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Today\u2019s Briefing has the rest of the schedule analysis. The quick impressions include look for San Francisco and New England to increase their win totals, both overall and relative to the other teams in the division. And, even if they improve as a team, the Giants schedule is so brutal they should be able to draft whatever quarterback they want.  <\/td><\/tr>
NFC NORTH<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>GREEN<\/strong> BAY<\/strong><\/strong>It\u2019s been 18 years since Mark Murphy took over as President of the Packers.  Now, his tenure is ending.  Charean Williams of ESPN.com<\/a>: Mark Murphy now knows his last day.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>The Packers team president\/CEO will officially retire July 25, the day of the team\u2019s annual shareholders\u2019 meeting at Lambeau Field. Murphy will transfer leadership to Ed Policy, who was selected as Murphy\u2019s replacement last June.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Murphy, who hits the mandatory retirement age of 70 in July, leaves after nearly 18 years on the job.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cI look forward to Ed taking over leadership of the Packers,\u201d Murphy said in a statement released by the team, via Jason Wilde of Channel3000.com<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s been a tremendous asset to the organization, and I\u2019m confident he will be an excellent steward in the role.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>The Packers will hold their first full-squad training camp practice two days before the shareholders meeting.<\/em><\/em> <\/td><\/tr>
NFC EAST<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>DALLAS<\/strong><\/strong>QB RUSSELL WILSON endorses WR GEORGE PICKENS.   Josh Alper ofProFootballTalk.com<\/a>: When the 2024 season came to an end, Russell Wilson was asked about Steelers teammate George Pickens and said that he was looking forward to seeing \u201cwhat we can do together.\u201d<\/em> <\/em>No answer to that question is coming in the immediate future. Wilson left as a free agent and is now trying to be the Giants\u2019 quarterback while Pickens is playing wide receiver for the Cowboys following a May trade that sent him to Dallas.<\/em> <\/em>Wilson called Pickens a \u201cdifference maker\u201d in those January comments and his positive view of the wideout hasn\u2019t diminished. During an appearance on 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony, Wilson said he thinks there\u2019s no ceiling to Pickens\u2019 ability and downplayed any concerns about his behavior.<\/em> <\/em>\u201cI love George,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cHis ability to catch the football is one of a kind. Anything in his vicinity, he\u2019s gonna catch it. Hopefully he don\u2019t catch none of \u2018em. On a serious note, he\u2019s misunderstood. He wants to be great, you know? I think, also, too, when it comes to George \u2014 his ability, where he can take it from not just being great, to being the world\u2019s best, I think he has that in him. I\u2019m always rooting for guys I played with, just not when I play them.\u201d<\/em> <\/em>Wilson and Pickens will see each other in Dallas in Week Two of the regular season and Wilson will be hoping his former teammate doesn\u2019t put his new team in an early hole in the NFC East.<\/em> <\/td><\/tr>
 PHILADELPHIA<\/strong><\/strong>New year, new play caller for the Eagles.  Brooks Kubena of The Athletic looks at new OC Kevin Patullo, who has been around the block but not as a playcaller: On a taxing morning in the fall of 2008, Kevin Patullo walked into a staff room in which the whiteboards were all blank.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>The Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 offensive coaches, already reeling from a series of losses that would eventually stretch to 14, heard their offensive coordinator, Chan Gailey, pronounce the problem they never anticipated they\u2019d need to solve. They\u2019d lost their starting quarterback, Brodie Croyle, first to a bruised shoulder before a season-ending knee injury. They\u2019d lost their backup, Damon Huard, first to a concussion before a season-ending thumb injury. They were down to their third-stringer, Tyler Thigpen, a former seventh-round pick who\u2019d been a dual-threat quarterback at FCS-level Coastal Carolina.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Thigpen had only played one prior game for the Chiefs, in 2007 \u2014 and it\u2019d only been for two drives. Patullo, then a 27-year-old offensive quality control coach, knew most of the playbook they\u2019d prepared for the 2008 season was out. Gailey needed fresh ideas.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cAll right,\u201d Patullo recalled Gailey saying. \u201cWe got to figure out a new offense for this week.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>It\u2019s the sort of memory Patullo, a first-time NFL offensive coordinator, uses for reference in his first season as the Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 play caller. It\u2019s certainly not the most glamorous memory. No Hollywood producer is scrambling for a script about the mental fortitude of a Chiefs regime that was overhauled after losing the most games in team history. Few scribes at the time even noted Patullo\u2019s firing, or the young coach the Chiefs hired to fill Patullo\u2019s vacancy in offensive quality control \u2026 Nick Sirianni.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>But Patullo knows football is a game in which victors capitalize on lessons learned from losses. He knows that some of the game\u2019s biggest innovations came from coaches who chose creativity over apathy, even though they knew they were already damned. That describes Gailey, whom Patullo called his \u201cgreatest influence\u201d in football schematics. Indeed, the 2008 Chiefs were dreadful. However, the solutions Gailey and his staff drew on those blank whiteboards dramatically improved their efficiency on offense and popularized a concept the NFL hadn\u2019t yet explored: the pistol.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cNobody knew what the pistol was in the NFL,\u201d Patullo said. \u201cWe were successful for the most part. We didn\u2019t win a lot of games, but we moved the ball with a bunch of guys that we didn\u2019t know really if we could do that with. So (Gailey) being able to show, \u2018Look, we do what we have to do to win, it doesn\u2019t matter, it doesn\u2019t have to look a certain way,\u2019 was huge.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Thigpen, in his only season as a primary starter, lined up in a variety of shotgun alignments (including as a receiver in wildcat formations) during a 10-game stretch in which the Chiefs bumped their scoring offense from last in the NFL (12.5 points per game) to 19th (21.6) and their offensive EPA per play from 29th (-0.14) to 16th (0.07), according to TruMedia. Gailey later used similar concepts as head coach of the Buffalo Bills and offensive coordinator for the New York Jets.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Patullo spent six seasons honing his craft as a problem-solver and game-planner with Gailey: three as an offensive quality control coach in Kansas City and Buffalo, one as the Bills\u2019 offensive assistant and assistant wide receivers coach and two as the Jets\u2019 quarterback coach. Patullo\u2019s variety of roles signaled his eventual rise. Some coaches are experts at certain positions. Some see the bigger picture. Gailey told The Athletic that Patullo \u201cwas able to see the bigger picture better than some other people that I\u2019ve been around.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cWhen you can see the big picture, you\u2019re able to solve the problems,\u201d said Gailey, 73, who coached for seven NFL teams during his 46-year career. \u201cBecause the biggest picture is how do we take what we have and defeat what they have? That\u2019s the big picture. And then once you see that and realize that, then you can start to cut it down to the smaller pieces of how do we get that done?