) • Saturday, Aug. 29, 1pm ET
New Orleans Saints vs. Oakland Raiders (HD) • Saturday, Aug. 29, 4pm ET
Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Jets (HD) • Thursday, Sept. 3, 7pm ET
Oakland Raiders vs. Seattle Seahawks (HD) • Thursday, Sept. 3, 10pm ET
Dallas Cowboys vs. Minnesota Vikings (HD) • Friday, Sept. 4, 8pm ET

Full NFL Network preseason schedule of live games and game re-airs after the jump.

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By Ryan

NFL Draft weekend is April 25-26, and there will once again be plenty of hype and more in-depth coverage than ever before as teams select their new saviors. You’ll hear more scouting data about players than you ever cared to know. You’ll hear how every pick is great and fills a need. But really, no one can judge in one weekend in April if any of these draft picks are any good. You can’t measure a draft’s success until the season after — or even a few seasons after — the draft. So take what happens on draft day with a grain of salt. And enjoy the Mel Kiper sighting.

ESPN, ESPN2 and NFL Network have live coverage of both draft days, all in high definition. ESPNEWS also has “On the Clock” previews of each team.

Full NFL Draft TV schedule for this weekend after the jump.

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So the hype machine for Super Bowl XLIII is in full swing this week, and NFL Network is going with the all-out media blitz again. Here’s everything you can see on NFLN between now and Monday morning’s wrap up:

NFL Network Super Bowl XLIII Coverage

(All Times Eastern)

Monday, January 26
10:00 AM – America’s Game: The Missing Rings – 1969 Minnesota Vikings
11:00 AM – America’s Game: The Missing Rings – 1981 San Diego Chargers
12 NOON – America’s Game: The Missing Rings – 1998 Minnesota Vikings
1:00 PM – America’s Game: The Missing Rings – 1990 Buffalo Bills
2:00 PM – America’s Game: The Missing Rings – 1988 Cincinnati Bengals
3:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl – Team arrivals
6:00 PM – America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions – 1999 St. Louis Rams
7:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl
8:30 PM – Super Bowl Classics – Super Bowl XXXIV: St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee Titans

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NFL Network is probably my favorite cable channel, but it seems it’s falling on hard times these days. Most big cable companies are still refusing to carry it, and it even rented away its best show, NFL Game of the Week, to ION (!) this season.

And NFL Net couldn’t even catch a break this past weekend when it decided to make Sunday’s Ravens-49ers game — a miserable crapfest the Ravens won 9-7 — a special “Mic’d Up” game. NFL Net added 12 extra cameras to this game and put microphones on 10 players and coaches to bring us Ravens at 49ers: NFL Mic’d Up airing Saturday, Oct. 13 at 8pm ET.

The last time NFL Net attempted this, they got two Sports Emmy nominations for a Jets-Ravens overtime game they Mic’d Up in 2004. This time, they got Trent Dilfer.

“You get to experience the game on the field, on the sideline and in the coaches’ booth the way the players and coaches do,” said NFL Films President Steve Sabol. “It is an unfiltered look into the heart of the game. You hear the planning and you feel the passion.”

“The access we had to the Ravens and 49ers will result in a terrific show,” said NFL Vice President of Programming Charles Coplin. “This show exemplifies our mission of bringing the NFL players and coaches closer to our fans.”

Yes, if by “passion” they mean 163 total net yards for San Francisco and by “terrific show” they mean three Matt Stover field goals…

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