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Just for fun: Who will the Panthers be playing first in primetime next season?

TheOracle

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The Broncos & John Fox or the Chargers, Rivera's former team?

Or will the first matchup be Newton vs. Dalton?

What will the NFL try to sell?

I'd be shocked if the Newton vs. Dalton game doesn't happen. They'd like Newton vs. Luck, but not sure if they can guarantee that one before the Draft, or guarantee that Luck will be on the field.

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gotta be newton vs brees

Maybe, but I'm not sure how they sell that one.

Brees is good, but even with "upstart Panthers" versus "King of the South New Orleans", or "Newton looking to take the South from Brees", there's no sexy storyline there because no one outside of New Orleans really cares about the Saints like that. Brees has universal "respect", but no passionate following.

ROTY vs. Runner-Up = marketing gold, especially after all the disagreement over who the Offensive ROTY should be throughout this season.

Fox versus Panthers...The Golden Calf of Bristol versus Newton...Rivera versus Chargers...all those are more interesting than an NFC South Conference game.

Excluding the Super Bowl winner, I think the Panthers get one of the first Sunday night or Monday night games next year.

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Maybe, but I'm not sure how they sell that one.

Brees is good, but even with "upstart Panthers" versus "King of the South New Orleans", or "Newton looking to take the South from Brees", there's no sexy storyline there because no one outside of New Orleans really cares about the Saints like that. Brees has universal "respect", but no passionate following.

ROTY vs. Runner-Up = marketing gold, especially after all the disagreement over who the Offensive ROTY should be throughout this season.

Fox versus Panthers...The Golden Calf of Bristol versus Newton...Rivera versus Chargers...all those are more interesting than an NFC South Conference game.

We don't play the AFC North so I don't know how you are getting the Dalton vs. Cam matchup?

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we can't play the bengals because we don't play the AFCN.

my money is on an NFCE game. panthers vs. eagles or cowboys, maybe giants. i would be pumped as hell for any of those games.

All teams get other out of conference games "just for the heck of it".

4 Games against the AFC West

4 Games against the NFC East

6 Games against the NFC South

2 Games against *ANYONE* (this season it was Arizona-NFC West & Washington-NFC East)

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Plenty of teams get an out of conference game just for the heck of it.

4 Games against the AFC West

4 Games against the NFC East

6 Games against the NFC South

2 Games against *ANYONE* (this season it was Arizona-NFC West & Washington-NFC EAst)

Its not 2 games against "ANYONE" its 2 games against intraconference opponents based on prior years standings. For example, the first-place team in a division will play against the first-place team from another division within the same conference.

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