Tag: NFL Schedule release

Vikings projected to have 9th hardest schedule in 2023

Heading into Thursday’s schedule release, the Minnesota Vikings are projected to have the 9th easiest schedule in the NFL in 2023.

Heading into the 2023 season, the Minnesota Vikings will have the 9th hardest schedule in the NFL according to Sharp Football Analysis. Their opponents have a combined record of 143-145-0, with a winning percentage of 0.497.

When we compare the schedules of the Vikings with those of the other NFC North teams, we find that the Vikings face the toughest schedule. That comes with winning the division the year prior. The Chicago Bears have the easiest schedule and are ranked 5th in the NFL. The Detroit Lions come next, with the 8th easiest schedule. The Green Bay Packers have the 12th easiest schedule in the NFL.

Here’s a list of the teams that the Vikings will face in 2023, along with their records from 2022:

  • Atlanta Falcons (7-10)
  • Carolina Panthers (7-10)
  • Chicago Bears (3-14)
  • Cincinnati Bengals (12-4)
  • Denver Broncos (5-12)
  • Detroit Lions (9-8)
  • Green Bay Packers (8-9)
  • Kansas City Chiefs (14-3)
  • Las Vegas Raiders (6-11)
  • Los Angeles Chargers (10-7)
  • New Orleans Saints (7-10)
  • Philadelphia Eagles (14-3)
  • San Francisco 49ers (13-4)
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9)

Although the strength of the schedule is an interesting topic, it does not clearly indicate the difficulty of the other team. Teams have undergone changes since the previous season, and although the core might remain the same, the rosters are different. Regardless, the Vikings will have their work cut out for them as they try to build off a remarkable 2022 season.

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Bears will travel the third-fewest miles of any NFL team in 2023

The Bears play nine road games this season, but won’t have to travel far compared to the rest of the league.

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The Chicago Bears will soon learn when they will play their opponents during the 2023 season, but we already know the amount of travel required throughout the year. Now that the international games have been unveiled with the Bears not being included in the slate, we know just how far they will be traveling this year to play all their games. Turns out, it’s pretty favorable compared to the rest of the league.

According to Bill Speros of Bookies.com, the Bears will travel 12,253 air miles to play all 17 games. That’s third-fewest in the league, trailing only the Green Bay Packers (11,956) and the Cincinnati Bengals (11,942). The Seattle Seahawks lead the league, needing to travel 31,600 miles. Speros calculated the data using air miles between each stadium.

The low total isn’t a shock for the Bears. Seeing as they’re in the middle of the country and in a division where the other three teams are only a few hundred miles from them, it makes sense they wouldn’t need to travel far for many of their games. The Bears will have a couple longer trips when they head west to face the Los Angeles Chargers and south to take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints. Otherwise, their road schedule is favorable from a distance standpoint.

Will the minimal travel help when it comes to wins and losses? It can’t hurt but it wasn’t exactly a factor last season. The Bears had a similar mileage total in 2022 according to Speros, traveling 10,086 air miles. That was once again near the bottom of the league but they finished the season with a 3-14 record, worst in the NFL.

Still, you want the team to be rested and refreshed when traveling for road games. Having shorter flights helps with that. It’s a small win for the Bears ahead of their full schedule release, which takes place Thursday evening at 7 p.m. CT.

There are new changes to the NFL Schedule in 2023

ESPN’s Adam Schefter said he NFL schedule will undergo some changes this season including teams maybe playing two Thursday Night games

On Monday afternoon, the NFL announced that it will release the schedule for the 2023 season on Thursday May 11th at 8pm EST. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the NFL schedule will undergo some changes this season.

Schefter revealed via Twitter on Monday evening the following changes:

  • The NFL will have a game on Black Friday
  • Games will no longer belong exclusively to networks
  • Teams can play on Thursday Night Football more than once
  • Not every team will play in a primetime game.

The changes to the NFL schedule are significant. With the addition of a Black Friday game, the NFL will have two days over a holiday weekend for increased viewership, similar to Christmas Eve and Christmas.

The next change is that games will no longer be exclusively owned by networks, which will allow fans to watch the best possible games. Previously, networks could protect games, restricting them from being moved and leading to boring games. This change will help prevent such situations.

