First things to look for when the schedule comes out

[Doc Brown]

9 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

I've always thought of my weekly Sunday suffering with the Bills as a form of worship. Now that I've been back in the area for a while I'm actually attending the Orchard Park mega church gatherings on a subscription level.  

Oh I don't go to church.  I'm just trying to justify sleeping in on the weekends.  What's a subscription level?  Do you have to prepay to go to church now?

Edited 13 hours ago by Doc Brown

[Snappysnackcakes]

11 hours ago, Charles Romes said:

1. No sauna game in Miami 

2. Ravens game is week 9 or after so Hoecht and Ogunjobi are back 

They have six game suspensions, not eight. 

[SoCal Deek]

9 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Still lost for words on those suspensions and the fact Beane knowingly signed them anyway. 

4D chess. It’s all part of their D Line rotation plan. Masterful! 

[eball]

I’m hoping for @Miami in November or December, and no personal conflicts for the dates in Carolina and Atlanta.  I figure I’ll go to three road games this year, and then hopefully a Christmas game in Buffalo.

 

10 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

Oof. Doesn't look good on either. Many murmurs of Dublin game. And Gramps gonna have to push through a bunch of 4 o'clock games this season, methinks

 

Didn’t @Kirby Jackson confirm the Steelers protected the Bills game, so that will be in Pittsburgh?

 

[Augie]

12 hours ago, Whites Bay said:

I'm thinking they're going to play in Dublin, and I want to make sure I'm in front of the TV on time.

 

If they play in Dublin, I want to be in front of the camera!!! 

 

Are we home or away week #1? I was at the first game at the Ralph, I’d like to be at the last home opener. I’ll be at the Atlanta game, a “home game” for me. I’ve never been to a game in Charlotte and Bills fans here have mentioned that as a good away destination. So much depends on the dates. 

[Kirby Jackson]

14 minutes ago, eball said:

I’m hoping for @Miami in November or December, and no personal conflicts for the dates in Carolina and Atlanta.  I figure I’ll go to three road games this year, and then hopefully a Christmas game in Buffalo.

 

 

Didn’t @Kirby Jackson confirm the Steelers protected the Bills game, so that will be in Pittsburgh?

 

They have asked the league to protect the Bills and Packers. I know that with 100% certainty. I do not know if the league always abides by that or just usually. I would be really surprised though if the league told the Steelers to pound sand. Those games are a draw regardless of who is there. 
 

When I was in the NBA the way that scheduling worked is that you got a certain amount of “vetoes” that they abided by. For example, the Pelicans never play home games from Thursday-Tuesday of Mardi Gras week. It would be a logistical nightmare so they go on the road. If I remember correctly, we could also make certain “requests” like “we would like to play a home game, in the afternoon, on MLK.” 

[GunnerBill]

I'm planning a holiday to Mexico in either the 2nd or 3rd week of November. Holding off until the schedule is out as I don't want to risk being mid air (or otherwise unable to access a device) when the Bills are playing..... knowing my luck I'd avoid Sunday and the Bills would end up some other weird and wonderful time that clashes with my travel plans.

[muppy]

12 hours ago, chongli said:

 

3. How many primetime/Black Friday/Christmas Day games do we get?

4. When is our bye?

5. How many teams do we play coming off their bye?

6. Any international games?

7. When will the home opener/TBDAHOT be?

8. Will we be the stand-alone game for any MNF games?

9. Are any of our games on weird networks like Netflix or Peacock?

10. Any weird quirks, like three games in a row at home or away?

11. How many primetime games will the idiot Bears, Browns, and Cowboys get?

very thorough I like it.

 

I also want to see what kind of deals by who and when to purchase a NFL viewing package based on all above. 

[Chicharito]

🤞🏼all games are on Saturday like they should be!

[MikePJ76]

which afc east team do they close out the stadium with?  

 

I think it will be Jets at Bills at 1 the final week.  In a perfect world the bills will have the 1 seed and can spend the week and the game celebrating the history of the team and the stadium.  Maybe one final snow game before the playoffs start to finish the regular season.  This would allow them to bring out all the former players and people involved with the organization through the years in a stress free environment.

