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NFL pre-season schedule released; Cardinals to face familiar foes

The National Football League this afternoon released its 2011 pre-season schedule. The Arizona Cardinals will face three very familiar teams during the four-weeks leading up to scheduled start of the 2011 regular season.

Arizona will be on the road the first two weeks of the pre-season, visiting Oakland in Week 1 and Green Bay for a Week 2 matchup with the Super Bowl Champion Packers. The team concludes the pre-season at home in Weeks 3 and 4 against the Chargers and Broncos.

This will be the seventh time in the past eight seasons that the Cardinals have closed the preseason with a game against the Broncos. Arizona has also faced the Raiders in five of the last seven pre-seasons, San Diego in two of the past three seasons and the Packers in two of the past three pre-seasons.

The exact dates of these games have not been released by the NFL. The Cardinals are looking to rebound from a disappointing 5-11 season in 2011.

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, Arizona Cardinals Examiner

Phoenix-resident Scott D. Jones has been writing about sports on various levels for more than 20 years. He has covered football on all levels including Southern California high schools, Division I college football and the National Football League. His articles have appeared in various NFL...

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