Official 2018 NFL Schedule Thread

[Joemailman]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000927050/article/nfl-to-release-2018-regularseason-schedule-thursday

Tomorrow at 7 on NFL Network. Let the leaks begin.

[pbmax]

Packer Report: https://scout.com/nfl/packers/Article/Report-Bears-at-Packers-to-Start-100th-Season-117499127

- Chicago, Week 1

- Minnesota, Week 2 (gold package)

- Buffalo, Week 4

- San Francisco, Week 6 (Monday night)

- Miami, Week 10 (gold package)

- Arizona, Week 13

- Atlanta, Week 14

- Detroit, Week 17

[pbmax]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
#Packers home schedule is:as follows (@KCousineau09 and ESPN had it first):

Sept. 9 - Chicago
Sept. 16 - Minnesota
Sept. 30 - Buffalo
Oct. 15 - San Francisco
Nov. 11 - Miami
Dec. 2 - Arizona
Dec. 9 - Atlanta
Dec. 30 - Detroit

[hoosier]

Once again all the warm weather opponents conveniently scheduled before the late December cold arrives.

[ThunderDan]

Packer Report: https://scout.com/nfl/packers/Article/Report-Bears-at-Packers-to-Start-100th-Season-117499127

- Chicago, Week 1

- Minnesota, Week 2 (gold package)

- Buffalo, Week 4

- San Francisco, Week 6 (Monday night)

- Miami, Week 10 (gold package)

- Arizona, Week 13

- Atlanta, Week 14

- Detroit, Week 17

Fuck, always out of town that 2nd weekend. Hopefully it is a night game. Would hate to miss the Viking game.

[pbmax]

Once again all the warm weather opponents conveniently scheduled before the late December cold arrives.

Last three home games are December and they are all dome or warm weather teams.

[ThunderDan]

Last three home games are December and they are all dome or warm weather teams.

They also try to go divisional the last weeks to build some excitement if there is a good playoff race.

[pbmax]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
What we know of the #Packers' schedule so far:

- Sept. 9 vs. Bears
- Sept. 16 vs. Vikings
- Sept. 30 vs. Bills
- Oct. 15 vs. 49ers, MNF
- Nov 4 at Patriots, SNF
- Nov. 11 vs. Dolphins
- Dec. 2 vs. Cardinals
- Dec. 9 vs. Falcons
- Dec 16 at Bears
- Dec. 30 vs. Lions

[Guiness]

Last three home games are December and they are all dome or warm weather teams.

Was thinking that too - Arizona, Atlanta and Detroit (a dome team) in GB in December.

[pbmax]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
What we know of the #Packers' schedule so far:

Week 1 - Sept. 9 vs. Bears
Week 2 - Sept. 16 vs. Vikings
Week 3 -
Week 4 - Sept. 30 vs. Bills
Week 5 -
Week 6 - Oct. 15 vs. 49ers, MNF
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 - Nov 4 at Patriots, SNF
Week 10 - Nov. 11 vs. Dolphins
Week 11 -
Week 12 -
Week 13 - Dec. 2 vs. Cardinals
Week 14 - Dec. 9 vs. Falcons
Week 15 - Dec 16 at Bears
Week 16 -
Week 17 - Dec. 30 vs. Lions

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Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
I might be late on this, but the #Packers are not playing on Thanksgiving. That is confirmed.

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Kyle Cousineau @KCousineau09
So to recap, the #Packers schedule so far...

The Mayor as apparently he is known, adds a road game to the list.


Week 1 - Sept. 9 vs. Bears
Week 2 - Sept. 16 vs. Vikings
Week 3 -
Week 4 - Sept. 30 vs. Bills
Week 5 -
Week 6 - Oct. 15 vs. 49ers, MNF
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 - Nov 4 at Patriots, SNF
Week 10 - Nov. 11 vs. Dolphins
Week 11 -
Week 12 -
Week 13 - Dec. 2 vs. Cardinals
Week 14 - Dec. 9 vs. Falcons
Week 15 - Dec 16 at Bears
Week 16 - at NY Jets
Week 17 - Dec. 30 vs. Lions[/QUOTE]

[pbmax]

Unreal. However, no idea if this is confirmed or someone's guess in Excel.

Apparently there are two games mixed up on this. Rams game and one other.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbLPuOFUwAEdyXX.jpg:large

[mraynrand]

Looks like 16 games, 8 home and 8 away. No surprises there.

