On Wednesday, the NFL revealed its 2018 preseason schedule, which includes a nationally-televised game for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That appetizer heralded the imminent arrival of the main course: the full, 256-game regular-season schedule, which is likely to be announced next week.
That is the more anticipated news, of course, and Buccaneer fans have an additional reason to be eager for the schedule drop: For the first time, they'll be able to buy single-game tickets as soon as the schedule is revealed.
As close as the schedule is to being announced, it is still shrouded in almost complete secrecy.