2014 Schedule Thread--Released Wednesday at 8 pm

[RedOctober3829]

Spikes leaked games for the Bills on his Twitter account.  Glad to see he's still acting dumb on social media.
 

BrandonSpikes51 ‏@BrandonSpikes51 6m
Thanksgiving Game this year n MNF game against the Packs at home.
 

 
The preseason schedule is going to be released by the NFL today at 3:15 pm.
 
Regular season schedule will be released tomorrow night at 8:00 pm on NFL Network.

 

[nattysez]

Spikes leaked games for the Bills on his Twitter account.  Glad to see he's still acting dumb on social media.
 
 
The preseason schedule is going to be released by the NFL today at 3:15 pm.

 
These will probably get deleted before too long, but...
 
https://twitter.com/BrandonSpikes51/status/453940204303552512
https://twitter.com/BrandonSpikes51/status/453940976105832448
https://twitter.com/BrandonSpikes51/status/453943227779780608
https://twitter.com/BrandonSpikes51/status/453943466868092928
https://twitter.com/BrandonSpikes51/status/453944438260113409
 
What a dummy.

 

[timelysarcasm]

If he's in coverage, I'm not at all worried.
 
Also funny to see how quickly certain players show their idiocy on social media as soon as they leave the Patriots.

 

[DJnVa]

If he's in coverage, I'm not at all worried.
 
Also funny to see how quickly certain players show their idiocy on social media as soon as they leave the Patriots.

 
He showed it before he left the Patriots.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Field Yates ‏@FieldYates 26s
Patriots 2014 preseason opponents: Week 1: At Redskins Week 2: Vs. Eagles Week 3: Vs. Panthers August 28: At Giants
 

I'd expect joint practices with Philadelphia and Carolina.  No national TV games.

 

[tims4wins]

Kind of surprised week 3 vs. Carolina isn't national

 

[Leather]

when do individual tickets typically go on sale?

 

[timelysarcasm]

 
He showed it before he left the Patriots.

 
I should have said the extent of it, because it was much more muted when he was with the Pats. Dick pics notwithstanding.

 

[j-man]

denver first 2 preseaon games are brual Seattle at home San Fran at their house

 

[DJnVa]

denver first 2 preseaon games are brual Seattle at home San Fran at their house

 
Does it really matter? It's preseason.

 

[j-man]

 
Does it really matter? It's preseason.

kind of  the game last year @ Seattle got De D Wolfe on a borderline dirty play and started Denver bad Inj Luck   because Seattle plays these  games for real   like a reg Season game  and Denver will Not Seattle has kicked our butt also the last 2 preseasons  

 

[Sille Skrub]

when do individual tickets typically go on sale?

 
Mid-July

 

[Kenny F'ing Powers]

kind of  the game last year @ Seattle got De D Wolfe on a borderline dirty play and started Denver bad Inj Luck   because Seattle plays these  games for real   like a reg Season game  and Denver will Not Seattle has kicked our butt also the last 2 preseasons  

 
What proof do you have that Seattle goes harder in preseason than any other team?

 

[tims4wins]

FYI Patriots.com is running a contest where if you pick the order of games correctly you win some free tix, etc.
 
http://www.patriots.com/fan-zone/sweepstakes/2014/predict-2014-patriots-schedule-sweepstakes.html?utm_campaign=PDC&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20140408_E_PDC_EA_SchedulePredictor_ALL_KK

 

[Leather]

Thanks.  I took a crack at it.  Basically totally random.

 

[DJnVa]

Thanks.  I took a crack at it.  Basically totally random.

 
Yeah, the only think that I thing I can get for sure is that we won't play Buffalo or Detroit in the Thanksgiving week. Other than that...

 

[nolasoxfan]

FYI Patriots.com is running a contest where if you pick the order of games correctly you win some free tix, etc.
 
http://www.patriots.com/fan-zone/sweepstakes/2014/predict-2014-patriots-schedule-sweepstakes.html?utm_campaign=PDC&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20140408_E_PDC_EA_SchedulePredictor_ALL_KK

Cool.  I’ll play.  Eeny, meeny, miney...