 

I remember in 2008 the final year for the Cowboys at Texas Stadium, the league did them no favors and scheduled Baltimore on a saturday night in week 15.  It was maybe their most difficult game of the season, the defense blew the game in epic fashion and it also tanked their wild card shot essentially.  After the game they had all these former players and people there for a huge celebration and nobody cared because all the fans were so angry, plus it was freezing.

 

The same thing happened to the Giants in 09, they played carolina to close out giants stadium and got blown out and eliminated from the playoffs.

 

Why didn't Dallas just play washington its biggest rival in week 17 at home, the giants play the eagles week 17....etc.

 

I hope they don't do something stupid and put philly or tampa in Buffalo week 17.  Just give the Bills a week 18 1 pm game vs the jets or dolphins to close out the stadium.

Edited 2 hours ago by MikePJ76

[Gregg]

3 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

which afc east do they close out the stadium with?  

 

I think it will be Jets at Bills at 1 the final week.  In a perfect world the bills will have the 1 seed and can spend the week and the game celebrating the history of the team and the stadium.  Maybe one final snow game before the playoffs start to finish the regular season.  This would allow them to bring out all the former players and people involved with the organization through the years in a stress free environment.

 

I remember in 2008 the final year for the Cowboys at Texas Stadium, the league did them no favors and scheduled Baltimore on a saturday night in week 15.  It was maybe their most difficult game of the season, the defense blew the game in epic fashion and it also tanked their wild card shot essentially.  After the game they had all these former players and people their for a huge celebration and nobody cared because all the fans were so angry, plus it was freezing.

 

The same thing happened to the Giants in 09, they played carolina to close out giants stadium and got blown out and eliminated from the playoffs.

 

Why didn't Dallas just play washington its biggest rival in week 17 at home, the giants play the eagles week 17....etc.

 

I hope they don't do something stupid and put philly or tampa in Buffalo week 17.  Just give the Bills a week 18 1 pm game vs the jets or dolphins to close out the stadium.

 

Wasn't the first regular season game at the stadium against the Jets so it would be cool if they closed the regular season at the current stadium against the Jets. When they open the new stadium the first regular season game should be against the Dolphins. Most Bills fans consider the Dolphins the Bills biggest rival so why not have the first regular season game at the new place against them.

[Don Otreply]

That all the games will be at 1:00 pm on Sundays 

 

am I right,

[MikePJ76]

13 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

Wasn't the first regular season game at the stadium against the Jets so it would be cool if they closed the regular season at the current stadium against the Jets. When they open the new stadium the first regular season game should be against the Dolphins. Most Bills fans consider the Dolphins the Bills biggest rival so why not have the first regular season game at the new place against them.

I really hope the new stadium's first game is on a thursday night to kick off the 2026 season if you catch my drift.

 

To which I could not care less who they play!  They can run out the nuns from our lady of perpetual sorrow for all I care if they are hosting that game.

Edited 2 hours ago by MikePJ76

[Gregg]

15 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

I really hope the new stadium's first game is on a thursday night to kick off the 2026 season if you catch my drift.

 

To which I could not care less who they play!  They can run out the nuns from our lady of perpetual sorrow for all I care if they are hosting that game.

 

I hope the first game at the new stadium is also on Thursday night for the obvious reason but even if the Bills don't win it all this year, I still think the first game at the new place will be a primetime game. You know how the NFL likes to make a big deal out of everything so they will probably want the Bills new home to be in the spotlight nationally for the first regular season game. If it's not the Thursday night game, then it will be SNF or MNF. IMHO.

[MikePJ76]

Just now, Gregg said:

 

I hope the first game at the new stadium is also on Thursday night for the obvious reason but even if the Bills don't win it all this year, I still think the first game at the new place will be a primetime game. You know how the NFL likes to make a big deal out of everything so they will probably want the Bills new home to be in the spotlight nationally for the first regular season game. If it's not the Thursday night game, then it will be SNF or MNF. IMHO.

Yep.   Sunday night or monday night would make perfect sense.

[JP51]

13 hours ago, Charles Romes said:

1. No sauna game in Miami 

2. Ravens game is week 9 or after so Hoecht and Ogunjobi are back 

I like these two... I do think that a Bills / Ravens opening day matchup is a real possibility from a league appeal perspective...