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What does the NFL’s schedule flexibility mean for Redskins in 2020?

The NFL has baked a number of contingencies in the 2020 schedule, allowing for maximum flexibility to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the sporting world at large in such flux due to the novel coronavirus, it may have seemed a bit odd for the NFL to release their schedule for the 2020 season on Thursday night. With the future anything but certain, and there being no guarantee that the season even happens, what good is scheduling events going to do?

Well, the NFL obviously thought about that, and they have baked a number of contingency plans into the schedule, allowing for a lot of flexibility. Among the addendums to the schedule are the following:

  • Any week could act as Week 1 if the start of the season is delayed, meaning that if games can’t start by early September, Week 4’s matchup against the Baltimore Ravens could turn into Week 1.
  • To keep this as cohesive as possible, the NFL has worked to mirror some team schedules to allow for reworking the slate. For instance, both the Cardinals and Redskins have a bye week during Week 8, so if their Week 2 game gets postponed, they can make it up during the bye week.
  • The Super Bowl date is set, but it is easily moveable if need be. This one less effects the Redskins, but is more of interest to the common fan.

As we travel through the summer months and try to get a feel for how things will end up playing out, and when teams can get back onto the field, a lot of this will shift with the public thinking and the advice of health experts. With a schedule in place, it’s important to remember that nothing is set in stone.

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Chase Young has games against Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson circled on 2020 schedule

Chase Young is most looking forward to games against the Ravens and Bengals, so he will get a chance to prove his dominance on defense.

With the complete 2020 NFL schedule now in front of us, everyone is getting a bit pumped up to get the offseason camps and training work over with so we can get into the season. Unfortunately, we’re still not sure when they’ll start.

For Chase Young, the Washington Redskins newest defensive superstar, there are a couple of games on the horizon that have him more excited than others, and with good reason.

When talking about the upcoming year on the Redskins virtual Schedule Release show, Young made his intentions clear for the coming season. He wants to prove to everyone that he was the best player in the 2020 draft class — better than Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow.

“The one I’m looking forward to is Cincinnati, for sure,” Young said on the Redskins 2020 Schedule Release show.

Burrow was drafted one spot ahead of Young, and the two spent some time together at Ohio State before the former transferred to LSU, winning a championship there.

Aside from the Bengals, it is the Battle of the Beltway that most interests Young, not only for the war over home turf but for the players he’ll have a chance to meet too.

“I’m most excited about going up against the MVP, Lamar Jackson,” Young said, via NBC Sports Washington. “I feel like the MVP, that’s the best. So, I’m definitely looking forward to going against the best. Give it the best shot I can give.”

We’ve known for a bit now that Young has an affinity for Jackson, and his desire to put him into the ground comes from his respect for the player. To be the best, you have to beat the best.

“He’s real fast, real shifty, hard to get down, elite,” Young said at the time. “In my opinion, he was the best player in the league this past season. It’s just something I want to do. At quarterback, I feel like he’s the one doing it right now in the league.”

While we may all have different games on the schedule circled, those are the two that have been highlighted on Young’s calendar. We can’t wait to see it unfold.

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2020 NFL Schedule: 5 best games for betting

Analyzing the 2020 NFL schedule and looking ahead to the 5 best games from a betting point of view.

The 2020 NFL schedule was released Thursday night and fans and bettors can now start circling the best games around the league in the regular season and planning their viewing schedule. We already knew Super Bowl LV is set for Sunday, Feb. 7, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., but below, we’ll look at the five best regular-season games from a betting point of view.

2020 NFL schedule notes

  • The season begins Thursday, Sept. 10 at 8:20 p.m. ET with the Houston Texans visiting the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
  • Thanksgiving slate (Thursday, Nov. 26): Texans at Detroit Lions (12:30 p.m. ET), Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys (4:30 p.m. ET), Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers (8:20 p.m. ET)
  • Playoffs to begin the weekend of Jan. 9-10 and will include 14 teams.
  • All dates remain subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic possibly delaying the start of the season.

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2020 NFL schedule: 5 best games for betting

Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs
— Week 1: Thursday, Sept. 10, 8:20 p.m. ET

Few games on the NFL schedule draw the same national appeal of the season opener each and every year. With the beginning of the 2020 NFL season offering hope to sports fans going through withdrawals amid the pandemic, this year’s opener means even more than usual.

BetMGM has already posted spreads and moneylines for each Week 1 game, giving bettors something to help them pass the time until the return of the other major sports. The Chiefs open as monster -500 favorites over the Texans (+375) while laying 9.5 points on the spread.

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Odds last updated Friday, May 8 at 2 a.m. ET.

Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints
— Week 16: Friday, Dec. 25, 4:30 p.m. ET

The standalone game on Christmas Day will see the Vikings and RB Dalvin Cook looking for a repeat of the wild card-round upset of the Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. With the two teams expected to be in contention for a division title this season, this game could mean even more for bettors holding onto futures tickets.

Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
— Week 6: Sunday, Oct. 18, 4:25 p.m. ET

New Buccaneers QB Tom Brady will go head-to-head with Packers QB Aaron Rodgers for the first time as a member of the NFC. The Buccaneers’ schedule is flush with five primetime games, and Brady will face Saints QB Drew Brees twice as division rivals.  But it’s this Sunday afternoon spot against the reigning NFC North champs which could carry the most intrigue.

Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots
— Week 16: Monday, Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m. ET

This Week 16 battle could prove to be the day Bills fans and Patriots haters have been waiting for since Brady made his first NFL start in 2001. The Bills look to finally overthrow the Pats in the AFC East and this may be their shot at clinching the division crown. Doing so on the road would likely be even sweeter for Bills Mafia.

Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore Ravens
— Week 3: Monday, Sept. 28, 8:15 p.m. ET

The only thing this matchup lacks in appeal is the fact it’s taking place so early in the season with playoff seeding in the AFC not yet on the line. The two most recent MVP winners in Ravens QB Lamar Jackson and Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes will be front and center on Monday Night Football. This game is a strong choice to feature the highest Over/Under of the entire 2020 NFL season.

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Redskins without a Monday Night Football game for first time since 1999

For the first time since 1999, the Washington Redskins will go the whole season without playing a game on Monday Night Football.

The 2020 NFL schedule was released for all 32 teams on Thursday night, and one of the biggest notes for the Washington Redskins was that they play all but one of their games on Sunday, outside of the Primetime Monday Night or Sunday Night Football slots.

The one game that they do play on a Thursday will come on Thanksgiving Day, where they will travel to Dallas to face the Cowboys.

The Redskins are not featured in a Monday Night Football game for the first time since 1999, and it comes with pretty good reason this year. The hard truth of it is, if you go 3-13 in one year, you likely shouldn’t be on national television very much the following year. Fans in D.C. may want to watch the team play, but the NFL at large probably has little interest in what’s going on outside of Chase Young highlights, and that’s understandable.

If the Redskins can escape the 2020 season with a decent record and prove that they are worth the time, I’m sure they will get back onto the Monday Night Football schedule once again in 2021.

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Ron Rivera says facing his former Carolina Panthers is ‘just another game’

Rivera knows he will face his former team in Week 16, but he isn’t treating it any differently than the other 15 games on the schedule.

Washington Redskins fans and NFL fans across the nation were glued to their computers on Thursday evening, as all 32 schedules for the 2020 NFL season were released to the public. While there are some big games on the docket for the Redskins, one matchup that everyone had their eyes on was vs. the Carolina Panthers.

This matchup is interesting for many reasons, mostly because Redskins coach Ron Rivera came over from Carolina after being fired a year ago, and he brought much of his coaching staff with him. Ironically, he was fired in Carolina after losing a late-season game to Washington.

For Rivera, it’s not so much a matter of revenge that he seeks, but just another game that they will be trying to win.

With 15 weeks to boil up to this game, we will have a good idea of where both teams stand as far as a playoff spot goes, and it could be that one team gets knocked out of the hunt from this game alone. What great theatre that would be.

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2020 Redskins schedule: Ranking the 7 toughest games this season

Washington hase zero primetime games, other than playing the Cowboys on Thanksgiving, which kicks off a tough road stretch in December.

Now that we know the order and time in which the Washington Redskins will be playing their opponents in 2020, we can start to get a feel for how the season might play out. Our biggest takeaway from the Redskins schedule release comes on Thanksgiving and builds from there. The Redskins will travel to Dallas to play the Cowboys on Turkey Day, and that will start a three-game road trip that then goes to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers, followed by a trip out west to play the San Francisco 49ers.

So while there are a few games on the docket in which the Redskins should definitely come out victorious, there are also a handful of games in which a win might seem miraculous. Here’s our ranking of those games, from tough to toughest.

No. 7 — at Arizona Cardinals (Week 2)

Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports

If you went back even a year ago, it would seem absolutely crazy to say that the Cardinals are going to be one of the tougher teams that the Redskins play this season, but I truly believe that Arizona will step up this season in a big way. QB Kyler Murray showed a lot of promise in 2019, and he’s been given All-Star WR DeAndre Hopkins to throw to, who will come in alongside veteran Larry Fitzgerald.

Arizona’s defense isn’t anything that will keep you up at night, but it’s going to take a solid gameplan to slow down their offense and keep points off the board. Washington’s defensive line may be able to get pressure on Murray, but there’s no guarantee that they can get him to the ground before he finds Nuke running wide downfield.

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2020 Redskins schedule: Washington plays Cowboys on Thanksgiving

The Washington Redskins schedule for the 2020 NFL season has been released, giving fans a good picture of how their team might fare in the future.

The NFL offseason got a much-needed jolt of energy on Thursday night, as the 2020 schedules for all 32 teams were released to the public. For the Washington Redskins, the upcoming slate is a mixed bag, with several winnable games at home, but many that could be challenging as well.  Outside of divisional games, the Redskins will face only three teams that made the playoffs in 2019, in the Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks, and San Francisco 49ers. That doesn’t mean the other five matchups are easy though, as the Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams, and Arizona Cardinals are set to show great improvement this year.

