The NFL has yet to release the final details of the 2017/18 football season, but one interesting possibility has crept up, as noted by CBS sportswriter John Breech.
There has been some clamor over the possibility that the Falcons might face the Patriots in the first game of the season, which would certainly gain a lot of viewers. However, that possibility is rather unlikely because that would give the Falcons two prime-time dates in a row, and, as winners of the NFC last season, it makes sense to ‘gift’ them an opening home advantage.