After the NFL released regular season schedules on Thursday night, the Falcons took to Twitter to talk about their five primetime matchups.

The Falcons will play in two Sunday Night Football games, two Monday Night Football games and a Thursday Night Football game.

The Falcons’ 2017 regular season schedule can be seen below.

2017 Regular Season

Sept. 10 at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., FOX

Sept. 17 Green Bay Packers, 8:30 p.m. NBC

Sept. 24 at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m. FOX

Oct. 1 Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS

Oct. 8 BYE

Oct. 15 Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS

Oct. 22 at New England Patriots, 8:30 p.m., NBC

Oct. 29 at New York Jets, 1 p.m., FOX

Nov. 5 at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., FOX

Nov. 12 Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., FOX

Nov. 20 at Seattle Seahawks (Mon) 8:30 p.m., ESPN

Nov. 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., FOX

Dec. 3 Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., FOX

Dec. 7 New Orleans Saints (Thur), 8:25 p.m., NBC/NFLN/AMAZON

Dec. 18 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Mon). 8:30 p.m., ESPN

Dec. 24 at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., FOX

Dec. 31 Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., FOX

Falcons' reporter D. Orlando Ledbetter breaks down each Falcons' game of the 2017 regular season and what will challenge the Falcons in each week.

Here’s what the Falcons had to say about the schedule release:

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