From the moment the NFL announced its let’s-just-do-it-and-be-legends plan for bull-rushing right through the pandemic, you knew there was at least one team that was going to get screwed. One team that would, through no fault of its own, be forced to change its schedules, play on short notice, and generally make up for the sins of other teams … the NFL equivalent of the one kid who actually did the work on the group project, in other words.
So the only real surprise here is that the NFL’s scheduling punching bag isn’t a perennial doormat like the Jaguars or Jets, but instead is one of the league’s top-shelf franchises.