Schedule Leaks

[TheFunPolice]

The NFL LOVES putting the Bears on SNF

 

I guess they love crazy score games like 18-12 

[Gugny]

1 minute ago, Cheektowaga Chad said:

Seems like a meh type of game for week 1 Sunday night football. At least to me 

 

Possible Fields factor and Stafford's debut with a new team create a little intrigue.  Not for me, per se!  But perhaps for some.

[Buffalo03]

3 minutes ago, Cheektowaga Chad said:

Seems like a meh type of game for week 1 Sunday night football. At least to me 

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I was kind of thinking the Rams may get a week 1 matchup because they have to flash off the stadium with people in it for the first time but against the Bears? Could be better

Edited May 11, 2021 by Buffalo03

[TheFunPolice]

Just now, Gugny said:

 

Possible Fields factor and Stafford's debut with a new team create a little intrigue.  Not for me, per se!  But perhaps for some.

 

I am excited to see Stafford on the Rams.

 

They could easily be a Super bowl contender. They were in the playoffs last year and gave Green Bay a game in the Divisional round. 

[HOUSE]

23 minutes ago, Bills fan since 87 said:

Man, schedule leak threads always seem to get personal

[Greg S]

1 minute ago, Buffalo03 said:

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I was kind of thinking the Rams may get a week 1 matchup because they have to flash off the stadium with people in it for the first time but against the Bears? Could be better

 

Two big markets like LA and Chicago means strong ratings. The Bears may be boring but they do have a large fanbase. 

[Buffalo03]

1 minute ago, Greg S said:

 

Two big markets like LA and Chicago means strong ratings. The Bears may be boring but they do have a large fanbase. 

I just think the NFL puts too much emphasis on market size. I get it nut I feel like people will watch because it's football. The Rams, Bears and Giants are my least favorite teams to watch but they get a million primetime games every year

[CommonCents]

Anything on the Bills yet? Sorry I haven’t had time to read the entire thread.

[Greg S]

2021 NFL Schedule leaks and rumors: Buffalo Bills featured prominently on national stage

Matt Warren  17 mins ago

What Mitt Romney nails about the removal of Liz Cheney

School shooting tragedy leaves Russia in shock

The Buffalo Bills will be featured prominently on the national stage in the 2021 NFL season. If the leaks and rumors we are hearing are actually true—and we have no reason to believe they aren’t—Buffalo will have a multitude of nationally televised games on strange days and start times, rather than the traditional 1:00 pm Eastern time slot on Sunday.

© Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

As a reminder, there are only three preseason games in 2021 and a brand-spanking-new 17th regular season game in this year’s schedule, thanks to changes to the Collective Bargaining Agreement from a year ago.

Now that we have the facts established, let’s get into some reports and rumors. If we’ve heard it from a single source, it’s listed here as an unconfirmed rumor. Typically, folks writing reports like this are supposed to confirm the news with multiple sources, not just one.

If You Pay Over $800 In Rent, Make These 10 Moves This Week

Wish I knew this before I paid my bills...

Ad

 by JOY WALLETSEE MORE

Week 13 - New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football

In primetime, the Bills will host the New England Patriots in Orchard Park on Monday Night Football according to a source. A December home game under the lights could be the first time we see rookie QB Mac Jones play Buffalo.

Week 12 - Buffalo Bills at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:25 PM

Rumors had been flying around that the Bills were the leading candidate for the season-opener on September 9, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers raise their Super Bowl Championship banner at Raymond James Stadium. Ryan Talbot at NYUP.com reports that Buffalo will face Tom Brady in Week 14 on December 12th at 4:25 start time, not the season opener.

Week 1 - Unconfirmed Rumor

Scott Zolak, the Patriots’ color analyst, says the Bills are heading to New England for the Week 1 game. He said it on his radio show and it’s not in print anywhere, so we are reporting it as a rumor not fact at this point in time. The Steelers are also rumored to be Buffalo’s Week 1 opponent by various Twitter folks. Obviously, these are unconfirmed.

Week8 - Unconfirmed Rumor

Week 18 - Unconfirmed Rumor

We are hearing the rest of the AFC East home schedule is pretty fun, too; a Halloween costume party with the Miami Dolphins and a season-ending Saturday date with the New York Jets. That Saturday game could be flexed to Sunday based on the how the schedule shakes out by the end of Week 17. These two reports are unconfirmed.

 

[Buffalo03]

Just now, CommonCents said:

Anything on the Bills yet? Sorry I haven’t had time to read the entire thread.

