TheMalcolmConnection
04-18-2012, 08:00 PM
Hey there. Long time listener, 3,487th time caller.
There is no real advantage to having gained access to the schedule days or even weeks earlier than now. The teams are in constant flux. Preparing for last year's Saints would not only be pointless given their likely roster and coaching changes, but a waste of planning time given that we don't know what WE do well yet.
OMG! It's a Squatch!!
mbedner3420
04-18-2012, 08:20 PM
OMG! It's a Squatch!!
There's a squatch in these woods...
SmootSmack
04-18-2012, 09:04 PM
Post #25 in this thread.
They did not get their schedule first is all I'm saying
The Goat
04-18-2012, 11:37 PM
dick trickle is the best of all time
dick trickle
A town close to where I grew up had a resident named Dick Wonderlic...he owned a car dealership lol.
SmootSmack
04-19-2012, 12:29 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/sports/nfl-schedule-makers-try-their-best-to-please-everybody.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
mredskins
04-19-2012, 12:46 PM
The 17 Worst Games on the 2012 NFL Schedule - SportsPickle Opinion (http://www.sportspickle.com/opinion/12280/the-17-worst-games-on-the-2012-nfl-schedule)
Week 9's match up is kind of funny becasue some here speculate it should be a prime time game.
NC_Skins
04-19-2012, 12:52 PM
The 17 Worst Games on the 2012 NFL Schedule - SportsPickle Opinion (http://www.sportspickle.com/opinion/12280/the-17-worst-games-on-the-2012-nfl-schedule)
Week 9's match up is kind of funny becasue some here speculate it should be a prime time game.
Week 16
Rams at Buccaneers
Every year there are games that initially look bad when the schedule is released, but turn out to be important and exciting because both teams have surprisingly good seasons. This is not one of those games.
:laughing-:laughing-:laughing-
mooby
04-19-2012, 12:53 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/sports/nfl-schedule-makers-try-their-best-to-please-everybody.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Excellent article, really gives a lot of great insight into how the schedule is made each year.
SmootSmack
04-19-2012, 01:20 PM
Excellent article, really gives a lot of great insight into how the schedule is made each year.
It's a beast of a job. Working on scheduling was one of my most demanding, yet satisfying jobs ever
mooby
04-19-2012, 01:28 PM
It's a beast of a job. Working on scheduling was one of my most demanding, yet satisfying jobs ever
What goes into it from ESPN's end? From the story, it sounds like ESPN puts in requests for what games it wants, and then the NFL decides who gets what games.
Also, not sure if you can answer this, but does the NFL decide on the weekly schedule first and then decide what games will be the primetime matchups?