***2008 NFL Opponents released*** (1 Viewer)

[enfuego]

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Early observations:

Pats visit Colts

Cleveland gos to Tennessee

Steelers visit Jax

 

[Jiggyonthehut]

Jaguars--> 5 playoff teams at home (GB, Pitt, Minny, Tenn, Indy) should be GREAT for ticket sales. Also looking forward to a Bears-Jags game @ Soldier field.

Shaping up to be a exciting, albeit tough season. But a healthy dose of media exposure is just what the Jags needed.

 

[enfuego]

The Pats schedule appears easier than this year...due to rotation of divisions, I suppose.

 

[enfuego]

Jaguars--> 5 playoff teams at home (GB, Pitt, Minny, Tenn, Indy) should be GREAT for ticket sales. Also looking forward to a Bears-Jags game @ Soldier field. Shaping up to be a exciting, albeit tough season. But a healthy dose of media exposure is just what the Jags needed.

Well, 4 + 1 almost playoff (Minn)...

 

[Jiggyonthehut]

Jaguars--> 5 playoff teams at home (GB, Pitt, Minny, Tenn, Indy) should be GREAT for ticket sales. Also looking forward to a Bears-Jags game @ Soldier field. Shaping up to be a exciting, albeit tough season. But a healthy dose of media exposure is just what the Jags needed.

Well, 4 + 1 almost playoff (Minn)...

Oops , well at least AD should get a huge draw.

 

[ceisenhower66]

Wow, the Steelers' schedule is brutal:

Pittsburgh Steelers

Home: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Houston, Indianapolis, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, San Diego

Away: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Philadelphia, Washington, New England

10 non-divisional games...all against teams with .500 or better records this year; 8 of which are playoff teams. I know a lot can and will change between this year and next, but they are going to have a struggle to repeat this year's record.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Awesome. The Vikes play the AFC south.

 

[jevy]

W = opp. Wins in 2007

Pitts has the most difficult schedule.

NE and SD have a soft schedule.

Team   W	   RankARZ	119	21ATL	118	24BAL	141	4BUF	115	27CAR	119	21CHI	136	11CIN	140	6CLE	140	6DAL	134	13DEN	114	29DET	139	9GB	 136	11HOU	140	6IND	152	2JAX	143	3KC	 116	26MIA	119	21MIN	141	4NE	 99	 32NO	 115	27NYG	133	15NYJ	117	25OAK	112	30PHI	133	15PIT	153	1SD	 108	31SEA	122	19SF	 124	18STL	125	17TB	 120	20TEN	139	9WAS	134	13

 

[enfuego]

W = opp. Wins in 2007

Pitts has the most difficult schedule.

NE and SD have a soft schedule.

Team   W	   RankARZ	119	21ATL	118	24BAL	141	4BUF	115	27CAR	119	21CHI	136	11CIN	140	6CLE	140	6DAL	134	13DEN	114	29DET	139	9GB	 136	11HOU	140	6IND	152	2JAX	143	3KC	 116	26MIA	119	21MIN	141	4NE	 99	 32NO	 115	27NYG	133	15NYJ	117	25OAK	112	30PHI	133	15PIT	153	1SD	 108	31SEA	122	19SF	 124	18STL	125	17TB	 120	20TEN	139	9WAS	134	13

NE has the softest schedule....

 

[Andy Dufresne]

NE has the softest schedule....

Not surprising considering they get four games against the Jets & Dolphins.

 

[Dynasty]

It's really sick that the Patriots are going to have the softest 2008 schedule on top of their #7 draft pick.

 

[Tanner9919]

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Early observations:

Pats visit Colts

Cleveland gos to Tennessee

Steelers visit Jax

just looking at it now, LJ's schedule is flat-out juicy:

Home: Denver, Oakland, San Diego, Buffalo, Miami, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Tennessee

Away: Denver, Oakland, San Diego, New England, N.Y. Jets, Atlanta, Carolina, Cincinnati

a cakewalk schedule against the league's worst run defenses from 2007..

its going to be great to see NYG playing in Cleveland and Pittsburgh next season!

 

[Tommy Collins]

NE has the softest schedule....

Not surprising considering they get four games against the Jets & Dolphins.

Buffalo gets those games too, although they made the Jets games closer than they should've been. Buffalo has 9 tough opponents this coming year: NE x2, SD, SEA, CLE, JAX, AZ, STL, DEN. STL & DEN listed because I don't think Denver can go under .500 next season. And STL's record isn't an indication of how good that team is, IMO (Bulger, SJax, Holt). They are a good team, I think a coaching change will fix things there.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

NE has the softest schedule....

Not surprising considering they get four games against the Jets & Dolphins.

Plus they don't play against themselves..

 

[Anthony Borbely]

Detroit Lions

Home: Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Washington

Away: Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Atlanta, Carolina, Houston, Indianapolis, San Francisco

The Lions have a tough schedule for a bad team, and an especially brutal home schedule.

 

[Pittsburgh United]

But a healthy dose of media exposure is just what the Jags needed.

Yep - so the whole country can laugh at the 40% of empty seats.

 

[Pittsburgh United]

I'm getting sick of Pittsburgh drawing New England every stinking year. What the heck is up with that?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Philadelphia Eagles

Home: Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Washington, Arizona, St. Louis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Atlanta

Away: Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Washington, San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago

There are a bunch of really bad pass defenses on this list. More encouragement for those targeting McNabb as a value pick next year. (And yes, he will be back with the Eagles.)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I'm getting sick of Pittsburgh drawing New England every stinking year. What the heck is up with that?

If you finish first in your division, you draw all the first-place teams in your conference.

 

[bostonfred]

I'm getting sick of Pittsburgh drawing New England every stinking year. What the heck is up with that?

Division leaders face other division leaders. It's the same reason that the Pats and Steelers keep playing the Chargers and Colts, and the Cowboys will face the Packers again. It makes for more interesting matchups, even though it can result in the same teams seeing each other again and again.