2020 NFL Schedule Thread

[Darth_Pelican]

Schedule officially comes out on Thursday. Here are a couple of links for leaks. They're not guaranteed to be correct but reddit has been pretty spot on the past few years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/gf7rwk/2020_nfl_schedule_leak_thread/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/ge86gy/nfl_schedule_leaks_2020_megathread/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/ge86gy/nfl_schedule_leaks_2020_megathread/)

edit: deleted the twitter leak link; confirmed fake.

[Millennial_Messiah]

awesome, hope it starts in September on time with fully packed stadiums, :tu

[DeadlyDynasty]

Man we just can’t avoid facing Brady. Congrats to Bucs fans on at least one W

[Millennial_Messiah]

Man we just can’t avoid facing Brady. Congrats to Bucs fans on at least one W

Huh? That's not until next year. The AFC East last played the NFC South in 2017, so they won't meet again until 2021.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Oh, and this is teh funnayz:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/gayap6/oc_jameis_winston_is_the_most_charitable_player/

[spurraider21]

smart plan of having the first 4 games of the season all out of conference... that way if they have to shorten the season we can lose those games first, and keep all conference/division games if possible

[spurraider21]

you play every team in your row/column/color group

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[DeadlyDynasty]

Damn, would’ve been nice to get the NFC East again

[Darth_Pelican]

https://www.wdsu.com/article/report-saints-open-2020-season-at-home-vs-tom-brady-bucs/32405677

Brees vs Brady week 1.

[Darth_Pelican]

Saints at Raiders on MNF week 2. Just booked flight and hotel.

[spurraider21]

Saints at Raiders on MNF week 2. Just booked flight and hotel.
awesome. hope the games dont get cancelled :lol

let me know how the Death Star is, i might go to a game later in the season. rumor is week 1 the raiders are playing @ Carolina. i might go to that game, thats a 1 hour flight i can make directly from the small airport here in charlottesville. or a decent drive.

[Millennial_Messiah]

smart plan of having the first 4 games of the season all out of conference... that way if they have to shorten the season we can lose those games first, and keep all conference/division games if possible

huh? that's not what I am reading.

[spurraider21]

huh? that's not what I am reading.
yeah thats not what the schedules are looking like now, but it was the point of discussion yesterday

[Millennial_Messiah]

https://www.wdsu.com/article/report-saints-open-2020-season-at-home-vs-tom-brady-bucs/32405677

Brees vs Brady week 1.

Dislike... yuck!

[Darth_Pelican]

awesome. hope the games dont get cancelled :lol

let me know how the Death Star is, i might go to a game later in the season. rumor is week 1 the raiders are playing @ Carolina. i might go to that game, thats a 1 hour flight i can make directly from the small airport here in charlottesville. or a decent drive.

i really hope fans will be allowed in the stadium.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Start on time, stadium fully open to max capacity as normals. That's what's gonna happen, boys. Fuck covid19, it's just another swine flu tbh.

[spurraider21]

Start on time, stadium fully open to max capacity as normals. That's what's gonna happen, boys.
i hope so


Fuck covid19, it's just another swine flu tbh.
not even close, by the numbers

[Millennial_Messiah]

did they release the full official schedule yet?

[spurraider21]

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[spurraider21]

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second straight year with the very early bye week, 2nd straight year ending the season @ denver.

no international games this year, but another season with a very rough travel schedule as we play the NFC South (atlanta and carolina are both east coast) and the AFC East

[Millennial_Messiah]

second straight year with the very early bye week, 2nd straight year ending the season @ denver.

no international games this year, but another season with a very rough travel schedule as we play the NFC South (atlanta and carolina are both east coast) and the AFC East
yeah, an AFC East-NFC East (or south, which is basically east) schedule is absolutely brutal for a west coast team, especially when the games are played at 1pm ET/10pm PT. Three hour disadvantage. :lol

Go ahead and post your *way too early* Raiders 2020 predictions and I'll post mine for the 'Boys.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Cowboys

