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2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:16 pm
by MickeyDavis
NFL Network and NFL.com will have it first. We already know the opponents of course and we know we will open the season at home on Thursday, September 8 (yes there will be a season, but that's a debate for another thread). Rumor is we open against the Bears. I want the Saints. We'll get the max Sunday/Monday night games. Probably plenty of 3:15 games too. I just don't want a Thanksgiving game in Detroit. Nor do I want a late season Thursday night game. Bears/Bucs are the London game, we dodged that bullet for another year.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:58 pm
by Wilford Brimley
We also will probably have a few 3:15 starts as well.
The whole country will hate us based on how much we are on TV. I love it.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:12 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
Not going to lie, I'm pretty gitty about this. Currently going through maximum football withdrawal.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:25 pm
by Dwade03
Can't wait to see how much the entire country is going to be forced to watch us.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:40 pm
by MickeyDavis
I've always prefered the Sunday noon timeslot to the 3:15 or night spots. Last year we had 8 noon starts. I bet this year it will be less. I'm hoping at least one of our CBS games ends up on Sunday or Monday night, I hate watching football on CBS.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:56 pm
by Wilford Brimley
MickeyDavis wrote:I hate watching football on CBS.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:24 pm
by Captain Erv
New Orleans and Atlanta will both be in primetime.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:31 pm
by Turk Nowitzki
Agree that the noon games on Sunday are my favorite. Probably just because it fills a time when I usually have nothing else to do. I really wish we weren't opening against the Bears, I'm tired of thinking of/talking about them.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:39 pm
by MickeyDavis
Captain Erv wrote:New Orleans and Atlanta will both be in primetime.
I would think so. Although Fox does get to protect a certain amount of games.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:51 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
I also hate watching games on CBS.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:12 pm
by MickeyDavis
Maybe I'm just more used to Fox broadcasts and their announcing teams but I don't like anything about CBS, from their pregame to their announcers, to their music. And as cheesy as the Fox pregame can get I like it for the most part.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:17 pm
by Dwade03
I don't like watching games on CBS either, their whole production is boring as hell, though their HD quality seems better to me.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:57 pm
by chuckleslove
tonywalter tonywalter
Sources tell #Chicago reporter #Bears to open against #Falcons; if true, it should mean #Saints open against #Packers on Sept. 8.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:11 pm
by Turk Nowitzki
chuckleslove wrote:tonywalter tonywalter
Sources tell #Chicago reporter #Bears to open against #Falcons; if true, it should mean #Saints open against #Packers on Sept. 8.
Please be true.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:17 pm
by MickeyDavis
That would be a great start to the season. Although getting a dome team in December would have been good too.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:26 pm
by ReasonablySober
MickeyDavis wrote:That would be a great start to the season. Although getting a dome team in December would have been good too.
Exactly. The Saints are notoriously bad in crappy conditions. Why anyone would like to play them when the game could be a track meet is beyond me.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:29 pm
by Newz
DrugBust wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:That would be a great start to the season. Although getting a dome team in December would have been good too.
Exactly. The Saints are notoriously bad in crappy conditions. Why anyone would like to play them when the game could be a track meet is beyond me.
+1
Still hoping it's the Bears.
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:35 pm
by Reddeye
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Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:37 pm
by Wilford Brimley
Re: 2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:41 pm
by Turk Nowitzki
DrugBust wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:That would be a great start to the season. Although getting a dome team in December would have been good too.
Exactly. The Saints are notoriously bad in crappy conditions. Why anyone would like to play them when the game could be a track meet is beyond me.
I don't think our offense is exactly tailored for adverse conditions either so it ends up being a wash imo.