[QBME]

Unreal. However, no idea if this is confirmed or someone's guess in Excel.

Apparently there are two games mixed up on this. Rams game and one other.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbLPuOFUwAEdyXX.jpg:large

I'm sure there will be the "What Will The Packers' Record Be?" prediction thread, but I'll jump the shark and predict after week one, we'll be 0 - 1. Why you ask? Because the past four consecutive Bears head coaches all won at Lambeau in their first visit - Dick Jauron, Lovie Smith, Marc Trestman ( f'in Marc Trestman) and John Fox. Now we have the soon-to-be legendary Mat Nagy bringing the frickin' Bears to town. On Sunday night no less.

Oh, woe is us.

[pbmax]

Looks like 16 games, 8 home and 8 away. No surprises there.

Goodell does get some things right. The things he leaves up to programmers.

[pbmax]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
#Packers road game: at LA. #Rams on Oct. 28 at 3:25 p.m. Fox.


Week 1 - Sept. 9 vs. Bears
Week 2 - Sept. 16 vs. Vikings
Week 3 -
Week 4 - Sept. 30 vs. Bills
Week 5 -
Week 6 - Oct. 15 vs. 49ers, MNF
Week 7 - bye ???
Week 8 - Oct. 28 at Rams
Week 9 - Nov 4 at Patriots, SNF
Week 10 - Nov. 11 vs. Dolphins
Week 11 -
Week 12 -
Week 13 - Dec. 2 vs. Cardinals
Week 14 - Dec. 9 vs. Falcons
Week 15 - Dec 16 at Bears
Week 16 - at NY Jets
Week 17 - Dec. 30 vs. Lions

[pbmax]

Spoon fills in more road games.


Week 1 - Sept. 9 vs. Bears
Week 2 - Sept. 16 vs. Vikings
Week 3 - Sept. 23 at Redskins
Week 4 - Sept. 30 vs. Bills
Week 5 -
Week 6 - Oct. 15 vs. 49ers, MNF
Week 7 - bye ???
Week 8 - Oct. 28 at Rams
Week 9 - Nov 4 at Patriots, SNF
Week 10 - Nov. 11 vs. Dolphins
Week 11 -
Week 12 -
Week 13 - Dec. 2 vs. Cardinals
Week 14 - Dec. 9 vs. Falcons
Week 15 - Dec 16 at Bears
Week 16 - Dec. 23 at NY Jets
Week 17 - Dec. 30 vs. Lions

[pbmax]

Spoon beat the deadline release by nearly an hour. Great work.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
#Packers will face the #Seahawks in a Thursday night game on Nov. 15 in Seattle.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
Contrary to what has been reported, the #Packers are in Detroit in Week 5.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
By process of elimination I believe that leaves the #Packers at #Vikings in Week 12.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
Have just been told that the #Vikings game in Week 12 is Nov. 25 and on SNF.

[pbmax]

Week 01 - Sep. 09 vs. Bears SNF
Week 02 - Sep. 16 vs. Vikings
Week 03 - Sep. 23 at Redskins
Week 04 - Sep. 30 vs. Bills
Week 05 - Oct. 07 at Lions
Week 06 - Oct. 15 vs. 49ers, MNF
Week 07 - BYE
Week 08 - Oct. 28 at Rams
Week 09 - Nov. 04 at Patriots, SNF
Week 10 - Nov. 11 vs. Dolphins
Week 11 - Nov. 15 at Seahawks TNF (good to have four days to prepare for these guys :roll:)
Week 12 - Nov. 25 at Vikings SNF (10 days to prep for Zimmer D or should it be for Zimmered?)
Week 13 - Dec. 02 vs. Cardinals
Week 14 - Dec. 09 vs. Falcons
Week 15 - Dec 16 at Bears
Week 16 - Dec. 23 at NY Jets
Week 17 - Dec. 30 vs. Lions

[Fosco33]

Week 01 - Sep. 09 vs. Bears SNF
Week 02 - Sep. 16 vs. Vikings
Week 03 - Sep. 23 at Redskins
Week 04 - Sep. 30 vs. Bills
Week 05 - Oct. 07 at Lions
Week 06 - Oct. 15 vs. 49ers, MNF
Week 07 - BYE
Week 08 - Oct. 28 at Rams
Week 09 - Nov. 04 at Patriots, SNF
Week 10 - Nov. 11 vs. Dolphins
Week 11 - Nov. 15 at Seahawks TNF (good to have four days to prepare for these guys :roll:)
Week 12 - Nov. 25 at Vikings SNF (10 days to prep for Zimmer D or should it be for Zimmered?)
Week 13 - Dec. 02 vs. Cardinals
Week 14 - Dec. 09 vs. Falcons
Week 15 - Dec 16 at Bears
Week 16 - Dec. 23 at NY Jets
Week 17 - Dec. 30 vs. Lions

3 mini season. Home/away/home. 10-6. Some tough road games.