@ LAR - L
vs ATL - W
@ SEA - L
vs CLE - W
vs NYG - W
vs AZ - L
@ WAS - W
@ PHI - W
vs PIT - W
@ MIN - L
vs WAS - W
@ BAL - L
@ CIN - W
vs SF - L
vs PHI - W
@ NYG - W

10-6 1st NFC East

[spurraider21]

yeah, an AFC East-NFC East (or south, which is basically east) schedule is absolutely brutal for a west coast team, especially when the games are played at 1pm ET/10pm PT. Three hour disadvantage. :lol

Go ahead and post your *way too early* Raiders 2020 predictions and I'll post mine for the 'Boys.
gotcha. put it up in the raiders thread

[Darth_Pelican]

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[Millennial_Messiah]

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I think they bungled the Brady-Brees thing by not making it week 17, but then the inner me things they did that on purpose to prevent the possibility of either "resting" that game due to it being meaningless. But the NFL is gonna have egg on their face if it's within a game for the division and it's already decided by week 17 since both teams have a cakewalk opponent instead of each other.

In any case, Week 1, prime late afternoon game with Joe Buck & Troy will be a ratings dream, make everyone forget about the 2016-2019 ratings decline and coronavirus all in one afternoon.

[FrostKing]

Cowboys

@ LAR - L
vs ATL - W
@ SEA - L
vs CLE - W
vs NYG - W
vs AZ - L
@ WAS - W
@ PHI - W
vs PIT - W
@ MIN - L
vs WAS - W
@ BAL - L
@ CIN - W
vs SF - L
vs PHI - W
@ NYG - W

10-6 1st NFC East
Most of us have 49ers losing @ Dallas

[Darth_Pelican]

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[Millennial_Messiah]

Most of us have 49ers losing @ Dallas

it's 50/50. I don 't think their SB loss hangover will be as bad as the Rams' last year, but they could suddenly slip to third even with a double digit win season if Arizona takes that expected leap forward.

other than batting down 5'6" Kyler Murray's passes, I just don't see how teams are going to be very successful stopping Arizona next year. How you do stop a 5-wide offense and a QB who runs a legit 4.3 and is extremely hard to catch, forget tackle? I think he's going to be this year's version of 2019 Lamar Jackson tbh. Takes the NFL by storm.

Last year I picked the 49ers to make the great leap forward, and I was right. This year I'm picking 'Zona. Though Seattle and SF still win double digits as well. Rams go around 8-8, last place. Stacked division, also they play the ghastly AFC East so that's a bunch of cheap wins right there.

[Millennial_Messiah]

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i mean sheeeit, if my wife was built like derrick henry I'd probably be a dead man myself.

[FrostKing]

it's 50/50. I don 't think their SB loss hangover will be as bad as the Rams' last year, but they could suddenly slip to third even with a double digit win season if Arizona takes that expected leap forward.

other than batting down 5'6" Kyler Murray's passes, I just don't see how teams are going to be very successful stopping Arizona next year. How you do stop a 5-wide offense and a QB who runs a legit 4.3 and is extremely hard to catch, forget tackle? I think he's going to be this year's version of 2019 Lamar Jackson tbh. Takes the NFL by storm.

Last year I picked the 49ers to make the great leap forward, and I was right. This year I'm picking 'Zona. Though Seattle and SF still win double digits as well. Rams go around 8-8, last place. Stacked division, also they play the ghastly AFC East so that's a bunch of cheap wins right there.
I'm sceptical of this Cards lovefest. You might be right. I only see a more congested division. Maybe Rams flip with Cards. Seahawks could very well win a tiebreaker

I think many are eyeing that Dallas game because Cowboys are a strong team and will treat it as their SB. We have 2 division games afterwards and will be battling tiebreakers all season

Lets be honest the Rams lost in the NFC title game and were swallowed up in the SB. They also supposedly knew the Cowboys defensive game plan?