\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>To compare the 2008 Chiefs to the 2025 Eagles incites amusement \u2014 perhaps an expletive in a Philly bar.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Patullo has access to perhaps the most talented offense in the NFL. All but former starting right guard Mekhi Becton return from a Super Bowl LIX-winning lineup in which Saquon Barkley set the full-season rushing record behind a Pro Bowl-studded offensive line. That invited defensive attention the dual-threat Jalen Hurts exploited through the air with perennial 1,000-yard receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, plus tight end Dallas Goedert. And the Brotherly Shove remains legal.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Kellen Moore is now head coach of the New Orleans Saints because of his one-year management of the same talent pool. If the Eagles continue their offensive success under Patullo, he\u2019ll soon be a head coach himself. But he, like Moore, will be judged against the expectation for the Eagles to rewrite record books and win Super Bowls. He also knows talent alone offers no guarantees of meeting that standard. Patullo was the team\u2019s passing coordinator when Sirianni promoted former quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson in 2023 to replace Indianapolis Colts-bound Shane Steichen. An offensive system that reached Super Bowl LVII stalled during a disastrous collapse, largely due to the absence of adaptations within Sirianni-led staff meetings.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>It can be argued that Moore benefited from two advantages Patullo lacks: 1) the cracks in the previous system were clearly defined for a schematic foreman hired specifically to attempt repairs, 2) opponents had no film on how the Eagles planned to use Barkley. Coaches who watched the Eagles crush defenses in 2024 while averaging the franchise\u2019s most rushing attempts per game (36.5) since 1978 will have spent a full offseason concocting ways to stop them. Patullo must stay a step ahead with adaptations that don\u2019t abandon strengths or create needless complexities that could compromise the controls within one of the most coveted cockpits in the NFL.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cYou got to have some imagination,\u201d Gailey said.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>If there\u2019s a succinct phrase that captures how Patullo intends to stay ahead, it\u2019s \u201cbuilding on what our players do best.\u201d He\u2019s not espousing the stick-to-the-hits approach that doomed the Eagles in 2023. Instead, Patullo, who on Wednesday spoke to reporters for the first time in his new capacity, articulated an expansion. The Eagles understand their fundamental strengths. Patullo said there will be \u201ccore plays that you know you trust.\u201d But an offensive staff with four new hires \u2014 including passing game coordinator Parks Frazier and quarterbacks coach Scot Loeffler \u2014 is bringing ideas to staff meetings that add \u201cother layers\u201d and \u201cnew wrinkles\u201d to the system. They\u2019re also weighing the ideas against a \u201cchecklist of things\u201d they expect opposing defenses will attempt.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cWe have to be ready to adjust,\u201d Patullo said.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>He comes from an idea-generating routine in which Gailey would start post-draft staff meetings by asking his coaches if they\u2019d seen anything on film \u2014 NFL, college, high school or otherwise \u2014 that they ought to try to develop themselves. \u201cThat\u2019s where the ideas would come from,\u201d Gailey said. Once in-season, Gailey said they never focused on attacking a defense until they\u2019d figured out what they had offensively themselves. What players do we have available? What are their strengths? Their weaknesses? Then they\u2019d figure out how they were going to run the ball against their opponent. (\u201cThat was always first,\u201d Gailey said.) Then came the play-action game. Then, drop-back passes. Then, situational football.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>After 21 years of coaching, Patullo will implement his own routine. Among the things he wanted to remind himself as he began a play-calling role for the first time: \u201cJust be me.\u201d His debut as an offensive coordinator will be met with two major questions. Do his six years with Gailey give him enough systemic deviation from the seven years he\u2019s spent with Sirianni to be creative? And, more importantly, will the first-time OC, at age 43, foster an effective idea-generating process as the leader of a group of veteran assistant coaches and players?<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cIf you\u2019ve got to worry about something or think about something, don\u2019t lose sleep over that one,\u201d Gailey said. \u201cWhether he\u2019s gonna be able to handle the room, run the show, do all that. That\u2019s a non-issue in my book.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cNow I know how Jalen feels,\u201d Jordan Mailata said. \u201cThis is crazy.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>A sixth play caller in six seasons? Mailata, the Eagles\u2019 starting left tackle, knows his quarterback has had it worse. Hurts has had 11 play callers dating to his college days at Alabama and Oklahoma. The ever-growing list is a worn-out fact that likely remains relevant so long as Hurts and Sirianni are together.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Continuity is elusive in the NovaCare Complex. And as the last two years proved, sometimes overrated. The Sirianni-era Eagles have experienced enough transitions to strike a balance between systemic overhauls and simply running it back. Sirianni, who officially promoted Patullo 10 days after Super Bowl LIX, aimed to address any shortcomings in the idea-generation department by hiring Frazier and Loeffler. The Eagles believe those hires complement Patullo\u2019s strengths in the management and implementation department, where he\u2019ll turn to the player relationships he has formed since joining the Eagles in 2021.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>None are more important than Patullo\u2019s partnership with Hurts. The disorder within the 2023 collapse created a disconnect between Hurts and Sirianni that was repaired in the orderliness that followed Moore\u2019s hiring. Hurts and Sirianni reached their communicative stride in 2024 with a series of phone calls during the Week 5 bye, and Hurts spent every Tuesday night on the phone with Moore as they put together the week\u2019s initial game plan. Patullo emphasized that he and Hurts are entering their fifth season together. He said they\u2019ve already formed a routine in OTAs in which Hurts is \u201cwilling to try anything and then we can have dialogue after and kind of go from there.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cEveryone\u2019s in a good place,\u201d Hurts said of his relationship with Patullo. \u201cEveryone\u2019s focused, and everyone cares about their duties and what they\u2019re supposed to do. And we\u2019ve always had some type of communication in the past in (game) prep. So nothing really changes in terms of that. It\u2019s just kind of people with different titles.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>As for the Patullo-led system, Hurts said, \u201cthere\u2019s some nuances that are different.\u201d Last year, Hurts said Moore\u2019s system was \u201c95 percent\u201d new. With no need for such a drastic overhaul this time, Hurts still stressed that the Eagles are still \u201cvery early\u201d in the development stage of how this year\u2019s offense will evolve. They know from their adaptation after last year\u2019s Week 5 bye how plans formed in the summer can require change. Hurts underlined how the Chiefs aimed to stop Barkley in Super Bowl LIX, which gave way to a performance by the quarterback that won him the game\u2019s MVP trophy.