NFL Schedule Released Today

[TonyB0D]

dunno what time....but the last week of the season is ALL divisional games.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

ITS OUT....

Wk Date Matchup TV Time
1 Sun, Sept. 12 at Buffalo Bills CBS 1 p.m.
2 Sun, Sept. 19 at Minnesota Vikings CBS 1 p.m.
3 Sun, Sept. 26 vs. New York Jets NBC 8:20 p.m.
4 Mon, Oct. 4 vs. New England Patriots ESPN 8:30 p.m.
5 Bye
6 Sun, Oct. 17 at Green Bay Packers CBS 1 p.m.
7 Sun, Oct. 24 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers CBS 1 p.m.
8 Sun, Oct. 31 at Cincinnati Bengals CBS 1 p.m.
9 Sun, Nov. 7 at Baltimore Ravens CBS 1 p.m.
10 Sun, Nov. 14 vs. Tennessee Titans CBS 1 p.m.
11 Thu, Nov. 18 vs. Chicago Bears NFLN 8:20 p.m.
12 Sun, Nov. 28 at Oakland Raiders CBS 4:05 p.m.
13 Sun, Dec. 5 vs. Cleveland Browns CBS 1 p.m.
14 Sun, Dec. 12 at New York Jets CBS 4:15 p.m.
15 Sun, Dec. 19 vs. Buffalo Bills CBS 1 p.m.
16 Sun, Dec. 26 vs. Detroit Lions FOX 1 p.m.
17 Sun, Jan. 2 at New England Patriots CBS 1 p.m.

[Doc-phin]

1st half of the season is fairly stacked.  I hope Sparano doesn't have the team starting slow like last year.

On a positive note, it could be a setup to a great run for the playoffs.  It makes it extra nice that we finish with the Pats, which could be a deciding game.

[BigDaddyFin]

Realistic hopes for this season are 9-7 to 11-5.  Hopefully we can win some games early unlike the last two years.

[Brian Fein]

At New England in January?  F!

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

At New England in January?  F!

@ NE in Jan, @ Jets in Dec are the two weather affected road games.

First two games on the road, and then two night games so heat should not be too much of a factor for home games, it could still be hot for Jets or NE at MIA but it won't be in the sun as if it was an afternoon game. 

[Dave Gray]

At a quick glance, being somewhat skeptical, I'm looking at 8-9 wins.  ...so if we steal a game of two, we can have 10-11 wins.  ...sounds about right.

[StL FinFan]

Cincy on Halloween.  That blows my road trip dream for this season.  FML

[Brian Fein]

By this schedule we'll be lucky to break 7 wins.  I foresee a point where the Dolphins are 1-7.

[TonyB0D]

yeah this is a pretty rough sked :-( 

[hordman]

I think the NFL screws us for the 2nd straight year.  2 away games off the bat (MIN - 2009 NFC title game) and then at home against two 2009 playoff teams.

last year they had us with 3 straight games against 2008 playoff teams.

for pete's sake we were 7-9 last year.  I'll use the PIT Stillers as an example of biasness since I live in Central PA and I hate the focking Stillers and their obnoxious fans.

the winning pct (2009 records) of this year's Phins opponents is .500 (128-128).  compare that with PIT (who went 9-7) whose 2010 schedule has them playing against a winning pct of .492 (126-130)

come on man! the league always give preference to the teams that sell around the league and the Stillers are a great example of that.  hell, they came off a 2008 SB season and they still had a shitty schedule last year. 

I think it's possible to go 6-2 (maybe 7-1) at home and then split the away games, a 10-6 or 11-5 season is in the realm of possibility.

[Phishfan]

Scheduling has been determined by divisions for quite some time now. You can't use the tired excuse of the NFL favoring teams anymore. We have six games automatically determined by our division opponents. We have another four games against an entire division from the NFC (our entire division also plays them). We have four games against an entire division from the AFC (what do you know the rest of our division also plays them). That only leaves two more games to figure out and those are against teams who compare to our finish last year. There is no room for bias with that method.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I think the NFL screws us for the 2nd straight year.  2 away games off the bat (MIN - 2009 NFC title game) and then at home against two 2009 playoff teams.

last year they had us with 3 straight games against 2008 playoff teams.

for pete's sake we were 7-9 last year.  I'll use the PIT Stillers as an example of biasness since I live in Central PA and I hate the focking Stillers and their obnoxious fans.

the winning pct (2009 records) of this year's Phins opponents is .500 (128-128).  compare that with PIT (who went 9-7) whose 2010 schedule has them playing against a winning pct of .492 (126-130)

come on man! the league always give preference to the teams that sell around the league and the Stillers are a great example of that.  hell, they came off a 2008 SB season and they still had a shitty schedule last year. 

The Dolphin's opponents were set long ago, and is done by a set formula, there is no bias or preferential treatment by the league.  The only thing released yesterday was what order the games will be played.  You have to play the Patriots twice, the Jets twice, Min etc.  I am not really sure what the big deal is in playing a bunch of good teams in a row then a bunch of non playoff teams in a row vs. mixing it up a bit more.  

There was one way in which the Dolphin's did not make out well.  First home game during daylight isn't until Oct 24 when the sun beating down on the away team's bench and the Dolphin's being in the shade will be less of an issue than it is in early Sept.  However, the Dolphins have two potential cold away games against divisional rivals.  However, you can blame some of that on the scheduling challenges presented by the fact that the Marlins have home games on Sunday week 1 and 3 making scheduling the Dolphins more challenging during the early part of the season.  

In another way the Dolphins made out pretty good.  THREE prime time games, two of them at home.  That is a lot for a sub .500 team that hasn't won a playoff game in a decade.  

The other thing is the one Monday game the Dolphins have is before their bye week.  So despite having prime time games the Dolphins have no uneven short weeks.  Dolphins do have a short week before the Bears...but the Bears have the same short week.  Compare that to the Jets who have 3 Sunday games following Monday night games.  

[hordman]

There was one way in which the Dolphin's did not make out well.  First home game during daylight isn't until Oct 24 when the sun beating down on the away team's bench and the Dolphin's being in the shade will be less of an issue than it is in early Sept.  However, the Dolphins have two potential cold away games against divisional rivals.  However, you can blame some of that on the scheduling challenges presented by the fact that the Marlins have home games on Sunday week 1 and 3 making scheduling the Dolphins more challenging during the early part of the season.

I believe Stephen Ross was lobbying for more 4:15pm games this season.  the cold weather games in the late season don't bother me.  I believe that's an age old myth about warmer teams playing the cold, snow late in the season.  I'm sure everyone has players on their teams that played college ball in the northeast/midwest during the late october and november months.  it's the team's personnel and how bad you want the game that determines those wins....both teams are playing in the crap weather.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

It is true both teams have player that have played college ball in cold weather.  And both teams play in the same crap. The cold weather is only one factor.

But it is a factor.  The body does accumulate to the temperature.  It is why the same February weather in Orlando will have the natives wearing a sweater and complaining about the cold and the tourist from up north running around in tank tops and shorts.  I have had friends that were not bothered by cold weather who then moved south for two or three years than returned and were miserable the first winter back.  I even find that the same weather in March or April will have me outside in shorts will have me wearing a sweatshirt in Sept cause in Sept my body is use to being hot in March it is use to being cold and has adjusted.  Also a northern team can practice outdoor in bad weather or practice indoors to get ready to play a dome team.  Unless Mia has a football field size meat locker the Dolphins can't practice in -10F weather.