A 49ers decline would require an enormous rash of injuries. Saints and Seahawks are the only NFC teams I see beating us even if we play a strong game.

[DAF86]

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Why isn't Chiefs at NO a prime time game? They program shit like Chiefs at Raiders on week 11 or Broncos at KC on week 13, when we all know that the chances of those games being boring ass gimmies for the Chiefs are pretty high. I don't get NFL scheduling. Just give me an e-mail adress and I'll send you a primetime scheduling, that makes sense, for free, tbh.

[FrostKing]

Why isn't Chiefs at NO a prime time game? They program shit like Chiefs at Raiders on week 11 or Broncos at KC on week 13, when we all know that the chances of those games being boring ass gimmies for the Chiefs are pretty high. I don't get NFL scheduling. Just give me an e-mail adress and I'll send you a primetime scheduling, that makes sense, for free, tbh.
49ers vs Cowboys is SNF

They probably didn't put Saints on MNF because they play the following Friday

[DAF86]

49ers vs Cowboys is SNF

They probably didn't put Saints on MNF because they play the following Friday

Niners-Cowboys. Yet another boring ass primetime game that will probably be over by halftime.

[Millennial_Messiah]

I'm sceptical of this Cards lovefest. You might be right. I only see a more congested division. Maybe Rams flip with Cards. Seahawks could very well win a tiebreaker

I think many are eyeing that Dallas game because Cowboys are a strong team and will treat it as their SB. We have 2 division games afterwards and will be battling tiebreakers all season

Lets be honest the Rams lost in the NFC title game and were swallowed up in the SB. They also supposedly knew the Cowboys defensive game plan?

A 49ers decline would require an enormous rash of injuries. Saints and Seahawks are the only NFC teams I see beating us even if we play a strong game.

like I said, I don't see a *sharp* 49ers decline, just maybe a decline to maybe around 11 wins which might not be enough for first or even second place in that loaded division especially considering they have such an easy schedule outside of playing each other twice.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Why isn't Chiefs at NO a prime time game?

Because Tony Romo got paid QB1 salary by CBS to be the commentator for such games, tbh.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Jets -W
At Dolphins - W
Rams - W
At Raiders - W(?)
At Titans - W
Chiefs (TNF) - L
At Jets - W
Patriots - W
Seahawks - L
At Cardinals - L
Chargers - W
At 49ers (PT) - L
Steelers(PT) - W
At Broncos - W
At Patriots(PT) - L(?)
Dolphins - W

11-5, if all goes to shit the worst I see is 9-7. Other than OL, we can be competitive with any position group in the NFL. It’s ALL about Josh Allen. If he shows continued improvement, we can contend. If he regresses, than all three work of BB and SD is all for naught. I think we have either 1 or 0 players left from the Rex Ryan team, yet this FO and CS have established a competitive culture in short order.

for the first time since the Flutie era, I’m excited

[Millennial_Messiah]

Jets -W
At Dolphins - W
Rams - W
At Raiders - W(?)
At Titans - W
Chiefs (TNF) - L
At Jets - W
Patriots - W
Seahawks - L
At Cardinals - L
Chargers - W
At 49ers (PT) - L
Steelers(PT) - W
At Broncos - W
At Patriots(PT) - L(?)
Dolphins - W

11-5, if all goes to shit the worst I see is 9-7. Other than OL, we can be competitive with any position group in the NFL. It’s ALL about Josh Allen. If he shows continued improvement, we can contend. If he regresses, than all three work of BB and SD is all for naught. I think we have either 1 or 0 players left from the Rex Ryan team, yet this FO and CS have established a competitive culture in short order.

for the first time since the Flutie era, I’m excited

aside from OL, I just think QB is a major flaw and the double digit win season was a product of their historically easy schedule last year more than anything else. A slightly better and less awkward version of Tebow... but still awkward.