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cUltimately, we just have to find ways to play complementary football and continue to build off of what we\u2019ve done,\u201d Hurts said. \u201cBut also knowing that it\u2019s only a template. It\u2019s only a reference in a sense, you know. And you gotta continue to grow from that and learn from the good references and the not-so-good references in a sense of what our success was. Just building that out, it\u2019ll evolve, it\u2019ll be what it\u2019ll be. Whatever it is, let\u2019s just find ways to win.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>An early look at the Eagles, now under the banner of two-time Super Bowl champions.<\/em><\/em>The dialogue between the Eagles\u2019 offensive coaching staff and players has ranged from combative to conducive. Mailata said Patullo\u2019s tenure in Philly \u201cmakes it easy\u201d for them to approach their new play caller with ideas. Mailata said he\u2019s already had conversations with Patullo about the system\u2019s terminology \u2014 \u201csomething that we can clear up to make it easier for all positions.\u201d The sixth-year left tackle has also approached his new play caller with schematic ideas.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cBecause of our relationship, he can tell us, \u2018Yeah, that was bad. That\u2019s a bad idea. Here\u2019s why,\u2019\u201d Mailata said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not just like, \u2018That\u2019s bad,\u2019 shut down. It\u2019s a why. And then I learned something that day. It\u2019s like, \u2018OK, great. Maybe I should just stick to playing online.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>The rapid rotation of Eagles play callers reminds Patullo of the stakes ahead. Succeed, and he can become a head coach like Steichen and Moore. Fail, and he can be fired like Johnson. As Gailey said, Patullo always had a distinct grasp of the bigger picture. But as Patullo\u2019s debut as an NFL play caller approaches, he\u2019s reminding himself that he\u2019s prepared for this moment.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cTo be honest, you\u2019re just kind of doing your job,\u201d Patullo said. \u201cIf you look at something like that big picture, I guess it could be overwhelming. But this is what I do. This is what I wanted to do. I\u2019ve been wanting to do it, and I have an opportunity to do it, and like I said, I\u2019ve got a great staff around me, great players, great organization \u2014 everything. So it\u2019ll be fun.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/td><\/tr>
NFC SOUTH<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 ATLANTA<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       Tampa Bay<\/strong>                                      1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 14    @ Minnesota                                 8:20 PM EDT                   NBCSun, Sep 21    @ Carolina                                      1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 28    Washington<\/strong>                                    1:00 PM EDT                   CBSBye        Mon, Oct 13    Buffalo<\/strong>                                               7:15 PM EDT                   ESPNSun, Oct 19     @ San Francisco                          8:20 PM EDT                   NBCSun, Oct 26     Miami <\/strong>                                                1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Nov 2       @ New England                            1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 9       @ Indianapolis (Berlin)            9:30 AM EST                    NFLNSun, Nov 16    Carolina<\/strong>                                           1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 23    @ New Orleans                            4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 30    @ NY Jets                                          1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 7       Seattle<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EST                    FOXThu, Dec 11     @ Tampa Bay                                 8:15 PM EST                    AMZNSun, Dec 21    @ Arizona                                        4:05 PM EST                    FOXMon, Dec 29   LA Rams<\/strong>                                           8:15 PM EST                    ESPNSun, Jan 4         New Orleans<\/strong>                                  FALCONS SCHEDULE NOTESBack in the day of Matt Ryan, the Falcons could go 11-5 and rarely appear in standalone games\u2026But in 2025, coming off 8-9 after three 7-10s, ATL gets six standalone games including five primetime\u2026They host the Rams in the last Monday night game of the year and also have a December meeting on Thursday with Tampa Bay \u2013 signs the schedule makers they will be in it to the end\u2026The divisionals are spread around the schedule more than most teams receive\u2026Usually a FOX staple, they only appear seven times, five in the early window\u2026They play the first NFL game in Berlin on Week 9. \u2026Only on of their five November games is at home. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>CAROLINA<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       @ Jacksonville                              1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 14    @ Arizona                                        4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 21    Atlanta                              <\/strong>                1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 28    @ New England                            1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 5        Miami<\/strong>                                                 1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 12     Dallas <\/strong>                                                1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 19     @ NY Jets                                          1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 26     Buffalo<\/strong>                                               1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Nov 2       @ Green Bay                                   1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 9       New Orleans<\/strong>                                 1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 16    @ Atlanta                                         1:00 PM EST                    FOXMon, Nov 24   @ San Francisco                          8:15 PM EST                    ESPNSun, Nov 30    LA Rams<\/strong>                                           1:00 PM EST                    FOXBye        Sun, Dec 14    @ New Orleans                            4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 21    Tampa Bay<\/strong>                                      1:00 PM EST                    FOXD 27 or D28     Seattle<\/strong>                                              TBDSun, Jan 4         @ Tampa Bay                                  PANTHERS SCHEDULE NOTESIn the final seven weeks of 2024, the Panthers were 2-5 with losses by a total of 12 points to the two Super Bowl teams and the Buccaneers\u2026It got them one primetime game, at San Francisco in Week 12\u2026Still, as you might expect, they are in the early window on FOX 12 times in the 15 scheduled games (only once on CBS and that\u2019s late at Arizona)\u2026Some of those early FOX home games are against pretty good teams (Dallas, Buffalo, the Rams, Tampa Bay)\u2026The Week 17 home game with Seattle is one of five that have a 60% chance of being on Saturday\u2026They don\u2019t see the Buccaneers until Week 16. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>NEW ORLEANS<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       Arizona<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 14    San Francisco              <\/strong>                1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 21    @ Seattle                                          4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 28    @ Buffalo                                         1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 5        NY Giants<\/strong>                                        1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 12     New England                 <\/strong>                4:25 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 19     @ Chicago                                       1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 26     Tampa Bay<\/strong>                                      4:05 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Nov 2       @ LA Rams                                      4:05 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 9       @ Carolina                                      1:00 PM EST                    FOXBye Sun, Nov 23    Atlanta<\/strong>                                              4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 30    @ Miami                                           1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 7       @ Tampa Bay                                 1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 14    Carolina<\/strong>                                           4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 21    NY Jets<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 28    @ Tennessee                                  1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Jan 4         @ Atlanta                                          SAINTS SCHEDULE NOTESNothing but Sundays for the Saints, eight on FOX, eight on CBS with Week 18 up for grabs\u2026Ten games in the early window, six late\u2026Of those six late games, only two are due to geography (at Seattle in Week 3 on CBS, at the Rams in Week 9 on FOX)\u2026The Saints play at home in the late window in four straight home games, spread between October 12 and December 14 \u2013 including all three visits by divisionals\u2026Four two-game road trips, three two-game home stands\u2026Five of the six divisional games come in a seven-game stretch in the middle of the season\u2026The first three games are all against NFC West foes. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>TAMPA<\/strong> BAY<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       @ Atlanta                                         1:00 PM EDT                   FOXMon, Sep 15   @ Houston                                      7:00 PM EDT                   ABCSun, Sep 21    NY Jets                                                1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 28    Philadelphia  <\/strong>                                1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 5        @ Seattle                                          4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 12     San Francisco<\/strong>                              1:00 PM EDT                   CBSMon, Oct 20    @ Detroit                                          7:00 PM EDT                   ABCSun, Oct 26     @ New Orleans                            4:05 PM EDT                   FOXBye        Sun, Nov 9       New England <\/strong>                                1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 16    @ Buffalo                                         1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 23    @ LA Rams                                      8:20 PM EST                    NBCSun, Nov 30    Arizona<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 7       New Orleans<\/strong>                                 1:00 PM EST                    CBSThu, Dec 11     Atlanta<\/strong>                                              8:15 PM EST                    AMZNSun, Dec 21    @ Carolina                                      1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 28    @ Miami                                           1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Jan 4         Carolina<\/strong>                                           1:00 PM EST BUCCANEERS SCHEDULE NOTESThe Buccaneers have four primetime games, two of which are the first game of Disney Monday night doubleheaders\u2026No games at 4;25, just a pair of non-doubleheader 4:05 affairs\u2026The first game with Carolina is not until Week 16 and they are Tampa Bay\u2019s last two divisional matchups\u2026A Thanksgiving Sunday home game with Arizona starts a three-game homestand\u2026After opening at Atlanta, the Buccaneers have only one divisional in the next 11 games\u2026The first NFC South opponent doesn\u2019t hit Tampa until December, then they are the last three home games. <\/td><\/tr>
NFC WEST<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 ARIZONA<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       @ New Orleans                            1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 14    Carolina           <\/strong>                                4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 21    @ San Francisco                          4:25 PM EDT                   FOXThu, Sep 25     Seattle<\/strong>                                              8:15 PM EDT                   AMZNSun, Oct 5        Tennessee<\/strong>                                      4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 12     @ Indianapolis                             1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 19     Green Bay<\/strong>                                       4:25 PM EDT                   FOXBye Mon, Nov 3      @ Dallas                                           8:15 PM EST                    ABCSun, Nov 9       @ Seattle                                          4:05 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 16    San Francisco<\/strong>                              4:05 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 23    Jacksonville<\/strong>                                  4:05 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 30    @ Tampa Bay                                 1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 7       LA Rams<\/strong>                                           4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 14    @ Houston                                      1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 21    Atlanta<\/strong>                                              4:05 PM EST                    FOXD 27 or D 28    @ Cincinnati                                  1:00 PM EST                    Sun, Jan 4         @ LA Rams CARDINALS SCHEDULE NOTESIn general, the NFC West is well positioned to rise in 2025 as every team plays eight games against the two South divisions\u2026And sometimes a team of middling expectations gets a favorable start to the season and builds confidence and continues to win even as the opponents are more  testing\u2026We thought of that as we looked at the first six games here \u2013 a team playing middle of the road football could still be 5-1 when the Packers came to town in Week 7\u2026Then 5-6 after that would still get you a 10-7 record and a possible playoff berth\u2026They are done with the Seahawks and 49ers by November 16 and don\u2019t meet the Rams for the first time until December 7\u2026After a run of 3 of 4 at home starting in November, they finish with 3 of 4 on the road including the last two\u2026The Cardinals get a pair of Primetime games early in the season. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>LOS ANGELES RAMS<\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       Houston           <\/strong>                                4:25 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 14    @ Tennessee                                  1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 21    @ Philadelphia                             1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 28    Indianapolis  <\/strong>                                4:05 PM EDT                   FOXThu, Oct 2        San Francisco<\/strong>                              8:15 PM EDT                   AMZNSun, Oct 12     @ Baltimore                                   1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 19     @ Jacksonville                              9:30 AM EDT                   NFLNBye        Sun, Nov 2       New Orleans <\/strong>                                4:05 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 9       @ San Francisco                          4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 16    Seattle              <\/strong>                                4:05 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 23    Tampa Bay<\/strong>                                      8:20 PM EST                    NBCSun, Nov 30    @ Carolina                                      1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 7       @ Arizona                                        4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 14    Detroit               <\/strong>                                4:25 PM EST                    FOXThu, Dec 18     @ Seattle                                          8:15 PM EST                    AMZNMon, Dec 29   @ Atlanta                                         8:15 PM EST                    ESPNSun, Jan 4         Arizona<\/strong>                                               RAMS SCHEDULE NOTESThree of the first four against the AFC South, but the other one is a trip to Philadelphia for an early game (on FOX)\u2026The Rams first two games are on CBS, after that all remaining Sunday day games on FOX\u2026Four Primetime games, a trip to London to play the Jaguars and up to four featured late Sunday games\u2026Four of the last six on the road\u2026They are done with the 49ers in Week 9 before meeting either the Seahawks or Cardinals\u2026Like the other NFC West schedules it looks to have some wins \u2013 but the Rams play Philadelphia, Detroit and Baltimore and the other three teams do not. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/em><\/strong>SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       @ Seattle                                          4:05 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 14    @ New Orleans                            1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 21    Arizona<\/strong>                                              4:25 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 28    Jacksonville<\/strong>                                  4:05 PM EDT                   FOXThu, Oct 2        @ LA Rams                                      8:15 PM EDT                   AMZNSun, Oct 12     @ Tampa Bay                                 1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 19     Atlanta<\/strong>                                              8:20 PM EDT                   NBCSun, Oct 26     @ Houston                                      1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Nov 2       @ NY Giants                                   1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 9       LA Rams<\/strong>                                           4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 16    @ Arizona                                        4:05 PM EST                    FOXMon, Nov 24   Carolina<\/strong>                                           8:15 PM EST                    ESPNSun, Nov 30    @ Cleveland                                   1:00 PM EST                    CBSBye Sun, Dec 14    Tennessee      <\/strong>                                4:25 PM EST                    FOXMon, Dec 22   @ Indianapolis                             8:15 PM EST                    ESPNSun, Dec 28    Chicago<\/strong>                                            8:20 PM EST                    NBCSun, Jan 4         Seattle<\/strong>               49ers SCHEDULE NOTESThe NFL sticks with SF as a glamor team despite last season\u2019s travails with five Primetime games, including three (Atlanta, Carolina, Indianapolis) where they would seem to be the feature attraction\u2026The NFL West collectively has a favorable schedule pattern and with the Giants, Cleveland and Chicago as their unique games (as opposed to the Rams with Philadelphia, Baltimore and Detroit), the 49ers have the best of the four\u2026Eight games on FOX, including the first four\u2026Three on CBS \u2013 all in the early window\u2026Only two of the first six at home, but three of the last four. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>SEATTLE<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       San Francisco<\/strong>                              4:05 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 14    @ Pittsburgh                                  1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 21    New Orleans<\/strong>                                 4:05 PM EDT                   CBSThu, Sep 25     @ Arizona                                        8:15 PM EDT                   AMZNSun, Oct 5        Tampa Bay<\/strong>                                      4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 12     @ Jacksonville                              1:00 PM EDT                   FOXMon, Oct 20    Houston<\/strong>                                           10:00 PM EDT                ESPNBye        Sun, Nov 2       @ Washington                              8:20 PM EST                    NBCSun, Nov 9       Arizona<\/strong>                                              4:05 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 16    @ LA Rams                                      4:05 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 23    @ Tennessee                                  1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 30    Minnesota<\/strong>                                       4:05 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 7       @ Atlanta                                         1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 14    Indianapolis<\/strong>                                  4:25 PM EST                    CBSThu, Dec 18     LA Rams<\/strong>                                           8:15 PM EST                    AMZND27 or D28      @ Carolina                                      Sun, Jan 4         @ San Francisco                           SEAHAWKS SCHEDULE NOTESThe Seahawks get four Primetime games, including hosting a 10 PM Eastern start as the second Monday game on October 20 (with Houston)\u2026Home-and-away for the first five pair of games, then away-home for the next two\u2026Seven games on FOX, four on CBS\u2026Four early games in the East\u2026They start and end the season with San Francisco. <\/td><\/tr>
AFC WEST<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>DENVER<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       Tennessee<\/strong>                                      4:05 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 14    @ Indianapolis                             4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 21    @ LA Chargers                              4:05 PM EDT                   CBSMon, Sep 29   Cincinnati<\/strong>                                       8:15 PM EDT                   ABCSun, Oct 5        @ Philadelphia                             1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 12     @ NY Jets (London)                   9:30 AM EDT                   NFLNSun, Oct 19     NY Giants<\/strong>                                        4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 26     Dallas <\/strong>                                                4:25 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Nov 2       @ Houston                                      1:00 PM EST                    FOX Thu, Nov 6        Las Vegas<\/strong>                                        8:15 PM EST                    AMZNSun, Nov 16    Kansas City<\/strong>                                    4:25 PM EST                    CBSBye        Sun, Nov 30    @ Washington                              8:20 PM EST                    NBCSun, Dec 7       @ Las Vegas                                   4:05 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 14    Green Bay<\/strong>                                       4:25 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 21    Jacksonville  <\/strong>                                4:05 PM EST                    FOXThu, Dec 25     @ Kansas City                               8:15 PM EST                    AMZNSun, Jan 4         LA Chargers<\/strong>    BRONCOS SCHEDULE NOTESFour Primetime games for the Broncos, including the big Christmas game on Amazon against the rival Chiefs\u2026Four of the first six on the road, then four of five at home\u2026They also are featured in three CBS late Sunday games \u2013 all at home\u2026Only one divisional game in the first nine. <\/td><\/tr>
 KANSAS CITY<\/strong><\/strong> Fri, Sep 5           @ LA Chargers                              8:00 PM EDT                   You TubeSun, Sep 14    Philadelphia<\/strong>                                  4:25 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 21    @ NY Giants                                   8:20 PM EDT                   NBCSun, Sep 28    Baltimore<\/strong>                                        4:25 PM EDT                   CBSMon, Oct 6       @ Jacksonville                              8:15 PM EDT                   ABCSun, Oct 12     Detroit<\/strong>                                               8:20 PM EDT                   NBCSun, Oct 19     Las Vegas<\/strong>                                        1:00 PM EDT                   CBSMon, Oct 27    Washington    <\/strong>                                8:15 PM EDT                   ABCSun, Nov 2       @ Buffalo                                         4:25 PM EST                    CBSBye        Sun, Nov 16    @ Denver                                          4:25 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 23    Indianapolis<\/strong>                                  1:00 PM EST                    CBSThu, Nov 27     @ Dallas                                           4:30 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 7       Houston<\/strong>                                           8:20 PM EST                    NBCSun, Dec 14    LA Chargers<\/strong>                                   1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 21    @ Tennessee                                  1:00 PM EST                    CBSThu, Dec 25     Denver<\/strong>                                               8:15 PM EST                    AMZNSun, Jan 4         @ Las Vegas                                    CHIEFS SCHEDULE NOTESKansas City has Thanksgiving in Dallas, plus seven Primetime games, including four of the first six weeks and five of the first eight\u2026The opener in Sao Paolo, plus Thanksgiving, plus Christmas Day\u2026They are scheduled for only four early Sunday games\u2026FOX only gets Kansas City once \u2013 but it\u2019s the Week 2 Super Bowl re-match\u2026The Chiefs have a three-game homestand in October\u2026They have Divisionals in three of the last four weeks. <\/td><\/tr>
 LAS VEGAS<\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       @ New England                            1:00 PM EDT                   CBSMon, Sep 15   LA Chargers   <\/strong>                                10:00 PM EDT                ESPNSun, Sep 21    @ Washington                              1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 28    Chicago<\/strong>                                            4:25 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 5        @ Indianapolis                             1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 12     Tennessee<\/strong>                                      4:05 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 19     @ Kansas City                               1:00 PM EDT                   CBSBye        Sun, Nov 2       Jacksonville<\/strong>                                  4:05 PM EST                    FOXThu, Nov 6        @ Denver                                          8:15 PM EST                    AMZNMon, Nov 17   Dallas <\/strong>                                                8:15 PM EST                    ABCSun, Nov 23    Cleveland<\/strong>                                       4:05 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 30    @ LA Chargers                              4:25 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 7       Denver<\/strong>                                               4:05 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 14    @ Philadelphia                             1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 21    @ Houston                                      4:25 PM EST                    CBSD27 or D 28     NY Giants        <\/strong>                                                                Sun, Jan 4         Kansas City<\/strong>     RAIDERS SCHEDULE NOTESThe NFL seems to think the Raiders have a pulse (which the DB does as well) with three Primetime games in the first 10 weeks\u2026The Chargers game in Week 2 is part of the Disney doubleheader\u2026A bit of a home cluster in the middle of the schedule (5 in 8 games)\u2026The divisionals are pretty well spread\u2026Five times on FOX, two at home versus seven on CBS\u2026Five games at 1:00, including at KC where the Chiefs don\u2019t play many noon kicks.  <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>LOS ANGELES CHARGERS<\/strong> Fri, Sep 5           Kansas City (Sao Paolo)<\/strong>       8:00 PM EDT                   YouTubeMon, Sep 15   @ Las Vegas                                   10:00 PM EDT                 ESPNSun, Sep 21    Denver<\/strong>                                               4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 28    @ NY Giants                                   1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 5        Washington    <\/strong>                                4:25 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 12     @ Miami                                           1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 19     Indianapolis  <\/strong>                                4:05 PM EDT                   CBSThu, Oct 23     Minnesota<\/strong>                                       8:15 PM EDT                   AMZNSun, Nov 2       @ Tennessee                                  1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 9       Pittsburgh<\/strong>                                       8:20 PM EST                    NBCSun, Nov 16    @ Jacksonville                              1:00 PM EST                    CBSBye Sun, Nov 30    Las Vegas<\/strong>                                        4:25 PM EST                    CBSMon, Dec 8      Philadelphia  <\/strong>                                8:15 PM EST                    ABCSun, Dec 14    @Kansas City                                1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 21    @ Dallas                                           1:00 PM EST                    FOXD27 or D28      Houston<\/strong>Sun, Jan 4         @ Denver CHARGERS SCHEDULE NOTESThe Chargers start the season with a pair of Primetime games, including Week 1 in Sao Paolo with the rival Chiefs\u2026There next three Primetime games are all at home, including the Super Bowl champion Eagles coming to LA on December 8\u2026The next week they play the other Super Bowl team in Kansas City\u2026Six of the eight scheduled road games are at 1 pm on Sunday \u2013 plus Brazil is two time zones ahead of Eastern time (1 hour ahead due to no Daylight Savings Time in Brazil in September)\u2026The Chargers open up with three divisionals, then go eight games without one until November 30 with the Raiders. <\/td><\/tr>
