Whether or not the games will actually happen as scheduled, the NFL went ahead with its schedule release extravaganza on Thursday, tightening the league’s grip on the belief that football will occur amid the COVID-19 pandemic on time and in the presence of fans.
Interestingly enough, the NFL did not stack non-conference or non-divisional games at the beginning of the season, thus making them easier to cancel without seriously affecting a team’s playoff calculus. So it goes.
So for the moment let’s analyze the schedule that was presented to us, assuming it will proceed by design. Should we live in a world four months from now where testing, care and management are far different, here are the matchups we’ll most be looking forward to …
1) VIKINGS AT SAINTS, Week 16 (Dec.