I have the AFC East being a jumbled up mash of single digit win teams and the Patriots taking it at 8-8 or 9-7 with the Bills right there in the mix as well, but I definitely don't have them starting off 5-0. They'll lose probably 2 out of 3 of the LAR- @ LV - @ TEN stretch. And if they don't win both of their first two it's a bad harbinger in general. They have a top 10 defense but not particularly good against the run last year. We'll see.

[spurraider21]

i dont think the patriots win 6 games this year tbh

[spurraider21]

Jets -W
At Dolphins - W
Rams - W
At Raiders - W(?)
At Titans - W
Chiefs (TNF) - L
At Jets - W
Patriots - W
Seahawks - L
At Cardinals - L
Chargers - W
At 49ers (PT) - L
Steelers(PT) - W
At Broncos - W
At Patriots(PT) - L(?)
Dolphins - W

11-5, if all goes to shit the worst I see is 9-7. Other than OL, we can be competitive with any position group in the NFL. It’s ALL about Josh Allen. If he shows continued improvement, we can contend. If he regresses, than all three work of BB and SD is all for naught. I think we have either 1 or 0 players left from the Rex Ryan team, yet this FO and CS have established a competitive culture in short order.

for the first time since the Flutie era, I’m excited
AFC East is theirs to lose. i'm not sold on Allen but flaws and all he still makes plays. Diggs is known to whine so have to make sure he gets his.

Defense should hold up again this year. They didnt have a first but landed Epenesa in the 2nd who was very much a first round talent.

[Millennial_Messiah]

i dont think the patriots win 6 games this year tbh

Coaching matters tbh. They won 12 games with essentially the same roster intact and they get David Andrews back. Last couple years have proved that for them they can win even with below average QB play. They shuffled out a couple older linebackers but they drafted their replacements pretty high in the draft. Still have a world class secondary and the greatest coach of all time. Bills have a great pass defense that leaks against the run, good/very quick (but smaller) receiving corps, bad OL, an idiot coach and a right-handed, slightly less awkward Tebow at quarterback.

I'm still trying to figure out how they straight up blew the Houston game when they had it in the bag multiple times.

[benefactor]

KC in the opener..:lol

Fuck you NFL

[Millennial_Messiah]

KC in the opener..:lol

Fuck you NFL

It's actually fairly common practice to pit the champions on ring and banner ceremony night against a team they beat in the playoffs in the previous year.

[spurraider21]

KC in the opener..:lol

Fuck you NFL
:lol i know you like Kollman

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[DAF86]

KC in the opener..:lol

Fuck you NFL

Don't sweat it bro. That game will probably never be played.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Don't sweat it bro. That game will probably never be played.

It will be played in front of a sellout crowd, sorry to burst your bubble but it's true.

[DAF86]

It will be played in front of a sellout crowd, sorry to burst your bubble but it's true.

"Burst my bubble"? :lol I hope you are right.

[Millennial_Messiah]

"Burst my bubble"? :lol I hope you are right.

COVID over by Halloween = good for Trump
COVID not over by Halloween = bad for Trump

[DAF86]

COVID over by Halloween = good for Trump
COVID not over by Halloween = bad for Trump

And what the fuck do I care about Trump? :lol I just want this shit to be over with.

[Robz4000]

NFC West vs AFC East this year. Has a division ever swept another during interconference matchup?

[Millennial_Messiah]

NFC West vs AFC East this year. Has a division ever swept another during interconference matchup?

No. Came closest in 2014 with the AFC North vs. the NFC South. AFC North went 13-2-1.

I most definitely see some gaudy records happening the NFC West this year because they play both the AFC East and the NFC East, the worst two divisions on either side. Though the Cowboys and Eagles may be good the other two are pretty terrible.

With the 7 team per conference playoff bracket, I can see 3 teams making it from the NFC West along with the two from the NFC South. Last place in the NFC West could be the Rams at like 8-8.

[spurraider21]

still somewhat surprised they didnt go all inter-conference the first 4 weeks like was being discussed, but those high profile week 1 games are pretty nice