Leaked Schedule

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

2 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

MNF against the Saints in week 2?

That would be surprising for the league to do, no interesting storylines between two teams that don't have much of a national following, have a hard time believing that one.

most likely to give Bryce young a primetime game to show what he got as the number one overall pick

[tukafan21]

10 minutes ago, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

most likely to give Bryce young a primetime game to show what he got as the number one overall pick

That's fair, but if that's the case, there are so many better matchups they could have done that would help draw in more viewers.  As on the surface, even with the #1 pick in the game, Panthers-Saints Week 2 seems about as uninspiring of a national interest in a matchup as possible.

Texans would have the picks 1-2 storyline, Colts would have Reich against his old team and maybe AR-Bryce, Bears would be DJ and the team that traded the #1 pick, Jags would be the two most recent #1 pick QBs, Dolphins would have two former Alabama QB's against each other, and Cowboys are the Cowboys, hell, either Bucs game would bring in the Baker storyline too.

All would be way more interesting matchups for MNF if they were looking to get Bryce that spotlight.

That part makes sense to do with the latest #1 pick, it's them doing it in Week 2 against the Saints that seems odd to me, that early in the season, the only storyline is that we're division rivals.

Edited May 11, 2023 by tukafan21

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[mrcompletely11]

2 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

I believe it, but I dont understand it.

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

I normally like Josh but thats "hey look at me" dick move

[WUnderhill]

Kind of sucks opening with 2 division games. No time for Bryce or the new 3-4 D to ease into things. I hope I’m wrong but I expect to get gashed by the Falcons run game week 1.

[WUnderhill]

24 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

That's fair, but if that's the case, there are so many better matchups they could have done that would help draw in more viewers.  As on the surface, even with the #1 pick in the game, Panthers-Saints Week 2 seems about as uninspiring of a national interest in a matchup as possible.

Texans would have the picks 1-2 storyline, Colts would have Reich against his old team and maybe AR-Bryce, Bears would be DJ and the team that traded the #1 pick, Jags would be the two most recent #1 pick QBs, Dolphins would have two former Alabama QB's against each other, and Cowboys are the Cowboys, hell, either Bucs game would bring in the Baker storyline too.

All would be way more interesting matchups for MNF if they were looking to get Bryce that spotlight.

That part makes sense to do with the latest #1 pick, it's them doing it in Week 2 against the Saints that seems odd to me, that early in the season, the only storyline is that we're division rivals.

They will probably make the Colts game later in the season for better chances that AR is the starter by then and had more time to develop since he needs the most development out of the top 3 QBs.

[PanthersATL]

1 hour ago, w280sax said:

When was our last non Thursday prime time game.  I'm having a hard time remembering.

Our last MNF game was in 2018 v NO.

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[PanthersATL]

a larger number of prime time Carolina games may impact the number of out-of-town Panthers fans getting their money's worth out of a Sunday Ticket subscription.  Might reach a tipping point of "go to bar" vs "stay at home"

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, poundaway said:

2 division games the first two weeks? 

Good IMO. Young should be good to go and they will be able to minimally prepare to face him in our offense.

 

[Hoenheim]

Starting off with two divisional games... 

We usually end seasons like that. That makes the first two contests pretty important games to win ideally, even though the team might not have had time to gel together yet. 

[Hoenheim]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Good IMO. Young should be good to go and they will be able to minimally prepare to face him in our offense.

 

That's another way of looking at it I guess

I'm still afraid of Bijan running for 300 yards in his debut against a newly formed 3-4 defense in their literal first game played together. 

Edited May 11, 2023 by Hoenheim