[pbmax]

Gonna need that bye week to prep for the Rams and Patriots back to back.

[pbmax]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbLzxCnW4AEy3jJ.jpg:large

[mraynrand]

Jiminy Christmas! Cheapest nosebleed seats at the NE game are already $355. 50 yard line is $1200....

[gbgary]

pre-draft W/L guess...8-8 (maybe 9-7). lots of noon games (i like that). december will be cold (no indoor or warm games). lots of travel in the middle games.

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Brian Burke
So this season rest differential losers are IND with -11, JAX -9, DET NYG & WAS -7, NO -6. Rest differential winners are ARI +12, PIT & HOU +10, and GB +9.

[Fosco33]

Jiminy Christmas! Cheapest nosebleed seats at the NE game are already $355. 50 yard line is $1200....

I work in the NE pretty much every week. Maybe I'll go - it's 25min from where I'd be on that Monday b

[Deputy Nutz]

At best 10-6

[wist43]

Looking like 8-8, 9-7

I expect the defense to be better tho... might take a bit to get in sync, but I do expect some defensive improvement.

[pbmax]

Brian Burke
So this season rest differential losers are IND with -11, JAX -9, DET NYG & WAS -7, NO -6. Rest differential winners are ARI +12, PIT & HOU +10, and GB +9.

Or ...

Bill Bardwell @billbarnwell
Two things regarding schedules in general. One is that a team’s bye week doesn’t mean anything, early or late

Bill Bardwell @billbarnwell
Two is that there’s no relationship between winning and the cumulative rest advantage a team enjoys over their opponents on schedule alone. Correlation between rest difference and win percentage since 1989 is -0.03.

In Grantland: https://t.co/Lbl1WnOEh0

[Anti-Polar Bear]

13-3 if the Great Arm of Butte stays clean. Fucked if, Zeus-forbid, the GOB gets IIA again...unless Kap is on the Packers’ roster.

[mraynrand]

Brian Burke
So this season rest differential losers are IND with -11, JAX -9, DET NYG & WAS -7, NO -6. Rest differential winners are ARI +12, PIT & HOU +10, and GB +9.

What's the awesomeness differential???
https://1835441770.rsc.cdn77.org/static.awlnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/12/meadows_brasky.jpg


P.S. are those some kind of random unit/scoring or are those hours?

[mraynrand]

I think the Packers match up well with Bye. Optimistically, this team will go 9-8.

[pbmax]

What's the awesomeness differential???
https://1835441770.rsc.cdn77.org/static.awlnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/12/meadows_brasky.jpg


P.S. are those some kind of random unit/scoring or are those hours?

I haven't had a chance to dig into the backstory. But I find it fascinating that Burke and Bardwell can't agree. Burke is an mathematical wizard, but Bardwell is no slouch.

My guess is that those are net days.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Off hand, I like the ending 3 games, even if 2 are on the road. If we need to win to get in, those are the opponents to have.

[gbgary]

Brian Burke
So this season rest differential losers are IND with -11, JAX -9, DET NYG & WAS -7, NO -6. Rest differential winners are ARI +12, PIT & HOU +10, and GB +9.

what is that?

[mraynrand]

Burke and Bardwell can't agree.

Sorry I can't help but see them chuckling over beers about how Bill Brasky would know...

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/braskys-buddies-at-the-bar/n11181?snl=1

[Fritz]

Not a bad schedule. No three-road-games-in-a-row. Short week to prep for Seattle, which sucks, but it doesn't look overwhelming. But as always, who knows how these teams will shake out?

The home schedule, from an entertainment perspective, does not look that sexy.

[ThunderDan]

Got to give the in-laws first shot but will probably have 2 tickets for the Vikings up for sale.

[woodbuck27]

Five Prime Time Games and 9 or 10 Wins (as a minimum).

It's going to be fun. :pack: