The NFL has released its 2010 NFL Schedule and it has plenty of high profile games. You can view and download the schedule from here > 2010 NFL Schedule
Week 1 looks to be a great opening weekend. The season starts in New Orleans with the Thursday Night Opener, which is a rematch of last years NFC Championship game, between the Vikings and Saints.
The league has plenty of divisional matchups to start the season as well. The Redskins get to unleash their new QB, Donovan McNabb, on the Cowboys at home. The Houston Texan open at home versus the Colts, and get to find out immediately if they have closed the gap between themselves and the Colts. Other divisional matchups include Dolphins at Bills, Lions at Bears, 49ers at Seahawks, Cardinals at Rams and the week ends with the Chargers at Chiefs in the second game of Monday Night Football Doubleheader. The other Monday Night game has the NY Jets opening their new stadium versus the Ravens.
The stadium, will see its first game on Sunday for the early game as the Giants host the Carolina Panthers. It would have been better had the NFL scheduled the Cowboys to open the Giants new stadium on opening weekend, much like the Giants opened the Cowboys home stadium last year.
This year’s Thursday Thanksgiving Triple-Header includes Patriots at Lions (CBS), Saints at Cowboys (FOX) and Bengals at Jets (NFLN).
The final wrinkle added by the NFL this season is that all games played Week 17 will be divisional matchups. There will be plenty of games that weekend that will have playoff implications. Some of those matchups include, Titans at Colts, Cowboys at Eagles, Chargers at Broncos and Cardinals at 49ers.
The International Series game this year will be played on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at Wembley Stadium between the Broncos and the 49ers.
The schedule is set, now on to the NFL Draft!
I agree, it would of been nice to see the Cowboys trying to get revenge for the Gaints stealing ruining the opening party.
Have to say the Thanksgiving games looks like a good set of games (me being a Patriot I am chuffed! :D) and the opening game which looks a belter and as you said a rematch between the Vikes and the Saints. I am calling it now that Brett Farve wins it in the dying seconds!
Would be interested in your thoughts on who you favour schedule wise. Both you and Jeff are on the Texans bandwagon, but their schedule looks brutal imo. Or will you be saving this for a future show?
Loving the look of the Chargers season, can’t wait till it all kicks off. Guess we’ll have to see the pre season and the first few rounds to really pick out the must see games for the rest of the season. Obviously the season opener is the season opener, but I wonder if it’ll fizz a little if Farve passes on career extension number…
Farve will be back, don’t you worry about that.
My thoughts on my Patriots schedule. I can definatley see us with a winning streak 10-6 at the worst.
At least some decent Thanksgiving games.
I LOVE THE PRIMETIME GAMES THIS SEASON!!!!!!!!!! The games are going to must see every week. Gong to be the best season in this decade! So much competition This season.
In fact, I will go and say that the world series will not be watched as much as football. I love baseball, but like steven and jeff said.
THE NFL RULES THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So grateful that Thanksgiving will have more than one good game! Dallas / Saints: “Who dat?”
If only my Bears can get through the first couple of games (not including the no-brainer against the Kittycats..) it looks like smotth sailing untill the last four games…NICE!
Glad phins go to Buffalo Early so the weather wont be too terrible, then i couple of horrible trips to Greenbay and Minnesota! might be another slow start
Rams open with 5 winnable games. I love it. Makin a trip over there this year, can’t decide what game to make it… Saints Cowboys on Thanksgiving will be a blast.
I’m looking forward to Ravens @Pats weeks 6 will the Pats get there revenge.
Dang the Redskins schedule looks pretty tough! I’m always optimistic at the beginning of seasons but this schedule is gonna test McNabb
I dunno Steven, and other Cowboy fans, sounds like you just wanted a chance to try and ruin the Giants home opener in the new stadium to avenge your loss to the G-men in the opening of Jerry Jones’ palace last year. I think the best move would have been to have the Jets play the Giants. Even though those two teams aren’t scheduled to meet this year, the league could have figured out a way to make it happen.
Curious, to hear if you spend anytime on the next show discussing how a couple of teams schedules were leaked earlier in the day prior to the official announcement.
Question to all, how do you put in an icon? I looked in my profile but didnt see anything.
@Jeremy
Listen to the lastest show. Either that of conact Steven and he can give you the directions :)
In the NFC West, I see the Cardinals going 11 – 5, and the 49ers going 10 – 6. The Seahawks and Rams are non-factors.
Admittedly, this is a make or break year for Matty. However, I think the acquisition of Derek Anderson is huge. It was amazing for me to listen to Jeff regard the Niners quarterback situation as being adequate for this season, but didn’t give the same assessment of the Cardinals.
The Niners, oddly, have a more difficult schedule, I believe. They must travel to the Saints, whereas the Cardinals get them at home. And the Niners have to face the Packers in Wisconsin, and the Packers may be stronger than the Vikings this year. Granted the Cardinals play the Cowboys, but not until week 16. By that time, the game may matter little to the Cowboys, maybe.
The critical week may be the final week, when the Cardinals and the Niners play each other in San Francisco.
testing my gravaterd…
Thanks giving might actually be worth watching this year!