The NFL released next season’s schedule, the media reacted, Le’Veon Bell made a prediction, Demaryius Thomas made a statement and more from today in the NFL.
The 2019 schedule is released
More than a few teams found creative ways to share their schedules. Here are some of the best.
Should we REALLY make our schedule release video with stock footage?
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yes yes yesyes pic.twitter.com/wAB8CdAfnB— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) April 18, 2019
Football is coming.
Full Schedule ➡️https://t.co/vNuHMKwxTs pic.twitter.com/Xb91bWV7dB
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) April 17, 2019
Wanna play a game? pic.twitter.com/mF5CeYnGUE
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 18, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: The exact moment GM John Dorsey got our schedule pic.twitter.com/EC1tAvMs4E
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) April 18, 2019
Who needs a fancy schedule release video when you can have THIS? 🤓 pic.twitter.com/47Bub45Big
— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) April 18, 2019
⬇️ Restart those consoles and charge those battery packs because the Biggest Games of 2019 are HERE. ⬇️ https://t.co/VOJCJwcidv
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) April 18, 2019
Get your teal out because today your lives are about to change.
It’s the 2019 Jaguars Schedule, presented by @McGowansHVAC!
Full schedule: https://t.co/XpUXP46BKF pic.twitter.com/LW4Drq5tMX— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 18, 2019
Coming soon to a 65,000-seat theater near you!
🍿🎟: https://t.co/SUoxwxldMU pic.twitter.com/YIkht787bl
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) April 18, 2019
Schedule odds and ends
Analysis of good and bad schedule breaks got underway almost immediately. Here are a few that stood out.
Buccaneers will not play in Tampa from 9/22 until 11/10, a stretch that includes five consecutive road games (two west-coast trips and a London game).
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 18, 2019
Raiders play in Oakland on Sept 15 and then not again until Nov. 3. From weeks 3-through-8, the Raiders play four true road games, a game in London and have a bye.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 18, 2019
10 NFL teams got five primetime games — Patriots, Eagles, Vikings, Bears, Cowboys, Chiefs, Packers, Seahawks, Steelers, Rams
Browns, Chargers, Saints each have four
Every other team except one has at least one primetime game
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The Bills
— Eric Edholm (@Eric_Edholm) April 18, 2019
Strength of schedule for all 32 teams: #Redskins and #Patriots have it easiest, #Raiders have toughest. https://t.co/tK3m9M2N4B
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) April 17, 2019
A schedule release Easter egg.
ESPN’s Field Yates found something you may have missed in Atlanta’s schedule release video.
At the :40 mark a Ram runs over a Saint and a referee runs in to note no penalty. Ice cold. https://t.co/mQMT6b7Sw2
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) April 18, 2019
Cleveland hype is upon us
Usually, Browns ticket prices are in the news because they’re dirt cheap. That’s no longer the case, at least for the moment.
On the day the 2018 NFL schedule was released, the median cost of a Browns’ ticket was $62; as of 8:50 PM ET Wednesday, the median cost of a Browns’ ticket was $131, more than double, per @VividSeats.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 18, 2019
Le’Veon Bell has Pittsburgh in his sights
Unsurprisingly, he’s leaning toward his new team.
Jets Steelers, Sunday December 22nd. I got a feeling something miiight be a little different this time around… 👀😂 pic.twitter.com/TPYolo7jtu
— Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) April 18, 2019
Another target for the Jets
While Le’Veon Bell has his sights set on his old team, Adam Gase is focusing on a division foe.
New Jets LB C.J. Mosley said that Adam Gase's message to the team at the start of offseason workouts was clear:
He came here to beat the Patriots.
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaSports) April 17, 2019
Demaryius Thomas is moving on
Thomas posted a photo of himself in a Patriots jersey and deleted all of his old Denver posts.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwXoM7pH419/
Jimmy Garoppolo knee update
He’ll start the season wearing a brace after tearing his left ACL in Week 3 of last season.
#49ers Jimmy Garoppolo says “hell yeah” he will wear brace on left knee when he returns from ACL reconstruction this year pic.twitter.com/XdjQmnFwzi
— Cam Inman (@CamInman) April 17, 2019
