The NFL is headstrong about making ready for its conventional 16-game schedule, however it left a number of coronavirus-necessitated contingencies for anybody looking out.
Dates, occasions and matchups for all 256 regular-season video games starting Sept. 10 and ending Jan. Three have been revealed Thursday night time regardless of NFL services nonetheless beneath lockdown as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and with groups conducting digital practices this month.
The NFL has not publicly entertained hypotheticals of a shortened schedule or holding fan-less video games and warned groups by way of inner memo towards hypothesis on such situations for danger of making confusion amongst followers and sponsors.
However connecting the dots on the composite NFL schedule suggests …
1. Weeks Three and Four are the more than likely to get worn out if the NFL must drop to 14 video games. There aren't any protect-at-all-cost division video games in both week and all 32 groups are dwelling as soon as and away as soon as throughout that span. There had been hypothesis of no convention video games within the first 4 weeks, however the slate for Weeks 1 and a couple of are chock-full of convention and division video games that may very well be performed instead of Weeks Three and Four or on the finish of the season.
2. All groups are dwelling as soon as and away as soon as in Weeks 1 and a couple of, as properly. So, if the NFL wanted to play a 12-game season, all schedules can be balanced with six dwelling and 6 away video games. The 49ers, Titans, Cowboys and Steelers are the primary groups with back-to-back dwelling video games, in Weeks 5 and 6.
3. All Week 2 opponents share the identical bye week later within the season, so if these video games are postponed there may be a simple entice door the place groups may lose their bye week.
4. ESPN reported Tremendous Bowl LV in Tampa Bay may very well be pushed again by any variety of weeks from Feb. 7.
After 9/11, the NFL canceled its Week 2 slate and rescheduled these video games for the ultimate week of the common season. The bye week between the convention championship video games and the Tremendous Bowl was eradicated to maintain the end-date on schedule. The Professional Bowl now's performed throughout that bye week, however that may very well be canned with little uproar.
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