2018 Patriots Schedule Thread

RedOctober3829

RedOctober3829

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 19, 2005
55,480
deep inside Guido territory
Here's the opponents.

Home
NYJ
MIA
BUF
GB
KC
HOU
IND
MIN

Road
NYJ
MIA
BUF
CHI
DET
PIT
TEN
JAX

A couple things that jump out to me:
--Plenty of options for an attractive Week 1 prime time game. There could be an AFC title rematch in Jacksonville, Brady-Rodgers or Brady-Luck/McDaniels, Pats-Steelers.

--I see the prime time game choices as these: Houston, KC, GB at home and Pitt/Jacksonville on the road. Also a Thanksgiving game possibility at Detroit. The Matt Patricia angle is intriguing for the networks.

--It's a very attractive home slate. Intriguing division games as usual plus marquee matchups with GB and Rodgers, Indy and McDaniels, a very good KC team with Mahomes, Houston with Watson/Watt/etc., and a very good Minnesota team. I think it's the best home game set in a long, long time. Only 1 dud in the Jets.

--Road trip wise, there are no trips west of Chicago which is very nice compared to this year. For fans, the trip to Nashville is something to look forward to.
 
Last edited:
Ale Xander

Ale Xander

Hamilton
SoSH Member
Oct 31, 2013
73,235
My guess is Phi Minny is the opener since Phi won.

Pats Jags open the SNF slate

Pats at Det on Turkey day

Pats MNF v GB early, maybe week 4 and v Pit around Halloween and MNF @ Indy in December

Pats TNF or SNF @ Chi or @Mia early October or @Chi noon ct 4 days before thanksgiving lions game

KC and Hou are the 4pm games

Home opener v NYJ week 2
@Buff week 3

6 nationally televised games is pushing it but I think it's good for NFL

Also guessing Pit hosts the early MNF game in week 1
Rams host the late MNF week 1
 
RedOctober3829

RedOctober3829

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 19, 2005
55,480
deep inside Guido territory
Ale Xander said:
My guess is Phi Minny is the opener since Phi won.

Pats Jags open the SNF slate

Pats at Det on Turkey day

Pats MNF v GB early, maybe week 4 and v Pit around Halloween and MNF @ Indy in December

Pats TNF or SNF @ Chi or @Mia early October or @Chi noon ct 4 days before thanksgiving lions game

KC and Hou are the 4pm games

Home opener v NYJ week 2
@Buff week 3

6 nationally televised games is pushing it but I think it's good for NFL

Also guessing Pit hosts the early MNF game in week 1
Rams host the late MNF week 1
Click to expand...
I think the Pats-GB game is going to either be protected by Fox or be the SNF game. I don't think that goes to a Monday night.

I think the SNF games will be Jacksonville, Green Bay, Pittsburgh. Thursday game is Thanksgiving at Detroit. Monday night could be a road divisional game.
 
tims4wins

tims4wins

PN23's replacement
SoSH Member
Jul 15, 2005
37,417
Hingham, MA
RedOctober3829 said:
I think the Pats-GB game is going to either be protected by Fox or be the SNF game. I don't think that goes to a Monday night.

I think the SNF games will be Jacksonville, Green Bay, Pittsburgh. Thursday game is Thanksgiving at Detroit. Monday night could be a road divisional game.
Click to expand...
CBS will protect the Pittsburgh game and it will be an October or November 4pm game.

I agree with MNF being either at Buffalo or at Miami.
 
Leather

Leather

given himself a skunk spot
SoSH Member
Jul 18, 2005
28,451
It's kind of amazing that in that schedule, the Jets games aren't even in the top 5 in level-of-interest (GB, PIT, JAX, MIN, IND, TEN).

Goddamn, I am sick of the Jets.
 
Hendu for Kutch

Hendu for Kutch

Member
SoSH Member
Apr 7, 2006
6,924
Nashua, NH
CBS can protect a game it has from being flexed to SNF, but that's it right? Short of complaining and/or asking nice I don't think they can stop a game from being scheduled in prime time.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom