vegas492 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 12 hours ago, packfanfb said: Packers need to sweep that home schedule 8-0. On the road, I'll be ecstatic if we can manage 4-4. Isn't that what Holmgren preached back in the day? Win at home, split on the road, get a bye. It may be different now with only one bye, but still. That's a record I'd take in an instant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfanfb Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, vegas492 said: Isn't that what Holmgren preached back in the day? Win at home, split on the road, get a bye. It may be different now with only one bye, but still. That's a record I'd take in an instant. Yea, I think our home schedule is very favorable, as it was last year. We laid one egg against Philly so that can't happen again. Need to run the table there because this road schedule is daunting af. Before FA started I was saying, "well at least we have Tampa and Indy, both have crap at QB." Now, it's Brady and Rivers (and Rivers had his best game of the season last year against Pettine's defense). Edited May 5, 2020 by packfanfb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 If the NFL plays games without fans, that helps the sound levels at minny, at nawlins, at Indy. Detroit ? yeah, whatever Tampa might be pumped up a bit this year too, but its never been known as a loud stadium Will the NFL allow Sven to blow his stoooopid horn in minny ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 On 5/4/2020 at 6:09 PM, Outpost31 said: All I want is to open the season at home against a crap team for once in my lifetime. Packers opened vs the bears last year 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Just now, Shanedorf said: Packers opened vs the bears last year Yes, but division games are never easy. At BearsBearsSeahawks (Playoffs year before)At JaguarsAt BearsAt Seahawks (After they had just won Super Bowl)At 49ers (After they had just beaten us in the playoffs two consecutive years)49ers (After they had just beaten us in the playoffs)Saints (They were a playoff team)At Eagles (They were a playoff team)BearsVikingsEagles (They had just made playoffs)BearsAt LionsAt Panthers (Coming off Super Bowl loss)VikingsFalcons Since 2002, the Packers have had a SINGLE opening season game at home against a non-divisional team that did not make the playoffs the year before. 7/18 have been against division rivals. 8/11 remaining games came against playoff teams the year before. I just want a stress-free easy game to start the season at home. No special game. No rematch, no division rival game, no tests. Give me the Falcons or Panthers at home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, Outpost31 said: I just want a stress-free easy game to start the season at home. No special game. No rematch, no division rival game, no tests. Give me the Falcons or Panthers at home. I understand your frustration and thx for doing the legwork on the openers. But GB is a premiere franchise and the NFL is often counting on the Packers to kick off the season ratings race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJerkDave Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Also, all teams are crap teams compared to the Packers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachbuns Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Shanedorf said: I understand your frustration and thx for doing the legwork on the openers. But GB is a premiere franchise and the NFL is often counting on the Packers to kick off the season ratings race So let them open against a crap team … they can still be a premiere franchise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainmaker90 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Why do you guys want to play a weaker team? Give me a strong team on the road, where both teams are affected by the off-season and are rusty. It’s also like a bye week going into a away game . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 "NFL teams don't have much control over the schedule but Packers president Mark Murphy said he made two requests for early in the season that would put them on the road for consecutive weeks at the end of September/beginning of October because of Wisconsin-Notre Dame at Lambeau Field on Oct. 3 and the Ryder Cup the previous week at Whistling Straits " "For the Wisconsin game we said the facility wasn't available and for the Ryder Cup we requested to be on the road," Murphy said at the combine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfanfb Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) Clayton is usually credible so if it's a Lambeau opener, it'll be either the Jags or Titans. Or we open on the road against Rivers or Watson. Wouldn't be surprised if the Packers are a prime-time opener against the Titans. Battle of the No. 3 and 4 teams last year. Edited May 6, 2020 by packfanfb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 11 minutes ago, packfanfb said: Clayton is usually credible so if it's a Lambeau opener, it'll be either the Jags or Titans. Or we open on the road against Rivers or Watson. Wouldn't be surprised if the Packers are a prime-time opener against the Titans. Battle of the No. 3 and 4 teams last year. MLF should know how to show down Henry at least. He was great at it when he was his OC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, packfanfb said: Clayton is usually credible so if it's a Lambeau opener, it'll be either the Jags or Titans. Or we open on the road against Rivers or Watson. Wouldn't be surprised if the Packers are a prime-time opener against the Titans. Battle of the No. 3 and 4 teams last year. I bet this is cancellation protection. These are the least important games for playoff seeding, so they schedule them first to give flexibility to cancel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgbeethree Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, incognito_man said: I bet this is cancellation protection. These are the least important games for playoff seeding, so they schedule them first to give flexibility to cancel. Makes a ton of sense. I won't be shocked if it's the same for everybody. Weeks 1-4 the opposite conference teams Weeks 5-6 the same place teams Weeks 7-9 division games Weeks 10-13 vs. same division games Weeks 14-16 division games. That way you can cancel up to 6 weeks and have a really fair 10 game season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, wgbeethree said: Makes a ton of sense. I won't be shocked if it's the same for everybody. It is And reportedly they synced up the byes too so they can abbreviate the season and still be fair to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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