http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/schedule/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots
.....Because this is the kind of schedule I dream of. Eight Pats games start at 4:15 this season. Eight (8). That's half their games! Throw in four prime time affairs, and only 25% of the schedule starts at 1:00 for New England. The three hour difference between starts can't be understated. No more forcing yourself to roll out of bed before 1 to see the kickoff. Everyone knows Sunday mornings are the worst. The full effects of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night finally catching up with them. What's better than staying in bed till 3? Catch the end of a (rarely) high-quality early game and then, BOOM! Pats at 4 taking you through the rest of your Sunday.
The Pats open up against Miami in the annual Monday Night doubleheader (that's a big win for Team Goodell. Two football games on Monday night? Genius. So what if the middle schoolers have to go to bed after the first one?) Personally I wish it was Pats-Jets in that game, because, well, you know, but I'll take a prime time Week 1 affair any day of the week. In this case Monday.
New England gets their first crack at Rex Ryan's squad on October 9 in a Sunday afternoon showdown in Foxboro. I turn 21 the next day. You might say I "Can't Wait" for that one, Bart Scott.
Eli Manning and the G-Men come rolling into Foxboro in a rematch of Super Bowl XLII on November 6. Would a win atone for the atrocities of that evening? Nope. Am I still bitter? Yep.
The following four weeks all have great action: Sunday night at the Jets; Monday night vs. Matt Cassel and the Chiefs for the first time since the trade; a clash with Mike Vick and the Iggles in the City of Brotherly Love; and the annual Pats-Colts contest, in Foxboro for the second year in a row, on December 4. The Patriots close out against Buffalo at home on New Year's Day. Maybe Cam Newton will be in uniform for the Bills?
Obviously there's a ton of uncertainty involving the NFL right now. Player movement is frozen during this freaking lockout, so it's tough to go up and down the schedule and pencil in wins and losses just yet. The Patriots have to still qualify as an elite team though, right?
Maybe I'm optimistic, maybe I'm just an idiot. But dammit, I just know there will be football in 2011. Make it happen, Roger.
swagg
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