AFC NORTH<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>PITTSBURGH<\/strong><\/strong>OC Arthur Smith apparently wants another Smith to re-join him with the Steelers.  Marcel Louis-Jacques of ESPN.com<\/a> politely wonders why the Dolphins would trade him and why the Steelers need him: The Miami Dolphins have engaged in trade discussions with the Pittsburgh Steelers involving tight end Jonnu Smith, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Smith expressed interest to the Dolphins in reworking the two-year deal he signed last offseason, which would pay him $4.8 million in 2025, sources told Schefter. Smith was not present for Miami’s voluntary OTA practices this week.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>The Steelers’ interest in Smith is rooted in offensive coordinator Arthur Smith’s long-standing relationship with the tight end. Arthur Smith was Jonnu Smith’s tight ends coach and offensive coordinator in Tennessee, and Arthur Smith later traded for his former player during his stint as the Falcons’ head coach.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Jonnu Smith set a franchise record for receptions (88) and receiving yards (884) by a tight end last season en route to his first career Pro Bowl selection. He led all Dolphins players in receptions in his first year with the team and finished behind only Brock Bowers, Trey McBride and George Kittle leaguewide in receiving yards by a tight end.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Trading Smith would mean the Dolphins could enter the 2025 season without four prominent veteran leaders from a season ago, including defensive lineman Calais Campbell, offensive lineman Terron Armstead and defensive back Jalen Ramsey, whom Miami is also looking to trade this offseason.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Miami is not necessarily equipped to enter the season without Smith<\/em><\/strong>, who played 54.8% of its offensive snaps in 2024. Julian Hill has operated as Miami’s primary blocking tight end and returns in 2025, and the Dolphins swapped out Durham Smythe for free agent signee Pharaoh Brown, who is also known as more of a blocker than receiver.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Third-year veteran Tanner Conner, a converted college wide receiver, and undrafted free agent Jalin Conyers round out Miami’s tight ends room.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>The tight end has fared well in Arthur Smith’s offenses, including producing an eight-touchdown season in 2020.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>The Steelers, though, don’t have a glaring need at tight end.<\/em><\/strong> They signed 2021 second-round pick Pat Freiermuth to a four-year, $48 million extension last offseason and also return 2023 third-round pick Darnell Washington and 2022 sixth-round tight end\/fullback Connor Heyward. Pittsburgh signed former Chargers tight end Donald Parham Jr., who has 11 career touchdowns, earlier this offseason.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>The Steelers carried four tight ends on their 53-man roster last season. The lone departure from that group was MyCole Pruitt, who wasn’t re-signed after initially joining the team on a one-year contract last season.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Like Jonnu Smith, Pruitt had a long history with Arthur Smith and played for him in both Tennessee and Atlanta.<\/em><\/em> <\/td><\/tr>
AFC SOUTH<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>HOUSTON<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       @ LA Rams                                      4:25 PM EDT                   CBSMon, Sep 15   Tampa Bay<\/strong>                                      7:00 PM EDT                   ABCSun, Sep 21    @ Jacksonville                              1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 28    Tennessee<\/strong>                                      1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 5        @ Baltimore                                   1:00 PM EDT                   CBSBye Mon, Oct 20    @ Seattle                                          10:00 PM EDT                ESPNSun, Oct 26     San Francisco<\/strong>                              1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Nov 2       Denver<\/strong>                                               1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 9       Jacksonville<\/strong>                                  1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 16    @ Tennessee                                  1:00 PM EST                    FOXThu, Nov 20     Buffalo<\/strong>                                               8:15 PM EST                    AMZNSun, Nov 30    @ Indianapolis                             1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 7       @ Kansas City                               8:20 PM EST                    NBCSun, Dec 14    Arizona<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 21    Las Vegas<\/strong>                                        4:25 PM EST                    CBSD27 or D28      @ LA Chargers                              1:00 PM ESTSun, Jan 4         Indianapolis<\/strong>   TEXANS SCHEDULE NOTESThe Texans, like the Buccaneers, are featured in two ESPN Monday doubleheaders \u2013 although unlike Tampa Bay, the Texans play both early (Week 2, vs TB) and late (Week 6, at Seattle at 9 pm Central Time)\u2026That\u2019s half of their Primetime games as they have Buffalo and Kansas City in a three-week span straddling Thanksgiving\u2026They only play late in two CBS doubleheader weekends and neither game (at LAR, Week 1 and vs LV, Week 15) figures to be the primary\u2026Last year, the Texans did not appear at all on FOX after previously being a regular part of FOX\u2019s coverage.  This year they are back with four games on FOX, including three at home that are all early against Western teams\u2026Four of the first six on the road, then a three-game homestand around Halloween\u2026They are done with both Jacksonville and Tennessee before their first meeting with Indianapolis\u2026The divisionals are relatively early with none in December. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>INDIANAPOLIS<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       Miami<\/strong>                                                 1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 14    Denver<\/strong>                                               4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 21    @ Tennessee                                  1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 28    @ LA Rams                                      4:05 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 5        Las Vegas        <\/strong>                                1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 12     Arizona<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 19     @ LA Chargers                              4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 26     Tennessee<\/strong>                                      4:25 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Nov 2       @ Pittsburgh                                  1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 9       Atlanta (Berlin)<\/strong>                            9:30 AM EST                    NFLNBye        Sun, Nov 23    @ Kansas City                               1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 30    Houston<\/strong>                                           1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 7       @ Jacksonville                              1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 14    @ Seattle                                          4:25 PM EST                    CBSMon, Dec 22   San Francisco<\/strong>                              8:15 PM EST                    ESPNSun, Dec 28    Jacksonville<\/strong>                                  1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Jan 4         @ Houston                                       COLTS SCHEDULE NOTESAfter 14 Sunday day games (one in Europe), the Colts get a Week 16 Monday night game, hosting San Francisco?  