2011 Schedule Release - Tonight at 6:00

Post #1 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:16 pm

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.

Wilford Brimley · Post #2 » by **Wilford Brimley** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:58 pm

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.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #3 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:12 pm

Not going to lie, I'm pretty gitty about this. Currently going through maximum football withdrawal.

Dwade03 · Post #4 » by **Dwade03** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:25 pm

Can't wait to see how much the entire country is going to be forced to watch us.

Post #5 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:40 pm

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.

Wilford Brimley · Post #6 » by **Wilford Brimley** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:56 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:I hate watching football on CBS.

Captain Erv · Post #7 » by **Captain Erv** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:24 pm

New Orleans and Atlanta will both be in primetime.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #8 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:31 pm

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.

Post #9 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:39 pm

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.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #10 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:51 pm

I also hate watching games on CBS.

Post #11 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:12 pm

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.

Dwade03 · Post #12 » by **Dwade03** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:17 pm

I don't like watching games on CBS either, their whole production is boring as hell, though their HD quality seems better to me.

chuckleslove · Post #13 » by **chuckleslove** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:57 pm

tonywalter tonywalter
Sources tell #Chicago reporter #Bears to open against #Falcons; if true, it should mean #Saints open against #Packers on Sept. 8.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #14 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:11 pm

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.

Post #15 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:17 pm

That would be a great start to the season. Although getting a dome team in December would have been good too.

Post #16 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:26 pm

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.

Newz · Post #17 » by **Newz** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:29 pm

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.

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Wilford Brimley · Post #19 » by **Wilford Brimley** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:37 pm

DAMN IT

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Turk Nowitzki · Post #20 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:41 pm

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.