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Man Hold Up!  —  The NFL will start the preseason play tonight.  There are six games scheduled, with Washington at Atlanta, Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, New Orleans at New England, Carolina at Baltimore, Jacksonville at the Jets and Super Bowl champion Denver visiting Chicago.  The season was supposed to start this past Sunday with the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio with the Packers and the Colts.  However,  the game was called off due to bad field conditions.  The regular season  will kick off with a Super Bowl rematch of the Broncos and Panthers on Thursday, September 8th.