 

[Jettisoned]

If the bye week can only occur from week 4 to week 12, then there are 16!/8! choices for those non-bye weeks, and 9! choices for the weeks in which a bye can occur, making a total of 9*16! possible schedules, so if you have one guess there's a 1 in 188,305,108,922,000 chance of guessing right.  Someone let me know if I made a mistake somewhere.
 
Edit: Whoops, forgot some zeroes

 

[snowmanny]

The last four years they have ended the season with BUF (2013), MIA, BUF, MIA at home, so all I know is I am putting Week 17 Miami at Home.

 

[Super Nomario]

There are Saturday home soccer night games on 10/4 and 10/25: http://gillettestadium.com/calendar
 
I assume that would rule out a Sunday home game those weeks.

 

[Senator Donut]

There are Saturday home soccer night games on 10/4 and 10/25: http://gillettestadium.com/calendar
 
I assume that would rule out a Sunday home game those weeks.

Is that something they've done in the past? The Revolution hosted a playoff game hours after a UMass home game this past fall. I don't think they need much time to get the stadium ready for football.

 

[dynomite]

That was strangely fun.

I have the Pats @NYJ Week 1, @GB on Thanksgiving, vs.DEN (SNF) the following week, and closing out vs.MIA.

 

[RedOctober3829]

That was strangely fun.

I have the Pats @NYJ Week 1, @GB on Thanksgiving, vs.DEN (SNF) the following week, and closing out vs.MIA.

Here's mine
vs. Miami
at Minnesota(Thursday)
at Buffalo
vs. Oakland
vs. NYJ
at SD(SNF)
Bye
at KC
vs. Cincy
at Indy
at Jets
vs. Denver(SNF)
at GB(MNF)
vs. Chicago
vs. Buffalo
vs. Detroit(MNF)
at Miami

 

[CaptainLaddie]

God that's one hell of a stretch after the bye: KC, Cincy, Indy, Jets, Denver, Green Bay, Chicago.  Getting through that at 4-3 would be a success.

 

[dynomite]

Very plausible, though I don't believe I've ever seen the Pats have a stretch of 3 consecutive games either at home or on the road.

 

[Number45forever]

Cool idea, field passes at the blade would be awesome.  I took a shot:
 
@ Colts
vs. Jets
@ Vikings
@ Bills
vs. Bengals
BYE
vs. Dolphins
@ Packers
vs. Broncos
vs. Bears
@ Chiefs
@ Chargers
vs. Raiders
@ Dolphins
vs. Lions
@ Jets
vs. Bills
 
By memory, I think the Pats have had a later bye week the last few years, so I went with an earlier bye this year.  I gave them a potentially brutal mid season stretch with Phins, Packers, Broncos, Bears, Chiefs and Chargers in a row.  Raiders may not suck as much this year either, but we get them at home.  

 

[Gunfighter 09]

denver first 2 preseaon games are brual Seattle at home San Fran at their house

 
 
Why play two teams you will see in the regular season? It is an AFC West vs NFC West year. 
 
Oakland is playing Seattle in week 4, like they do every year, and I just don't see how the gains of a short flight are worth giving your opponent a preview of your team. 

 

[dynomite]

Another note: seems like they try to reserve Week 17 for intra division games, hoping for the "win & in" type games (Dal/Phi, Bal/Cin, etc.)

My full guesses:

@ NYJ
vs. OAK
vs. CIN (Thu.)
@ BUF
@ MIN
vs. DET (MNF)
@ MIA
@ SD
- bye -
vs. BUF
@ IND (SNF)
vs. NYJ
@ GB (Thanksgiving)
vs. DEN (SNF)
vs. CHI
@ KC
vs. MIA

I tried to keep balance throughout the schedule: splitting the AFC East and NFC Central games before & after the bye, beginning and ending with intra division games. For some reason I could just really see picture that Thanksgiving stretch as the night game in Green Bay that day, followed 10 days later by the SNF tilt against Denver.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Peter King says the schedule should be released somewhere between April 22nd and April 30th.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

The schedule is what it is. There's nothing we can do but watch the games. Whichever opponent shows up, shows up.

 

[Stitch01]

vs Jets
vs Miami
@ Min
vs Det
@ Buf
@ GB
vs Cin
--Bye--
@ SD
vs Chi
@ Indy
vs Buf
vs Den
@ Mia
vs Oak
@ KC
@ NYJ

 

[Leather]

Peter King says the schedule should be released somewhere between April 22nd and April 30th.

