2011 NFL schedule for all teams. The regular season is expected to start on September 8th if all goes well but it will be September 12th on ESPN Monday Night Football when the New England Patriots take the field to start the 2011 NFL schedule. The Patriots have been listed as +700 betting favorites in football odds to win Super Bowl XLVI and will start the 2011 campaign in South Florida when they face the Miami Dolphins at 7:00pm EST in a week one AFC divisional round matchup on EPSN..AW: "Initially, I was going to say Corey Graham, but Patriots fans are knowledgeable and watched the Ravens' AFC divisionalround victory over the Denver Broncos. I would say rookie backup running back Bernard Pierce, a bruising runner from Temple, if he didn't have a bad right knee that should limit his effectiveness. So, lets go with inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe, an emerging threedown linebacker, a former undrafted free agent from Georgia who's regarded as a must resign for the Ravens in fr