Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football begins its 42nd season tonight with a battle between the defending AFC East division champion Patriots in New England and Miami Dolphins. There is another AFC Monday night game tonight, with the Raiders from Oakland to Denver Broncos.Monday Patriots marks the debut of the new range receiver Chad Ochocinco. Pats newly acquired defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is listed as "doubtful" because of illness.

The dolphins are finding new faces, including former Saints running back Reggie Bush.

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Last season, Miami defeated the Patriots twice on the way the AFC East title. A possible stumbling block for tonight overlooking the NFL MVP Tom Brady and the offense New England will face Sebastian Vollmer out of the lineup, due to injury.

Bill Belichick, now entering its 12 th season as head coach Pats, seeks an improvement in his team's defense. Former Redskin Haynesworth, acquired in trade during the offseason, should help strengthen the Patriots up quickly.

Later Today in Denver, Broncos, under new head coach John Fox, will host the AFC West division rival Raiders. Oakland has also included a new coach Hue Jackson.

Were quarterbacks, both teams spotlight in recent times. Kyle Orton will start Broncos, even though a second year pro Tim Tebow has the most of the press in the off-season.

The Raiders start the first Redskin Jason Campbell in the center. Oakland, through the project complements earlier this summer, has also disgraced former Ohio State's Terrell Pryor fourth on their list. However, the NFL suspended Pryor for the first team in five games for violating NCAA rules, if the sentence has been appealed.

Monday Night Football can be seen on ESPN, which just last week announced it would MNF broadcast for the next eight seasons in the NFL, paying nearly $ 15 billion to continue the association.