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[PDay8810]

Well, we know it will not be the Chiefs and Bengals, early schedule reveal has the Bengals in KC week 17.

Week 17?
No way

 

[Ojb81]

If you're banking on most of the Bengals O-Line being out, be my guess lol. But unlike you all, certain teams rely on talent to win games. Not hypotheticals and bail outs.

And I have a strong suspension nothing is saving the Chiefs this time.

I dont wanna be yer guess

 

[CrashDavisSports]

Week 17?
No way

They do seem to like the Bengals and Chiefs playing in that area of the schedule.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

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I assume no one caught on to the meaning of my meme. hahaha

 

[PDay8810]

They do seem to like the Bengals and Chiefs playing in that area of the schedule.

That would be stupid.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

That would be stupid.

You must not have seen, they already scheduled the game for this week in KC. It is on NFL.com and Bengals.com. Schedule reveal for what they call the most anticipated game of the year again.

 

[PDay8810]

You must not have seen, they already scheduled the game for this week in KC. It is on NFL.com and Bengals.com. Schedule reveal for what they call the most anticipated game of the year again.

No way is that game played the second to the last week of the season.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

No way is that game played the second to the last week of the season.

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic here. I guess not everything comes out in text. However, if you are not, the game is already set for week 17. They had several reveals on NFL.com, this game and when it is scheduled, week 17, the Eagles and Giants play on Christmas, and 5 of the overseas games.

 

[PDay8810]

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic here. I guess not everything comes out in text. However, if you are not, the game is already set for week 17. They had several reveals on NFL.com, this game and when it is scheduled, week 17, the Eagles and Giants play on Christmas, and 5 of the overseas games.

I can't believe the league would be stupid enough to put that game second to the last game of the season. Divisional games are expected late season, but not the two best QB'S in the league.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

I can't believe the league would be stupid enough to put that game second to the last game of the season. Divisional games are expected late season, but not the two best QB'S in the league.

The last week of the season is always reserved for division games. I expect the Bengals to be playing the Ravens in week 18 in Cincinnati. So now Cincinnati is already building up a very tough end of season schedule. Gonna be a tough road to the playoffs in December I bet for the Bengals. Probably put the anticipated Buffalo vs. Cincinnati game from last year that never got played in Cincinnati back in December as it was before.

My guess on the Bengals December opponents: Cleveland, Buffalo, KC, Baltimore

 

[Fountain City Blues]

So, from what I can gather:

Chiefs play

Eagles Week 2
Dolphins in London
Bengals Week 17

Lions
Bears
Bills
Broncos
Raiders
Chargers

All alive currently for week 1.

 

[Clayton]

So, from what I can gather:

Chiefs play

Eagles Week 2
Dolphins in London
Bengals Week 17

Lions
Bears
Bills
Broncos
Raiders
Chargers

All alive currently for week 1.

Chargers week 1 wouldn't be too shocking. IIRC the past 4 games have been really exciting. Still leaning towards the Bills, though. Things generally revolve around the East coast and the Bills still have that Josh Allen guy who is pretty good

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Chargers week 1 wouldn't be too shocking. IIRC the past 4 games have been really exciting. Still leaning towards the Bills, though. Things generally revolve around the East coast and the Bills still have that Josh Allen guy who is pretty good

It's kinda crazy Allen isn't undisputed QB2 to me the last few years he's had.

 

[Clayton]

It's kinda crazy Allen isn't undisputed QB2 to me the last few years he's had.

Hard for the average fan to separate QBs from the surrounding talent. Jalen Hurts QB sneak is also a bit of a cheat code atm. Not fully sure which side the consensus will land on if the Eagles just win every short yardage situation again.

 

[Battlelyon]

 

[Battlelyon]

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Wow, that was about as the least likely team I thought KC would play week 1.

 

[justanidiot]

The chiefs already cried to the NFL about playing the bears in Germany, thinking they would lose their home field advantage because there would be more bears fans there. Not like its really fair making the bears game against KC be in KC to begin with. Gotta be Bengals or Eagles though.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Hard for the average fan to separate QBs from the surrounding talent. Jalen Hurts QB sneak is also a bit of a cheat code atm. Not fully sure which side the consensus will land on if the Eagles just win every short yardage situation again.

I’m one of the few Eagles fans that would welcome the rule change. I don’t want to defend that and now a minimum of 5-6 teams will employ this in the upcoming season…maybe more. Meanwhile, the Eagles interior OL is formidable and the QB squats over 600 pounds. Regardless of the rules, the Eagles are built to be a successful short yardage team with an aggressive coach who is willing to gamble on 4th and short.

 

[Clayton]

I’m one of the few Eagles fans that would welcome the rule change. I don’t want to defend that and now a minimum of 5-6 teams will employ this in the upcoming season…maybe more. Meanwhile, the Eagles interior OL is formidable and the QB squats over 600 pounds. Regardless of the rules, the Eagles are built to be a successful short yardage team with an aggressive coach who is willing to gamble on 4th and short.

I think it'll come down to how successful other teams are when they do it. If the Eagles are unique in their success then I suspect that it'll just be a tip of the cap and no rules get changed. The league seems to heavily favor offense so it would just be seen as the Eagles being good. If multiple teams use it with ridiculous efficiency then I suspect we'll see rules changed.