Official NFL Schedule Thread

The Gipper

@jasont44094 said:
Is it just me or is the regular season starting later and later. In 2 years it will be starting in October.

Agreed, the regular season should at least have begun a week earlier, on Sept. 5th.

The only thing I can figure is that the NFL is priming us for when they want to go to an 18 game schedule. In an 18 game schedule they will HAVE to start the season 2 weeks earlier. They cannot extend the regular season past the first week of January, so they will have to start an 18 game season in late August. E.g. this year they would have had to begin on August 29th (or Aug. 26th if they still do that Thursday night opener).

The Gipper

@atenears said:
For those looking to us for our Tailgate Party Schedule, Early indication is that the two biggest parties are looking like the Home Opener (Week #2) vs the Chiefs, and the November 14th game verse the Jets.
We will hold our customary THE BROWNS BOARD TAILGATE PARTY for the first five Regular Season games. The final three games will not be planned at this time and we may hold the gathering at a local establishment.

If you plan to come in for our Tailgate Party, we need a definate confirmation the Monday before that weekends game, along with your parties head count.

If you need help with travel reservations, please advise.

I would have thought the October 3rd home game vs. the pussycats would have been optimal, weatherwise.

The Gipper

@clevelandfanforlife said:
has anyone else noticed that the redskins get 3 prime time games? what a crock. they were terrible and deserve none. not that i'm saying that we do, but if the redskins have three, we should at least get 1.

They have Donovan McNabb...and the fact is, it may be that they are actually giving their opponents those prime time dates. I didn't see it, but correct me if I am wrong but I bet that the Cowboys/Giants/Eagles are probably a couple of those games?

The Cowboys/Redskins rivalry still holds some weight with the networks, and I am sure they probably want to give the Redskins/McNabb/Eagles grudge match a full national view.

Plus, the Giants are in NYC, and NYC is the largest market and will always get preference.

Fair to say?

roach

this is ridiculous. the nfl could have had some balls and put them in a prime time game where they had to play without big ben, but they chickened out. nice going roger.

Why would the NFL do that?

The Gipper

Here is an interesting (or not) stat for what it worth. Here are the 32 teams listed in order of the furthest they have to travel for their road games:

1. 49ers 33,264 miles (includes game in London)

2. Broncos 23,184 (includes London game)

3. Seahawks 23,,122

4. Miami 21,570

5. Chargers 20,338

6. Raiders 20,150

7. Rams 18,364

8. Cardinals 18,068

9. Texans 17,758

10. Buccaneers 16,092

11. Giants 15,784

12. Jaguars 15,392

13. Cowboys 15, 228

14. Saints 13,916

15. Chiefs 13,856

16. Patriots 13,590

17. Colts 13,264

18. Eagles 13,150

19. Vikings 12,510

20. Titans 11,646

21. Panthers 11,132

22. Falcons 10,896

23. Jets 10,096

24. Lions 9832

25. Bills 9122

26. Packers 9080

27. Browns 9060

28. Bears 9030

29. Redskins 8932

30. Steelers 8012

31. Ravens 7270

32. Bengals 5992

ballpeen

@jasont44094 said:
Is it just me or is the regular season starting later and later. In 2 years it will be starting in October.

Probably just you.

The season has been pegged at the first weekend after Labor Day for some time. Sometimes Labor Day comes earlier in the month as it is always the first Monday in Sept.

DAWGPOUND16

We'll be 9-7

wins vs steelers (2), bengals (2), bucs, chiefs, jaguars, dolphins, bills

Vagitron

@sisky-fringo said:
and the 21st hardest schedule lol.

Um yea I said that because you don't have any primetime games AND a tough schedule. I guess that's the price you pay for going 5-11 but hey you beat the Steelers once. Isn't that like winning the lottery in Cleveland? At least you have the Cavs

<--------- Cavs fan most of my life.

ballpeen

Toughest schedule is simply luck of the draw, so no need making it something it isn't.

The cycle in which we play the various divisions is set several years in advance. There are only two games a year we don't know who we are going to play....and it is those 2 games the schedule makers pit us against a team with a similar record.

Bob806

@dawgpound16 said:
We'll be 9-7
wins vs steelers (2), bengals (2), bucs, chiefs, jaguars, dolphins, bills

We will take down the Falcons & Ravens too.

After a few beers last night, I had us at 13-2-1

MudratDetector

we'll manage to lose to the bengals once. we always do. i'm thinking that we'll beat the pats this year.

SJ_Browns

i wonder if the sunday night game flex schedule will end up affecting the browns? also, the browns schedule maybe be the 10th toughest on paper at the moment, but as we've seen in the past that could be subject to change by things like injuries and teams not being as good as they were projected to be. we shall see.

ATENEARS

@sj_browns said:
i wonder if the sunday night game flex schedule will end up affecting the browns? also, the browns schedule maybe be the 10th toughest on paper at the moment, but as we've seen in the past that could be subject to change by things like injuries and teams not being as good as they were projected to be. we shall see.

Wow, I never considered that. That sucks, because I bet you are right. If the Browns do well and those final games finally have some meaning, we are going to get bumped which disrupts (or at least alters) many peoples plans who have tickets.

ballpeen

It could for people planning on driving home after the game...if they have over a hour drive it might mean a late return.

I am not sure how far in advance the league gives when making the time switch. Seems like a week at least....

ATENEARS

@ballpeen said:
It could for people planning on driving home after the game...if they have over a hour drive it might mean a late return.
I am not sure how far in advance the league gives when making the time switch. Seems like a week at least....

That and baby-sitters. For a 1:00pm game, you can drop the kids off at the folks the night prior and make the early morning tailgate party. For a 4:00pm game, it's an entirely different story.

And what about yahoo's like Marko who arrange for a late flight that evening to return back to the West Coast on the Red-eye? A 4:00pm start, of God Forbid getting moved to 8:00pm really screws up flight and hotel reservations.

It's just stupid ... set the games in stone.

ballpeen

And what about yahoo's like Marko who arrange for a late flight that evening to return back to the West Coast on the Red-eye?

I would say they kind of deserve it.

I do understand it isn't totally fan friendly.

I do remember them talking about doing this with MNF....wanting to switch games from Sunday to Monday...now that could really screw up plans.....probably the only reason they didn't is because it might make it hard for the visiting team to get enough rooms.....block off 75 rooms for a Saturday night, then be told you really need to stay Sunday night could create a problem.

Mark O

LOL...yahoos like me... I like that and I only did that once and I still feel sorry for the poor bastards who had to sit next to me on that flight home after a day of drinking all day long.

I'm going to fly home early Monday morning this year...just like last December.

ballpeen

@mark-o said:
I still feel sorry for the poor bastards who had to sit next to me on that flight home after a day of drinking all day long.

What makes you think the drinking had anything to do with it??

Mark O

Very funny again..

However....I got on that plane that night and slept the entire 5 hours home. I feel sorry for the people sitting next to me only because I had to smell awful and I'm quite sure that I snored like a grizzly bear the entire way home on that flight.