Official 2020 NFL Schedule Thread

[Joemailman]

Yeah and coming off what will be most likely a very physical game against division rival Minnesota. Then hop on a plane out too SF.

The only good news is that on the same day the Packers play the Vikings, the 49ers travel to Seattle for a 3:25 game vs Seahawks. Maybe 49ers defenders will be tired from chasing Russell Wilson around.

[Bretsky]

Yeah I’ve been following that Badger-Irish game for tickets cause i was considering going and the prices are coming way down. I’m not sure there will be a Big 10 season and if they do probably no fans.

What are the tix going for now ?

[GB-Brandon]

The only good news is that on the same day the Packers play the Vikings, the 49ers travel to Seattle for a 3:25 game vs Seahawks. Maybe 49ers defenders will be tired from chasing Russell Wilson around.

I saw that. That’s a short flight for them. Plus I’m not high at all on Seattle this year “Other then Russell Wilson”. Their gonna lose Clowney and their roster looks horrible. They got key guys coming off injury and their old. I would say this will be Pete Carroll’s last year in Seattle. I would be shocked if Seattle made the playoffs but yeah they still gotta chase Wilson around.

[GB-Brandon]

What are the tix going for now ?

Well they were minimum $800 and up awhile ago and now you can get them for under $400.

It’s one of those deals where tickets get dispersed as it’s a neutral site game.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Schedule looks fair. No three away games in a row. I like playing the Vikings early since they have a lot of change. The week we play on Monday night we have a bye week the next game.

[HarveyWallbangers]

12-4. Loss at New Orleans and San Francisco. Home loss to Philadelphia. One other, probably division, loss thrown in. Going homer. In MLF we trust!

[GB-Brandon]

Do you think the league would play the season without fans in stadiums. Seems like the loss of ticket rev and merch and whatnot vs TV deal vs salaries would be a tough call.

Nobody really knows. I have heard NFL is prepared to play with limited fans or no fans if necessary. Also will include Saturday games if no college season.

College is a whole different story due to bigger liability issues so less chance they play most likely.

Well just have to wait and see. Makes it hard to plan anything though.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I went to ESPN and looked at what the hometown reporters predicted for W/L when they play the Packers. Packers would be 13-3. Only the Eagles, 49ers, and Vikings (split) writers predicted their team would beat the Packers. Same as mine—except the New Orleans writer predicted the Saints would lose at home to the Packers.

[texaspackerbacker]

I went to ESPN and looked at what the hometown reporters predicted for W/L when they play the Packers. Packers would be 13-3. Only the Eagles, 49ers, and Vikings (split) writers predicted their team would beat the Packers. Same as mine—except the New Orleans writer predicted the Saints would lose at home to the Packers.

That's very interesting. Could it possibly be that some of those other teams are plagued with negativist media people masquerading as realists too?

We can thank or blame the toughness of the schedule, of course, on winning the division. Having road games, though, against 2 of the other 3 division winners, and the two toughest ones at that, that's a bit of bad luck. We'll see how it shakes out. As they say, that's why they play the games.

[mraynrand]

. Having road games, though, against 2 of the other 3 division winners, and the two toughest ones at that, that's a bit of bad luck.

It’s called ‘scheduling’. Packers play the NFC South and it’s their turn to play at New Orleans.

Packers two open games are against the other NFC division winners because the Packers won their own division. One is at home (Philly) and one is on the road (SF).

There is actually no luck involved at all.

[pbmax]

Yeah I’ve been following that Badger-Irish game for tickets cause i was considering going and the prices are coming way down. I’m not sure there will be a Big 10 season and if they do probably no fans.

You might get a cheap ticket and some extra space.

[pbmax]

Do you think the league would play the season without fans in stadiums. Seems like the loss of ticket rev and merch and whatnot vs TV deal vs salaries would be a tough call.

Baseball would be hurt by this more than football. But the TV revenue is the big deal in both cases.

They'd rather do both. But if they can secure testing and figure out how to quarantine players in there is an intra-team outbreak, they'll do empty stadiums first.

Lotta questions though, you have a lot of team personnel that come into contact with players and then people running the game at the stadium. Have to test everyone and be ready to quarantine.

[pbmax]

Schedule looks fair. No three away games in a row. I like playing the Vikings early since they have a lot of change. The week we play on Monday night we have a bye week the next game.

I don't like SF on a Thursday in San Fran.

[pbmax]

Andy Herman @AndyHermanNFL
The 49ers game for Green Bay is just brutal. Their 4th game in 19 days, on short rest, all the way on the West Coast, against a damn good football team who handed them their lunch twice in 2019. It’s also following a divisional rivalry game against Minnesota. A massive challenge.

I never like the x game in 19 days formulation, because the truth is by that form, a regularly scheduled 49er game would be the fourth game in 21/22 days.

[pbmax]

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky
Not only did the Packers not get their wish to be on the road the weekend of the Wisconsin-Notre Dame game at Lambeau, but now they'll have to figure out how to practice around that chaos on Saturday before their MNF home game.

Might be less chaos that usual though.