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.

@mark-o said:

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

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

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.

@ballpeen said:

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.

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

@sj_browns said:

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.

@dawgpound16 said:

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

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.

@sisky-fringo said:

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.

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

@jasont44094 said:

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.

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

Why would the NFL do that?

@clevelandfanforlife said:

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?

@atenears said:

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.

@jasont44094 said:

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).

@clevelandfanforlife said:

Well, like I said somewhere else, there is nothing like a Freak show to get ratings, and right now, that is what the Steelers are:

@mr.-t said:

All of our games are on the east coast except for St. Louis Rams that is the farthest west we travel.

This make me feel good over the schedule, players wont have to adapt to time changes as much.

IMO: the worst game to ever have to play is a Thursday Night on the road. Most guys are just finishing the mending process of healing bumps, bruises and starined muscles from playing on sunday.

???? Where do you see that we are playing the Rams this year?

@playerjdd said:

As I noted in another thread, next year the Browns will likely have 3 West Coast trips.