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NFL Hall of Fame Game Betting

The NFL season doesn’t officially kick off until the NFL Hall of Fame Game is played. This preseason game has been played almost every year over the last six decades. It’s part of the celebration surrounding each year’s class of greats that will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. There is plenty of pomp and circumstance surrounding this game, but some of that has waned because the Hall of Fame Game has been cancelled three times in the last decade.

In 2011, the Hall of Fame Game was called off because of a prolonged labor dispute between the players and the owners. The 2016 edition of this game was cancelled in the 11th hour due to unsafe playing conditions as a comedy of errors made the field turf hazardous to the players. The 2020 Hall of Fame Game was cancelled months in advance, as well as all other preseason games, due to the impact of COVID-19.

2021 Hall of Fame Game

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys, Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET

These two rivals were supposed to play in the 2020 Hall of Fame Game before it was called off. That would have been fitting as three Steelers (Troy Polamalu, Bill Cowher, and Donnie Shell) and two Cowboys (Jimmy Johnson and Cliff Harris) were inducted last year. Still, both teams will have representatives in the 2021 class as former Steelers’ scout Bill Nunn, long-time Steelers’ guard Alan Faneca, and Dallas’ Drew Pearson will all be enshrined in Canton.

Dallas and Pittsburgh have met in three Super Bowls, and these are the only teams that have squared off on the biggest stage three times. The Steelers edged the Cowboys twice in the 1970s, but Dallas got some long-awaited revenge in Super Bowl XXX.

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