In addition, not all teams will play in a primetime game, indicating that the NFL is focused on maximizing viewership by avoiding bad or small-market teams playing in primetime.

The final change is that teams can play more than one Thursday Night Football game. This may not be received well by NFL players, given the already tight turnaround from Sunday to Thursday. The NFL could mitigate this by ensuring teams only play Thursday Night games following a bye week or back-to-back Thursday Night games. While the other changes make sense, this one has the potential to backfire.

It will be intriguing to see how these changes unfold, but it appears that the NFL’s objective is to maximize viewership with these modifications.

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Planned NFL Schedule leaks will start on Wednesday

The NFL is slated to release their 2023 schedule on Thursday May 11th, but the NFL has planned leaks prior to Thursday night.

The NFL has scheduled to release the upcoming schedule on Thursday May 11th at 8pm EST, but some games will be announced ahead of time. On Monday evening, Kevin Seifert of ESPN reported the showing the NFL’s scheduled leaks that will start on Wednesday, May 10th.

The NFL will release the dates and times of the International games this season on the 10th. NFL Network and ESPN will partner with them to make the announcement. Additionally, Amazon will partner with the NFL to release the Black Friday game, which is a new change to the NFL schedule. The NFL will also release select individual games that will be shown on Fox and Friends and CBS Mornings.

On Thursday, the NFL will continue to release certain games on Good Morning America and the Today Show.

The NFL is capitalizing on the schedule release, proving once again that it is the king of sports.

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Official: NFL to release 2023 schedule on Thursday, May 11

NFL officially announced on Monday afternoon that they would release the schedule for the upcoming season on Thursday, May 11th

On Monday afternoon, the NFL announced that they would release the schedule for the upcoming season on Thursday, May 11th at 8 pm EST. This announcement followed a report from Peter King of NBC Sports on Monday morning, suggesting that the schedule release might be delayed.

We already know which teams the Minnesota Vikings will play, but we will now learn when they will face them. The Vikings are scheduled to compete against the AFC West and NFC South, including home games against the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

As the Vikings finished first in the NFC North last season, they will also face the team that finished in the same place in the NFC East (Philadelphia Eagles), NFC West (San Francisco 49ers), and AFC North (Cincinnati Bengals).

Kevin O’Connell and the Vikings will seek to build on their incredible 2022 season, and discovering when they will play their opponents is the first step.

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Report: NFL schedule release may be delayed

According to NBC Sports’ Peter King, the NFL’s schedule release may not be ready by Thursday, May 11th, and could be delayed.

After the conclusion of the NFL draft, the next event on the league’s calendar is the schedule release. Scheduled for Thursday evening May 11th at 8 pm Eastern on NFL Network, that may have to be pushed back

According to NBC Sports’ Peter King, there is a chance that the schedule may not be ready for release on Thursday.

It’s still likely to be done in time for release Thursday at 8 p.m., but I was told over the weekend it may not be finished in time. The 2023 mega-games—opening Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights, Thanksgiving Day, the new Black Friday tilt, the Sunday night game on Christmas Eve and the Monday tripleheader on Christmas—are not set in stone yet. The mega-games are usually solid by early May. The schedule crew is slated to meet with commissioner Roger Goodell this afternoon in New York, at which time more clarity on the tentpole games is expected. I’m told as of the weekend the NFL was still in search of options on the 272-game regular season slate, with a series of computers continuing to spit out alternatives.

The key here is that the premiere games aren’t set in stone yet. Both Fox and CBS have the ability to protect games and figuring out the schedule around that can be a challenge.

Hopefully, King is right that the schedule release will still go as planned.

2022 NFL Schedule Release, live stream, TV channel, time, leaks, how to watch

The 2022 NFL Schedule will be released on Thursday, May 12, while NFL fans will finally get to see all their favorite teams’ schedules.

The 2022 NFL Schedule will be released on Thursday, May 12, while NFL fans will finally get to see all their favorite teams’ schedules for the upcoming season.

We have you covered from start to finish as NFL analysts and former players break down each schedule from each team over the span of three hours. What better way to celebrate the new 17-game season than by tuning into tonight’s extravaganza.

This will be another great night of NFL, here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the action.