Peter King will reserve comments on the timing of the release until after it's released and people have moved on to other things so his comments aren't given too much thought and possible criticism.

 

[j-man]

no idea about NE Sch  
 
 
so here what i think about Denver
 
W 1 Indy SNF 
W 2 @ STL
W 3 @ KC 
W 4 @ NYJ
W 5 Miami
W 6 Oakland 
W 7 San Fran SNF 
W 8 BYE 
W 9 @ SEA  THF CBS 
W 10 @ SD MNF 
W 11 Buff 
W 12 @ NE SNF 
W 13 KC 
W 14 @ OAK 
W 15 @ CINY 
W 16 ZONA
W 17 SD  

 

[RedOctober3829]

Saw a tweet yesterday indicating the schedule should be released tomorrow or Thursday.

 

[RedOctober3829]

NFL: AroundTheLeague ‏@NFL_ATL 12s
NFL Schedule will be released tomorrow. 8 pm ET on @nflnetwork and http://NFL.com . Analysis aplenty here.
 

 

[Rudy's Curve]

Cincinnati will be in Foxboro on SNF Week 5 (10/5). The Bengals will be coming off their bye but considering the Pats never lose at home and the Bengals are terrible in primetime, I doubt it'll matter.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Ralph Vacchiano ‏@RVacchianoNYDN 7s
Giants have two Monday night games (at Detroit Sept. 8, vs. Indy Nov. 3) and a Thursday night (Sept. 25 at Washington) according to @WFAN660
 

 

[MJM2344]

Curran hinted that the Pats opener will be "very hot".  Miami on the road?  
 

Tom E. Curran ‏@tomecurran  4m
From what I'm hearing, the forecast for the Patriots opener is hot. Real hot.

 

[mpx42]

Or San Diego. Won't be at home, since the Revs play there that Sunday.

 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Denver at Gillette to open the season on MNF?

 

[RedOctober3829]

Here's the Giants schedule. Brutal November.

Week 1: Sept. 8, at Detroit
Week 2: Sept. 14, vs. Arizona
Week 3: Sept. 21, vs. Houston
Week 4: Sept. 25, at Washington
Week 5: Oct. 5, vs. Atlanta
Week 6: Oct. 12, vs. Philadelphia
Week 7: Oct. 19, at Dallas
Week 8: Bye
Week 9: Nov. 3, vs. Indianapolis
Week 10: Nov. 9, at Seattle
Week 11: Nov. 16, vs. San Francisco
Week 12: Nov. 23, vs. Dallas
Week 13: Nov. 30, at Jacksonville
Week 14: Dec. 7, at Tennessee
Week 15: Dec. 14, vs. Washington
Week 16: Dec. 21, at St. Louis
Week 17: Dec. 28, at Philadelphia

 

[RedOctober3829]

@footballzebras: RT @jamesmerilatt Per a league source, the Broncos will open the 2014 season at home against the Colts on Sunday Night Football (Sept. 7)

 

[RedOctober3829]

Chicago at Detroit is one of the Thanksgiving games.

 

[Rudy's Curve]

Chicago at Detroit is one of the Thanksgiving games.

 
Detroit is scheduled to host an AFC team this year. Chicago is scheduled to visit Dallas, so it could be that.

 

[mpx42]

Patriots host Lions November 23rd, not a national game, per the Free Press.

 

[PseuFighter]

reading on the506 board that the season would open with cowboys at seahawks, which surprises me. really thought they'd put the niners in that game.

 

[mpx42]

reading on the506 board that the season would open with cowboys at seahawks, which surprises me. really thought they'd put the niners in that game.

 
The 49ers beat writers are saying SF will open at Dallas, which would make the Packers the most likely team to open at Seattle.
 
Anyway, two hours left, I need to find something else to do.

 

[Dgilpin]

Lions full schedule , per Free Press

http://www.freep.com/article/20140423/SPORTS01/304230161/detroit-lions-new-york-giants

 

[PseuFighter]

yeah, my productivity just tanked. and this is just for the damn schedule release.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

I realllly need a home game on 9/28 (only option for my bachelor party with all groomsmen available).