2006 : With the change in television contracts , the Kickoff Game was moved to NBC , who held the rights to '' Sunday Night Football '' . The game opposite the first weekend of World Series games was once again removed to compensate . ( The Monday night game at the end of the season , however , was not revived . Instead , after an impromptu experiment in 2005 , a Monday night doubleheader was scheduled for the same weekend as the kickoff game . ) 2008 : The league and NBC agreed to move up the opening kickoff of the kickoff game , to 7:00 p.m. , in order for coverage of the Republican National Convention to not compete with the game . That game featured the Redskins and Giants . The game was also be the first to be carried by Internet television in the United States , as were all '' Sunday Night Football '' games in the 2008 season
Republican National Convention
2008 Republican National Convention
NFL Kickoff Game