Schedule discussion; Bengals open vs Vikings

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(05-12-2021, 05:59 PM)pally Wrote: what we know so far

week 1   Sep 12                     Minnesota
week 2   Sep 19                     @Chicago
week 3   Sep 26                     @Pittsburgh
week 4   Sep 30 (thurs)           Jacksonville
week 5   Oct 10                      Green Bay
week 6   Oct 17                      @Detroit
week 7   Oct 24                       @Baltimore
week 8   Oct 31                      @ New York Jets
week 9   Nov 7                        Browns
week 10 Nov 14                      @Las Vegas
week 11 Nov 21                       bye
week 12 Nov 28                       Pittsburgh
week 13 Dec 5                        Chargers
week 14 Dec 12                      San Francisco
week 15 Dec 19                      @Denver
week 16 Dec 26                      Baltimore
week 17 Jan 2                        Kansas City
week 18 Jan 9                        @Cleveland

If this is true the first half of season is the easier half despite the travel. 5 of the last 7 games are at home but those last 3 weeks are brutal.  Bye comes in a good place for a 17 game schedule

My quick take on the schedule:  I am very happy the toughest matches (as of today) are toward the end of the season as you don't know at all what those teams will look like by then.  Remember how the #2 in the power rankings steelers limped to the finish line and got pummeled by the Browns in the playoffs?  

The bye is at a great spot. 

I am more than a little disappointed in the lack of primetime games (just 1?  Really?) but if the Bengals are remotely in the hunt, I could see the Chargers game flexed in to primetime.  I guess the league really thinks the 49ers last year was an aberration as they are in 4 prime time games.