2022 NFL Schedule Release

  • When: Thursday, May 12
  • Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: NFL Network, ESPN2, FS1
  • Live Streams: fuboTV (watch for free)
  • Live Streams: Paramount+ (stream now)

How to watch the 2022 NFL season

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How to watch the NFL Schedule Release tonight, live stream, TV channel, time

The NFL is continuing to gear up for the 2022 NFL season with the Schedule Release on Thursday night.

The NFL is continuing to gear up for the 2022 NFL season with the Schedule Release on Thursday night. This will showcase all 32 teams as they release their schedules to the public. Now fans can book their tickets to all the away games and set up their schedules to follow their favorite teams this season.

This will be another great night of NFL, here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the action.

2022 NFL Schedule Release

  • When: Thursday, May 12
  • Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: NFL Network, ESPN2, FS1
  • Live Streams: fuboTV (watch for free)

 How to watch the 2022 NFL season

fuboTV has complete local NFL coverage (CBS, FOX, ESPN), plus NFL Network and NFL Network Redzone. FuboTV includes every network you need to watch every NFL game in your market.
fuboTV is available on your phone, tablet, desktop, TV, connected TV Devices including Roku. Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV plus many more.
*Regional Restrictions Apply*

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Looking at Chargers’ strength of schedule in 2022

Find out how “tough” the Los Angeles Chargers’ 2022 slate of opponents is.

The wait is finally close to being over.

The Chargers and the 31 other teams in the league will know when and where they’re playing in the 2022 season on Thursday at 5 p.m. PT.

We know who the Bolts will be playing, but how will they fare against their opponents?

Based on the 2021 win percentages of 2022 opponents, Los Angeles has the 10th-hardest schedule this season. Their upcoming opponents posted a combined 150-139 (.519) record last season.

The Chiefs (.533) and Raiders (.528) both have tougher schedules than the Chargers, while the Broncos have the 15th-most challenging schedule (.509).

However, offseason acquisitions made by Los Angeles and their opponents will certainly impact this.

Here is the strength of schedules across the NFL:

1 Los Angeles Rams .567 (164-125-0)
2 Arizona Cardinals .543 (157-132-0)
3 Cincinnati Bengals .536 (154-133-2)
4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers .535 (154-134-1)
T5 San Francisco 49ers .533 (154-135-0)
T5 Kansas City Chiefs .533 (154-135-0)
T7 Las Vegas Raiders .528 (152-136-1)
T7 New Orleans Saints .528 (152-136-1)
9 Atlanta Falcons .524 (151-137-1)
10 Los Angeles Chargers .519 (150-139-0)
11 Seattle Seahawks .517 (149-139-1)
T12 Carolina Panthers .512 (147-140-2)
T12 Pittsburgh Steelers .512 (148-141-0)
T12 Buffalo Bills .512 (148-141-0)
15 Denver Broncos .509 (147-142-0)
16 New England Patriots .498 (143-144-2)
T17 New York Jets .495 (142-145-2)
T17 Cleveland Browns .495 (142-145-2)
19 Houston Texans .488 (141-148-0)
20 Minnesota Vikings .484 (139-148-2)
21 Miami Dolphins .481 (138-149-2)
22 Green Bay Packers .478 (147-150-2)
23 Baltimore Ravens .474 (136-151-2)
T24 Chicago Bears .471 (135-152-2)
T24 Tennessee Titans .471 (136-153-0)
T26 Jacksonville Jaguars .469 (135-153-1)
T26 Indianapolis Colts .469 (135-153-1)
28 Detroit Lions .467 (135-154-0)
29 New York Giants .465 (134-154-1)
30 Philadelphia Eagles .464 (133-154-2)
T31 Dallas Cowboys .462 (133-155-1)
T31 Washington Commanders .462 (133-155-1)

 

Chargers 2022 NFL schedule leaks: Everything we know

The Los Angeles Chargers and the rest of the NFL will release the entire 2022 schedule at 5 p.m. PT on Thursday night.

We have known who the Chargers will be playing this upcoming NFL season, but we are now hours away until we find out when and where they will be playing, as the 2022 schedules will be released this evening.

With that, there have already been a handful of games that have been leaked, including a primetime matchup for the Bolts.

Follow along to track the schedule up until the actual release on Thursday night.