Schedule Announced 4/14 at 2:00 MST

[FrontRow]

The NFL will announce the full schedule on 4/14. Am I the only idiot who looks forward to this?

 

[so far away]

The NFL will announce the full schedule on 4/14. Am I the only idiot who looks forward to this?

Absolutely

NOT

 

[jmt]

I can't wait - now I can plan a few road trips and visist to mom in Tucson!

 

[Redmark]

There's more - see it live!

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[Cardinal Bob]

The NFL will announce the full schedule on 4/14. Am I the only idiot who looks forward to this?

Oh, no way. There are a few of us freaks!

 

[Jim O]

I have had a feeling since January that we will open on the road in hot and HUMID Miami and close the season in blizzard conditions at Buffalo.

I hope that it is the other way around.

 

[WizardOfAz]

I have had a feeling since January that we will open on the road in hot and HUMID Miami

Last time the Cards played in Miami it was pretty early in the season as I recall.

The other bad thing about playing there early is they have the field for baseball.

 

[Jim O]

The other bad thing about playing there early is they have the field for baseball.

The kickers hate that...especially if it rains.

Also, the Dolphins have not lost a home game in September in quite some time.

 

[abomb]

I smell a prediction thread!

A-Bomb

 

[Pariah]

My prediction:

Opener: at SF
Closer: Seattle at Home

 

[Stout]

Please, please, PLEASE don't give us 2 out of the first 3 games on the road!!!

 

[40yearfan]

Am I the only idiot?

Isn't it amazing how changing just a few words completely changes the meaning of a sentence?

 

[azdad1978]

The NFL will announce the full schedule on 4/14. Am I the only idiot who looks forward to this?

Hopefully we don't get a brutal away schedule.

 

[jerryp]

Our team had maybe one of the easiest road schedules in the league last year, it's much harder this year.

Given how the NFL loves to screw AZ on the schedule (started at home once since moving to AZ) I would not expect a home start.

Road schedule is Atlanta, Buffalo, Carolina, Detroit, Miami, and of course the entire NFC West.

 

[vikesfan]

Schedules are important. A lot of times when you face teams is important.

Let me give some examples. DG had a great record coming out of byes. The team we play out of our bye better watch out.

Catching teams when they are set up to lose is beneficial. Of course you cannot predict these things ahead of time. It depends on how a team is doing when you met them so you can't tell.
The Vikes schedule was very favorable. The first game at GB after the war the year before was easy. Then the Vikes played DEN and ATL when their QBs were hurt. Played SF when dissension was sky high etc. Back to back west coast road trips in the Vikes schedule was brutal though.

A lot of the benefits and negatives of a schedule only become apparent as the season develops. A good team on a losing streak you hate to play them, a good team on a winning streak that is not so bad.

A home game with 55000 screaming fans against a weak team with injuries would be a nice way to start. Look at DET last year but it doesnt translate. Get that 1-0 start with fan support and the players will believe a little more.

But heck the Cards could lose that game and go to a good team the next week and win. It comes down to winning and not using the schedule as an excuse.

I wonder how many national games the Cards will get this year?

 

[kerouac9]

I wonder how many national games the Cards will get this year?

About the same as usual: Zero. Maybe a Sunday night game, just because I think the League likes to get every team a national game (Remember that brilliant Atlanta-Cincy showdown in 2002?), but nothing more than that, I'm sure.

 

[football karma]

Anybody on the away schedule open a new stadium? If so, thats where the Cardinals will open. The eternal homecoming opponent.

 

[CaptTurbo]

Hopefully we don't get a brutal away schedule.

Having already seen what teams we play, you cant help but get a brutal home AND away schedule.

 

[Jim O]

I wonder how many national games the Cards will get this year?

I would be shocked if the networks put us in a Prime Time slot this year.

 

[abomb]

I would be shocked if the networks put us in a Prime Time slot this year.

I will go out on a limb and guess we get a Sunday night home game. ESPN could push it as "Denny Green and the new look Arizona Cardinals on ESPN!"...although a 25% full stadium might scare the network brass away. I say no primetime game this year. ha ha

A-Bomb

 

[Rivercard]

Having already seen what teams we play, you cant help but get a brutal home AND away schedule.

But we will be playing 9 games against teams that did not have winning records last year............

NYG 4-12
DET 5-11
ATL 5-11
BUFF 6-10
NYJ 6-10
TAMPAX 7-9
SF 7-11 (twice)
NO 8-8

How is that for a positive spin!

 

[kerouac9]

How is that for a positive spin!

You should work for the Department of Defense!!

 

[jmt]

I will go out on a limb and guess we get a Sunday night home game. ESPN could push it as "Denny Green and the new look Arizona Cardinals on ESPN!"...although a 25% full stadium might scare the network brass away. I say no primetime game this year. ha ha

A-Bomb

With Denny's ESPN connections I predict we get a Sunday night game at home vs Rams.

 

[kerouac9]

With Denny's ESPN connections I predict we get a Sunday night game at home vs Rams.

MAYBE an away game, but until this team sells out a regular season game or wins in the playoffs, the Arizona Cardinals will never get a prime time home game.

No one wants to see 3/4 empty stadiums on national television. If the in-state fans don't care about the team, why should the nation?

 

[jmt]

No one wants to see 3/4 empty stadiums on national television. If the in-state fans don't care about the team, why should the nation?

Maybe we should give tikets away like last year's Monday nught game moved from SD?