"NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" FEATURES TWO OF THE NFL'S MOST DYNAMIC OFFENSES AS THE CHARGERS VISIT PATRIOTS IN PLAYOFF REMATCH

"NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" FEATURES TWO OF THE NFL'S MOST DYNAMIC OFFENSES AS THE CHARGERS VISIT PATRIOTS IN PLAYOFF REMATCH

NBC's Madden: "These are two of the three best teams in the AFC"

Michaels: "�a lot of bad blood"

NEW YORK � Sept. 12, 2007 � Two of the NFL's most potent offenses face off as "NBC Sunday Night Football" travels to Foxboro this week. NFL MVP LaDanian Tomlinson and the San Diego Chargers (1-0) look to exact revenge for last season's 27-24 playoff defeat in the Divisional Round against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (1-0), Sunday at 8:15 p.m. ET presented in high definition. NBC's coverage kicks off at 7 p.m. ET with the "Football Night in America" studio show.

Al Michaels (play-by-play), John Madden (analyst) and Andrea Kremer (sideline reporter) will call all the action. Bob Costas (host) and Cris Collinsworth (co-host), Keith Olbermann (co-host), analysts Tiki Barber and Jerome "The Bus" Bettis, and reporter Peter King of Sports Illustrated, comprise the "Football Night in America" studio team.

Madden: "A lot of people thought San Diego was the best team last year even after losing to New England. The Patriots, who were already good, improved themselves more than any other team in the off-season. These are two of the three best teams in the AFC."

Michaels: "I think everyone remembers the playoff game last year. I've never seen a team suffer a more excruciating defeat in a game than San Diego did that day. On every count they thought they should've gone to the Super Bowl, next thing you know New England is going to Indianapolis where they suffer an excruciating defeat the following week; a lot of bad blood at the end of that game.

Collinsworth on last Sunday's "Football Night in America" talking about the Patriots dominant victory over the Jets: "Effective today, the AFC East is over."

Costas: "You know the Chargers can't wait for this game�they have been thinking about that loss to the Patriots ever since the final gun last year."

Bettis: "LT�he's looking for payback."

To add more intrigue to this match-up, the New England Patriots are in the news this week for being investigated by the NFL for alleged spy techniques they employed in their 38-14 rout of the New York Jets at the Meadowlands last Sunday.

NO. 6 TV SHOW OF SEASON:

"NBC Sunday Night Football" wrapped up its inaugural season as the No. 6 television show of the season, averaging 17.5 million viewers, the best viewership number for the network primetime NFL package in six years (18.5 million on ABC in 2000) and 1.2 million viewers better than ABC Monday Night Football in 2005.

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL:

"NBC Sunday Night Football," the premier primetime game of the week, is preceded by the "Football Night in America" studio show, which kicks off NBC's regular season coverage each Sunday at 7 p.m. ET. NBC has assembled the most honored broadcast team ever: Joining Al Michaels, the commentator called "TV's best play-by-play announcer" by the Associated Press, and John Madden, the most honored NFL broadcaster of all time with 15 Emmy Awards, are Bob Costas, the most honored studio host of all time with 19 Emmy Awards, who hosts NBC's "Football Night in America" studio show alongside co-host Cris Collinsworth, the most honored studio analyst in history with eight Emmy Awards; co-host Keith Olbermann, named one of the Top Ten Most Powerful People in TV News for 2007 by Television Week; and analysts Tiki Barber, a three-time NFL Pro Bowler for the New York Giants, and Jerome Bettis, one of the most popular players in recent NFL history. "NBC Sunday Night Football" coverage also includes sideline and feature reporter Andrea Kremer, whom the Los Angeles Times has called "the best TV interviewer in the business of covering the NFL." Peter King, who covers the NFL for Sports Illustrated and is considered one of the country's foremost NFL reporters, serves as a reporter for the "Football Night in America" studio show.

NBC's REMAINING 2007 NFL SCHEDULE:
Sunday, Sept. 16 � San Diego at New England
Sunday, Sept. 23 � Dallas at Chicago
Sunday, Sept. 30 � Philadelphia at New York Giants
Sunday, Oct. 7 � Chicago at Green Bay
Sunday, Oct. 14 � New Orleans at Seattle
Sunday, Oct. 21 � Pittsburgh at Denver
Sunday, Oct. 28 � No game scheduled due to World Series Game 5 (FNIA airs 7-8 p.m.)
Sunday, Nov. 4 � Dallas at Philadelphia
Sunday, Nov. 11 � Indianapolis at San Diego
Sunday, Nov. 18 � Chicago at Seattle (Flex Week, Teams Subject to Change)
Sunday, Nov. 25 � Philadelphia at New England (Flex Week, Teams Subject to Change)
Sunday, Dec. 2 � Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (Flex Week, Teams Subject to Change)
Sunday, Dec. 9 � Indianapolis at Baltimore (Flex Week, Teams Subject to Change)
Sunday, Dec. 16 � Washington at NY Giants (Flex Week, Teams Subject to Change)
Sunday, Dec. 23 � Tampa Bay at San Francisco (Flex Week, Teams Subject to Change)
Sunday, Dec. 30 � Kansas City at New York Jets (Flex Week, Teams Subject to Change)