Week 1 at New England

Week 13 MNF vs New England at home

Week 14 at Buccaneers 4:25pm

[Cheektowaga Chad]

5 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I was kind of thinking the Rams may get a week 1 matchup because they have to flash off the stadium with people in it for the first time but against the Bears? Could be better

 

5 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

Possible Fields factor and Stafford's debut with a new team create a little intrigue.  Not for me, per se!  But perhaps for some.

Agree with both

 

It would be a good week 2 and beyond Sunday nighter but week 1 give me 2 contenders

[CommonCents]

Just now, Buffalo03 said:

Week 1 at New England

Week 13 MNF vs New England at home

Week 14 at Buccaneers 4:25pm

Thanks. I’m glad we avoided the season opener in Tampa. I hope that is true. 

[TheFunPolice]

I would enjoy Dallas/Tampa 

[Greg S]

Just now, Buffalo03 said:

Week 1 at New England

Week 13 MNF vs New England at home

Week 14 at Buccaneers 4:25pm

 

Halloween weekend home game against Miami

Season ending Saturday home game against the Jets.

[Gugny]

7 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

I am excited to see Stafford on the Rams.

 

They could easily be a Super bowl contender. They were in the playoffs last year and gave Green Bay a game in the Divisional round. 

 

I actually am, too.  I've always been a Stafford fan. He's put up HOF numbers for a crap organization for his entire career.  He deserves this.

[nato7412]

18 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

1pm game?

Doesn't say but Id assume so. 

 

[DrDawkinstein]

20 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

Possible Fields factor and Stafford's debut with a new team create a little intrigue.  Not for me, per se!  But perhaps for some.

 

Who are we kidding? We will ALL watch it.

14 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

Week 1 at New England

Week 13 MNF vs New England at home

Week 14 at Buccaneers 4:25pm

 

I'd rather have this than Peter King's prediction of playing the Buccs to open the season on Thursday Night Football.

 

Planning on going to that game and really don't want to watch them raise the banner for another Brady Super Bowl.

 

Plus, that means I'll be kicked out before kick off after I rain down dildos onto the field during the ceremony.

[Mark Vader]

10 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

That was a pathetically bad call. Robey didn't lay a finger on that WR.... but the Bills didn't deserve to win that game considering the ridiculous amount of TOs 

Not the Bills fault that the Jaguars couldn't deliver the knockout. They needed the officials to bail them out.

[corta765]

34 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

The NFL LOVES putting the Bears on SNF

 

I guess they love crazy score games like 18-12 

There is no team in the NFL that excels in weird scores like the Bears

[GETTOTHE50]

I was hoping for a non divisional opponent week 1. I’m tired or seeing the jets or patriots right off the bat. 

[Freddie's Dead]

For what are we scheduling Roosevelt Leaks?

[Brennan Huff]

33 minutes ago, CommonCents said:

Anything on the Bills yet? Sorry I haven’t had time to read the entire thread.

Confirmed Bills vs Bucs in Super Bowl

[Mark Vader]

43 minutes ago, Cheektowaga Chad said:

Seems like a meh type of game for week 1 Sunday night football. At least to me 

The number 2 market in the country Vs. the number 3 market in the country.

 

There's your reasoning.

[Buffalo03]

7 minutes ago, GETTOTHE50 said:

I was hoping for a non divisional opponent week 1. I’m tired or seeing the jets or patriots right off the bat. 

The schedule makers are kinda boring lol. The last 5 years have been

 

At Ravens

Vs Jets

At Ravens

At Jets

Vs Jets

 

Boring 

[Gugny]

35 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

That was a pathetically bad call. Robey didn't lay a finger on that WR.... but the Bills didn't deserve to win that game considering the ridiculous amount of TOs 

 

We had the lead with 6 minutes left in the game.

[teef]

1 minute ago, Gugny said:

 

We had the lead with 6 minutes left in the game.

the man said the bills didn't deserve to win...

[Buffalo03]

8 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

The number 2 market in the country Vs. the number 3 market in the country.

 

There's your reasoning.

Yeah, but you can't tell me Bills at Chiefs isn't a better matchup. That would have been an incredible SNF opener

[section122]

42 minutes ago, Greg S said:

 

Halloween weekend home game against Miami

Season ending Saturday home game against the Jets.

 

I hope that is true... 2 weeks after October 17th is home and with the home/away the nfl generally does hoping October 17th is a home game.  Ralph's would be 103rd birthday and also my 40th!  Really would love to be in the stands if it is indeed a home game!  Knowing my luck though it will be their bye week.... lol

[Process]

Boooooo! I guess Bills at Bucs made too much sense for Week 1. Would have loved to see it. 