While the opponent on the schedule matters, so too does the time and order of the games. Are than any stretches on the schedule that might prove easier than others? Does a bye-week come before a pivotal game? Let’s take a look.

  • Week 1 — Redskins vs. Eagles, 1 PM ET
  • Week 2 — Redskins vs. Cardinals, 4:05 PM ET
  • Week 3 — Redskins at Browns, 1 PM ET
  • Week 4 — Redskins vs. Ravens, 1 PM ET
  • Week 5 — Redskins vs. Rams, 1 PM ET
  • Week 6 — Redskins at Giants, 1 PM ET
  • Week 7 — Redskins vs. Cowboys, 1 PM ET
  • Week 8 —  BYE
  • Week 9 — Redskins vs Giants, 1 PM ET
  • Week 10 — Redskins at Lions, 1 PM ET
  • Week 11 — Redskins vs. Bengals, 1 PM ET
  • Week 12 — Redskins at Cowboys, 4:30 PM ET (Thanksgiving)
  • Week 13 — Redskins at Steelers, 1 PM ET
  • Week 14 — Redskins at 49ers, 4:25 PM ET
  • Week 15 — Redskins vs. Seahawks, 1 PM ET
  • Week 16 — Redskins vs. Panthers, 1 PM ET
  • Week 17 — Redskins at Eagles, 1 PM ET

Matthew McConaughey, Urban Meyer set to headline Redskins schedule release party

The Redskins have quite a star-studded lineup for their Schedule Release party set to take place on Thursday night.

The Washington Redskins are doing everything they can to keep us entertained, and Thursday night’s virtual Schedule Release Party will likely do the trick. Just a half-hour before the NFL releases the 2020 schedule for all 32 teams in the league, each team will be able to let their fans know of the upcoming slate via social media. The Redskins are choosing to do so in style.

According to Redskins.com, this is what they have planned:

During the first hour of the show beginning at 7 p.m. ET, Academy Award winning actor Matthew McConaughey, acclaimed director Peter Berg, The Punisher star Jon Bernthal, CNBC’s Halftime Report host Scott Wapner and NFL Network and FOX Sports analyst Peter Schrager will all weigh in on this historic night and their outlook for the 2020 NFL season.

At 7:30 p.m. ET, Head Coach Ron Rivera will appear for instant reaction and analysis of the 2020 schedule.

Starting at 9 p.m. ET, following the 2020 NFL Schedule Release on the NFL Network, the Redskins’ livestreamed event will resume with appearances by former Ohio State Head Coach Urban Meyer, and current Redskins players Adrian Peterson, Chase Young, Ryan Kerrigan, and Thomas Davis Sr.

Redskins legends Joe Theismann, Santana Moss and London Fletcher will close out the event with a game-by-game schedule breakdown and discussion of their greatest memories playing against the 2020 Redskins opponents.

With that lineup of guests, this is definitely the party to be at on a Thursday night. We’ll see you there.

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How to watch Redskins virtual 2020 Schedule Release party

The Redskins are hosting a virtual party on Thursday night to celebrate the 2020 schedule release.

It may not be the NFL Draft or even a preseason game, but the National Football League will once again steal headlines on Thursday night when they release the 32 schedules for teams in the 2020 season. At this point, we’ll take whatever content we can get.

If a schedule release doesn’t sound like your type of party, I can’t blame you. However, for those of us who are starved for sports news and activities, this is a great day, and the NFL knows how excited we are. In order to accommodate all of our content needs, the Redskins are hosting a schedule release party on Thursday night, fit with a studded lineup of guests set to give their analysis on the schedule and team as a whole. Sound like your cup of tea? Here’s how you can tune in.

WHEN: Thursday, 7 p.m. ET

WHERE: Livestream on Redskins.com/Redskins Facebook/Redskins Twitter/NBC Sports Washington.

WHO: Matthew McConaughey, Urban Meyer, Peter Schrager, John Bernthal, Peter Berg, Ron Rivera, Adrian Peterson, Chase Young, Ryan Kerrigan, Thomas Davis, Joe Theismann, Santana Moss, London Fletcher.

EVENT COST: Free

To register for the event, go to Redskins.com/ScheduleRelease.

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Chargers win Twitter ahead of NFL schedule release day

The Los Angeles Chargers have the best social media team.

The Chargers are big winners of social media thanks to a phenomenal series of tweets on Wednesday.

We will find out when and where Los Angeles will be playing on Thursday evening.

But prior to the schedule release, the Bolts’ social media crew poked fun by creating a thread, comparing their future opponents to different flavors of Pop Tarts, normal and abnormal flavors.

Let’s take a look:

Falcons

Bills

Panthers

Bengals

Broncos

Jaguars

Chiefs

Raiders

Dolphins

Patriots

Saints

Jets

Buccaneers