04-21-2022, 09:51 PM
(04-21-2022, 09:29 PM)fredtoast Wrote: ---No long west coast road games this year. Longest trip is to Dallas. Love to get that one out of the way opening day while team is still fresh. That is a game with a lot of national appeal. Awuzie and Collins will give the game a bit more of a "rivalry" feel than usual NFC matchups.
---Overseas games involve 2 full days of travel. We don't need that. But since we only have 8 home games it would have to be one of our road games. That means the opposing team would lose home field advantage. All that extra travel might be worth it in that situation.
---Want to get both Browns games out of the way as early as possible. It would be great if we could get both games in before Watson returns from suspension.
---Our 4 big AFC non-division games (KC, Buf, NE, Ten) split pretty well. I consider the Chiefs and Bills as the best two teams and we get both of them at home.
---Miami now has a lot of talent, I don't know if they will be good or not, but they certainly could be. Glad we have them at home also. Hope this is late December/January game. Cold weather would be a big advantage for us.
---I predict 2 prime time games in addition to the Thursday night game. Playing the first place schedule we have a bunch of high-profile games (Dal, TB, NO, Buf, NE, Ten, KC) in addition to Pitt and Bal. We will definitely get a home prime time game (non-Thursday)
I can't believe I forgot the one single scheduling issue that could make the biggets difference. It would be awesome to have our Thursday night game right after our bye. Thursday night game kick off less than 100 hours after the end of the Sunday games. That is not enough time for an NFL team to recover and prepare for another game. I hate Thursday night games. They are usually low quality of play. At least pray that it does not follow a road game. There should really be some rule against that.