[Mark Vader]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

Yeah, but you can't tell me Bills at Chiefs isn't a better matchup. That would have been an incredible SNF opener

Of course it does, but the NFL and all other pro sports leagues will always continue to push the big markets.

[Virgil]

59 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

1pm game?

Hi Gug 

[djp14150]

6 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

I was listening to Schopp and the Bulldog last Friday and Schopp was talking about how he knows a guy in the league who knows when teams are notified of their schedules and he said that the teams are normally told "the morning of the day the schedule comes out" but that this year teams will find out the day before which would mean that teams will find out today instead of tomorrow. That could mean that we get some early leaks. I guess we will wait and see. I'm excited 

 

Go Bills!!!

 

teams are given finalist schedule options to check if there could be any schedule issues they were unaware of.

 

this happened with Buffalo in 2011 schedule where they had buffalo at home when hockey world juniors were in buffalo so there were no hotel rooms available.  So they needed to change.

 

in another season Houston was at home the same weekend the stadium space was used for a holiday event between thxgvg and Xmas.  Thry flipped weeks.

 

flipping weeks in a schedule usually occurs when

 

1 team has 3 straight weeks at home or on road because the scheduling algorithm limits in to two.

 

you have a week without teams on bye. Or there was a a week at start or end where some teams bye, no bye , teams on bye.

 

they schedule prime time games , focused 425 games, and team byes first.  It’s far easier to do this than have a computer program do it.

 

if you look at prime time games thry follow a pattern of some division rivals games, playoff rematches, super bowl of past rematches, big inter conference games, predicted 1st place teams pkaying, preficyed playoff contenders playing.

 

 

[Mark Vader]

2 minutes ago, Process said:

Boooooo! I guess Bills at Bucs made too much sense for Week 1. Would have loved to see it. 

It was never going to be an AFC-NFC match-up to start the season.

[Xwnyer]

6 hours ago, scuba guy said:

Dunkirk Don is that you

 

Follow the 💰

O sorry wrong thread 

 

Thanks op 

Is that guy still around?

[CNYfan]

4 minutes ago, djp14150 said:

 

teams are given finalist schedule options to check if there could be any schedule issues they were unaware of.

 

this happened with Buffalo in 2011 schedule where they had buffalo at home when hockey world juniors were in buffalo so there were no hotel rooms available.  So they needed to change.

 

in another season Houston was at home the same weekend the stadium space was used for a holiday event between thxgvg and Xmas.  Thry flipped weeks.

 

flipping weeks in a schedule usually occurs when

 

1 team has 3 straight weeks at home or on road because the scheduling algorithm limits in to two.

 

you have a week without teams on bye. Or there was a a week at start or end where some teams bye, no bye , teams on bye.

 

they schedule prime time games , focused 425 games, and team byes first.  It’s far easier to do this than have a computer program do it.

 

if you look at prime time games thry follow a pattern of some division rivals games, playoff rematches, super bowl of past rematches, big inter conference games, predicted 1st place teams pkaying, preficyed playoff contenders playing.

 

 

LOL at teef

[TBBills]

This thread said "Hot 🔥" so I figured some stuff got leaked.

1 hour ago, TheFunPolice said:

The NFL LOVES putting the Bears on SNF

 

I guess they love crazy score games like 18-12 

The factor of crazy scores and that the bears know Stafford best is a great combo for a whacky score game that could be exciting.

Edited May 11, 2021 by TBBills

[djp14150]

If there is going to be 18 weeks in the regular season...

 

werk 18 is dual DHs

 

what other week is dual DH?  Week 1, week 10?
 

If there are two thrn it e runs out for 8 each solo DH on cbs and Fox

[stinky finger]

1 hour ago, Greg S said:

 

Two big markets like LA and Chicago means strong ratings. The Bears may be boring but they do have a large fanbase. 

 

Good match ups get ratings. 

[djp14150]

13 minutes ago, Process said:

Boooooo! I guess Bills at Bucs made too much sense for Week 1. Would have loved to see it. 

cbs fought to have afc east at Bradyville 

 

it’s likely bills-bos cbs

mia-Bucs mnf

 

Mia-saints cbs

buf-saints MNF ( nbc during World Series weekend)

[DCOrange]

10 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

It was never going to be an AFC-NFC match-up to start the season.

It definitely would have been unusual if it was. The NFL doesn't have an option that would be considered usual though. It's usually a game against a fellow conference team (not within the division) that was at least in the playoffs the year before. Tampa doesn't have anyone that matches that criteria. I think the Bears are the closest if I'm not mistaken.

 

I suspect it will be the Cowboys though; a big market, Dak's return, and potential playoff team against the defending SB champs.