What are the chances that is not Flexed \u2013 the 8-7 49ers at the 4-11 Colts (we would think Atlanta at Arizona or Patriots at Baltimore will mean more to both teams)\u2026They play the Falcons in Berlin on November 9\u2026The Colts are done with the Titans by October 26, then don\u2019t meet another divisional opponent until Thanksgiving weekend\u2026Three straight games on FOX starting Week 4\u2026Of the eight games in Indianapolis, four are on FOX, three on CBS, one ESPN. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>JACKSONVILLE<\/strong><\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       Carolina<\/strong>                                           1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 14    @ Cincinnati                                  1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 21    Houston<\/strong>                                           1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 28    @ San Francisco                          4:05 PM EDT                   FOXMon, Oct 6       Kansas City<\/strong>                                    8:15 PM EDT                   ABCSun, Oct 12     Seattle<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 19     LA Rams (London)                      9:30 AM EDT                   NFLNBye        Sun, Nov 2       @ Las Vegas                                   4:05 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 9       @ Houston                                      1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 16    LA Chargers<\/strong>                                   1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 23    @ Arizona                                        4:05 PM EST                    CBSSun, Nov 30    @ Tennessee                                  1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 7       Indianapolis  <\/strong>                                1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 14    NY Jets<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 21    @ Denver                                          4:05 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 28    @ Indianapolis                             1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Jan 4         Tennessee      <\/strong>                                 JAGUARS SCHEDULE NOTESThe Jaguars get a surprise Primetime game when the Chiefs hit Duval in Week 5\u2026Two weeks later it\u2019s the Rams in London\u2026Then the last 10 games are likely to be in the local early window\u2026The Jaguars are quite the travelers going to the West Coast (if you count Denver and Arizona) four times, in addition to London\u2026The CBS-FOX split is 8-6 CBS\u2026They are done with the Texans by November 9, then have the other four divisionals in the last six games\u2026Four of the first six in Jacksonville, then only one of the next six. <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>TENNESSEE<\/strong> Sun, Sep 7       @ Denver                                          4:05 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Sep 14    LA Rams<\/strong>                                           1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 21    Indianapolis  <\/strong>                                1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Sep 28    @ Houston                                      1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 5        @ Arizona                                        4:05 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 12     @ Las Vegas                                   4:05 PM EDT                   FOXSun, Oct 19     New England<\/strong>                                 1:00 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Oct 26     @ Indianapolis                             4:25 PM EDT                   CBSSun, Nov 2       LA Chargers   <\/strong>                                1:00 PM EST                    CBSBye Sun, Nov 16    Houston<\/strong>                                           1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 23    Seattle<\/strong>                                              1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Nov 30    Jacksonville  <\/strong>                                1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 7       @ Cleveland                                   1:00 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 14    @ San Francisco                          4:25 PM EST                    FOXSun, Dec 21    Kansas City<\/strong>                                    1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Dec 28    New Orleans <\/strong>                                1:00 PM EST                    CBSSun, Jan 4         @ Jacksonville                                    TITANS SCHEDULE NOTESWe can\u2019t remember the last team that had a four-game homestand and Tennessee\u2019s run at home also has the bye week included\u2026So they are in Indy on October 26 (Week 8) and not on the road again until Cleveland on December 7 in Week 14\u2026There is a three-game tour of the Southwest (Houston, Arizona, Las Vegas) starting in Week 4\u2026Only two divisional games in the last seven weeks, both against Jacksonville\u2026All 17 games are on Sunday \u2013 so far 10 early, 6 late (all but one by geographic necessity)\u2026Also 10 on CBS, 6 on FOX. <\/td><\/tr>
AFC EAST<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong>NEW ENGLAND<\/strong><\/strong>The Patriots came up at ACC Media Day.  Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com<\/a>: The ACC rollercoaster has introduced an unexpected twist for Clemson coach Dabo Swinney in 2025.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>He\u2019ll be facing a North Carolina team that features legendary head coach Bill Belichick.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>In a joint interview of Swinney and Belichick by ESPN\u2019s Rece Davis, Swinney joked about the changes that have come for Clemson, thanks to Belichick invading the conference.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cWe play the New England Patriots this year,\u201d Swinney said. \u201cWe go to North Carolina, and then we go to Boston College to play [former Patriots offensive coordinator] Bill O\u2019Brien. So, I feel like I\u2019m playing the whole Patriots organization in about a two-week span there.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Swinney joked that he has a \u201csecret sauce\u201d to beat the Patriots \u2014 former Patriots punter Ryan Allen, who is Clemson\u2019s specialists coach.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>\u201cWe\u2019re going to lean on him heavy to figure out how to defeat y\u2019all\u2019s punt block team or whatever else,\u201d Swinney said.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>It was all very lighthearted, with no tension or edge to it. Throughout the extended conversation, Swinney and Belichick seemed to get along very well.<\/em><\/em> <\/em>Maybe Swinney realizes he still has far better players than North Carolina can muster. Or maybe Swinney realizes that, as Clemson struggles to compete for championships in the NIL era, he has far more to worry about than a mid-level program from a basketball school.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AROUND THE NFL Today\u2019s Briefing has the rest of the schedule analysis. The quick impressions include look for San Francisco and New England to increase their win totals, both overall and relative to the other teams in the division. And, even if they improve as a team, the Giants schedule is so brutal they should be able…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6,7,11,8,13],"class_list":["post-6809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-daily-briefing","tag-chris-myers","tag-chris-myers-sports","tag-daily-briefing","tag-fox-sports","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}