The NFL regular season still waited on Wednesday's Patriots at Seahawks. [1] CBS Sports' date sheet is a calendar, not a kickoff. [1] Labor Day is not Week 1. Print the wait. Do not print a 13-10 that belongs to Wednesday. Do not print a 27-7 that belongs to Thursday.

Seahawks hosting Patriots is the named opener, not a result. Leave Lumen Field to Wednesday. Leave the MCG to Thursday. Print the holiday. Print not a score.

Print the wait. Monday is not a kickoff. Melbourne remains Thursday's MCG. Print the wait as Monday's named NFL hold. A date sheet is still not a score. Patriots at Seattle remains Wednesday's named opener, not a Monday result. Sheets precede scores; Monday holds the sheet. Print no kickoff as still Monday's named sports hold.

Date sheets are promises; kickoffs are events. Patriots at Seattle opens Wednesday, Melbourne follows Thursday. Monday holds the sheet.

Promised dates deliver; Monday's promise holds. Delivery comes Wednesday. Seattle hosts the promise.

Hosted promises wait for Wednesday; Monday holds the sheet. Patriots at Seattle. Melbourne is Thursday.

Date sheets are promises; kickoffs are events. Patriots at Seattle opens Wednesday. Melbourne follows Thursday.

Patriots at Seahawks is still Wednesday at Lumen Field on the CBS Sports date sheet. Melbourne's MCG is Thursday's later opener. No kickoff has been taken on this holiday. This page prints no 13-10 and no 27-7.
Melbourne's MCG is Thursday's later opener. Patriots at Seattle wait until Wednesday. This holiday prints no score.

Melbourne's MCG is Thursday's later opener. Patriots at Seattle wait until Wednesday. This holiday prints no score.

-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos