2016 NFL Schedule

[plesiosaur]

3 hours ago, Tru11 said:

lovely schedule.

will be able to watch most if not all games.

Agreed.  When you have to work early on Mondays, 1 and 4:30 p.m. games are much more forgiving.

[Sherly_Tebow]

2 hours ago, usmccharles said:

 

I would like to see how many times this has happened in the last 8 years. 

We've played the Bengals 5 out of the last 6 years to end our season. The exception is 2014 when we played the Browns.

[usmccharles]

7 minutes ago, Sherly_Tebow said:

We've played the Bengals 5 out of the last 6 years to end our season. The exception is 2014 when we played the Browns.

Im going to guess all road games as well?

[beanfigger]

17 minutes ago, usmccharles said:

Im going to guess all road games as well?

Correct.

[usmccharles]

9 minutes ago, beanfigger said:

Correct.

shocked I tell you....shocked.  Im willing to bet that it comes down to that last game for the Division/ WC

[rmcjacket23]

2 hours ago, Tank 92 said:

Exactly the way we wanted? No one would want 5 of their first 7 games away, or to have all of the westerly travel during that time frame. 

Maybe because you get a backloaded home schedule, and fans have been telling me for years that November and December is more important. Did that all of the sudden change because we were terrible in the beginning half of the season?

We were in Baltimore for basically 30 straight days for one stretch, and the entire month of November we had 3 home games, a bye, and a long road trip to Cleveland.

And then there was 3 of the last 4 at home, and in the last six weeks, our furthest travel was to Miami and we never left the Eastern Time Zone.

Funny... I never see anybody praising the NFL for such a favorable second half schedule. I wonder why that is...

John wanted the road trips lumped together. He got it. He also got almost four weeks on in the East in between, so its not like it was four straight WC road games.

You can't ask for something, get it, and then complain about it when things don't go your way. 

 

[RavensPunkXVX]

I'm gonna say that the Ravens have a great draft. Perriman returns full speed for game one.

 

And bold prediction: Ravens sweep the Bengals.

Edited April 15, 2016 by RavensPunkXVX

[IrishRaven87]

Fantastic from a Ravens fan in Ireland! Not too many late nights with the 1PM time slot! 

[Sunday QB]

if the Steelers are tied for the 8th easiest schedule where is the Ravens schedule ranked?

[redrum52]

Please keep the Cowboys winless against us.   I'm very proud of that record.

[TurkishRaven]

I'm happy that we are playing with Steelers and Bengals at the end. Winning both games will give us a boost in playoffs. 

[beanfigger]

3 hours ago, rmcjacket23 said:

Maybe because you get a backloaded home schedule, and fans have been telling me for years that November and December is more important. Did that all of the sudden change because we were terrible in the beginning half of the season?

We were in Baltimore for basically 30 straight days for one stretch, and the entire month of November we had 3 home games, a bye, and a long road trip to Cleveland.

And then there was 3 of the last 4 at home, and in the last six weeks, our furthest travel was to Miami and we never left the Eastern Time Zone.

Funny... I never see anybody praising the NFL for such a favorable second half schedule. I wonder why that is...

John wanted the road trips lumped together. He got it. He also got almost four weeks on in the East in between, so its not like it was four straight WC road games.

You can't ask for something, get it, and then complain about it when things don't go your way. 

 

Easy, easy. It's not that serious.

For the record, starting with 5 out of 7 on the road is not what we asked for, and certainly not anywhere near close to doing us a favor. That's why it hasn't been done to a team in 15 years (ironically, also the Ravens).

Now, it was not the schedulers fault that all our players were hurt by the time we got to an easier part of the season with more home games. That was bad luck, but that stretch to start last season was unnecessarily brutal.

[rmcjacket23]

54 minutes ago, beanfigger said:

Easy, easy. It's not that serious.

For the record, starting with 5 out of 7 on the road is not what we asked for, and certainly not anywhere near close to doing us a favor. That's why it hasn't been done to a team in 15 years (ironically, also the Ravens).

Now, it was not the schedulers fault that all our players were hurt by the time we got to an easier part of the season with more home games. That was bad luck, but that stretch to start last season was unnecessarily brutal.

I mean we had a very favorable home schedule in the middle and end of the season. That's a very, very, very good thing, and something all NFL teams would like to have.

So, difficult in the beginning, much easier in the middle and end. I believe that's a pretty fair schedule. 

When a coach voluntarily asks for multiple back-to-back road trips in a season, its pretty much impossible to formulate a schedule (while dealing with 31 other teams) that doesn't involve a lengthy stretch of road games lumped together. You basically can't have one without the other.

Call it in unexpected consequence if you will, but to me, I just don't see the issue. By definition, you play 5 out of 7 on the road, you pretty much get 5 out of 7 at home. And we pretty much did... we had 6 out of 8 at home in one stretch.

That's all I'm asking. When people complain about a 5-7 road stretch, they conveniently ignore the 6 out of 8 home stretch. Its almost as if people think we played like 12 road games last season.

[Sherly_Tebow]

After looking at the Bengals schedule, I think they pull a 2013 Ravens and keep themselves in contention, but come up just short of making the playoffs.

Edited April 15, 2016 by Sherly_Tebow

[beanfigger]

2 hours ago, rmcjacket23 said:

I mean we had a very favorable home schedule in the middle and end of the season. That's a very, very, very good thing, and something all NFL teams would like to have.

So, difficult in the beginning, much easier in the middle and end. I believe that's a pretty fair schedule. 

When a coach voluntarily asks for multiple back-to-back road trips in a season, its pretty much impossible to formulate a schedule (while dealing with 31 other teams) that doesn't involve a lengthy stretch of road games lumped together. You basically can't have one without the other.

Call it in unexpected consequence if you will, but to me, I just don't see the issue. By definition, you play 5 out of 7 on the road, you pretty much get 5 out of 7 at home. And we pretty much did... we had 6 out of 8 at home in one stretch.

That's all I'm asking. When people complain about a 5-7 road stretch, they conveniently ignore the 6 out of 8 home stretch. Its almost as if people think we played like 12 road games last season.

I'm not ignoring the lighter part of the schedule. I even mentioned it. I'm saying it doesn't work. Having a tough stretch like that shouldn't happen. Having a light stretch shouldn't happen either. And the tough stretch like that certainly does not belong at the very beginning or end. The rest of the schedule doesn't "make up" for that or make it fair. That's why it doesn't ever happen like that but once every fifteen years.

[jimmypowder]

I see or 6-10 or a 10-6 with a wild card playoff berth depending on our health, the draft and in particular Joe's health. 

 

I like the schedule and can see a 10-6 if things fall right. We need a couple of defensive difference makers in the draft quickly. 

I'm not convinced Suggs,Webb,Doom have much left in the tank. Doom probably has the most left. 

[GrimCoconut]

22 hours ago, Cillmatic said:

Why are people underating the Jags and Raiders? They both beat us last year and they've gotten MUCH better.

I think both those teams are underrated, but both games were narrow losses. Against Oakland, Cooper got a TD that sealed our fate but Jimmy was still recovering from the Lisfranc, while Jacksonville was stolen from us, if anyone recalls. 

[redrum52]

48 minutes ago, GrimCoconut said:

I think both those teams are underrated, but both games were narrow losses. Against Oakland, Cooper got a TD that sealed our fate but Jimmy was still recovering from the Lisfranc, while Jacksonville was stolen from us, if anyone recalls. 

We've lost to worse Jags teams...  I'm not predicting any wins this year.

[GrimCoconut]

Just now, redrum52 said:

We've lost to worse Jags teams...  I'm not predicting any wins this year.

That's true. I'm just remarking on the fact that you can't project we will win or lose against a team because of a prior record or game. It just doesn't work that way, and I can make just as much an argument that should beat those teams as anyone could make that they could beat us. 

[Ravensfan23]

Upside to a 3rd place finish is a 3rd place schedule. Every team can win on Sunday's, however I think on paper it's a favorable schedule and put together well. Hate the Bengals at the end of the season just as much as others do. 

The start will be the most important part for the Ravens. How do they come together as after injuries and the younger players getting some much needed experience? If they can get off to a fast start I think it'll be a great season. 

[Cville-Raven]

1 hour ago, GrimCoconut said:

I think both those teams are underrated, but both games were narrow losses. Against Oakland, Cooper got a TD that sealed our fate but Jimmy was still recovering from the Lisfranc, while Jacksonville was stolen from us, if anyone recalls. 

Yeah what an awful way to end a game. No offense to Jax but that should have been a W. 

[redrum52]

1 hour ago, Cville-Raven said:

Yeah what an awful way to end a game. No offense to Jax but that should have been a W. 

Most frustrating part of that loss is losing and they are still drafting in front of us with the same record.

[MTRavensFan]

2 minutes ago, redrum52 said:

Most frustrating part of that loss is losing and they are still drafting in front of us with the same record.

yeah, how does that work?

[redrum52]

13 minutes ago, MTRavensFan said:

yeah, how does that work?

My guess is overall conference record.

 

Have no real idea and never decided to look it up.

Edited April 16, 2016 by redrum52

[pcrash5]

@MTRavensFan Jacksonville picks before us because they had a weaker strength of schedule

[pcrash5]

We also had the same record as the niners but we pick earlier because we had the weaker strength of schedule

[K-Dog]

I will tell you one thing that is for sure.

In typical Ravens fashion,  there is going to be a lot of stressful nail biters this season. 

I guess I gotta get the Costco bulk size antacid for this season. 

[Tru11]

22 hours ago, plesiosaur said:

Agreed.  When you have to work early on Mondays, 1 and 4:30 p.m. games are much more forgiving.

 

im in europe so the 1 pm start around 19.00 here  and so i can watch them with ease.

4.30 are stretch as they finish around 1 in the morning.

late games i need to take the next day off or call in sick lol.

[rmcjacket23]

On 4/15/2016 at 3:29 PM, beanfigger said:

I'm not ignoring the lighter part of the schedule. I even mentioned it. I'm saying it doesn't work. Having a tough stretch like that shouldn't happen. Having a light stretch shouldn't happen either. And the tough stretch like that certainly does not belong at the very beginning or end. The rest of the schedule doesn't "make up" for that or make it fair. That's why it doesn't ever happen like that but once every fifteen years.

Well, it pretty much has to happen, because the Ravens aren't the only team in the league. One way or another, several teams in the league are going to have stretches like that on an annual basis, because there's no possible way to have a perfectly fair and balanced schedule for 32 teams at once.

That's sort of the point. If that schedule happened to the Steelers, would we be saying its unfair? Of course not. Why? Because we only think things are unfair when it happens to the team we cheer for. 

We play both West divisions every 12 years. Perhaps next time the schedule will be more "beneficial" for us in terms of less consecutive road stretches. But regardless, people will always fine some way to complain about scheduling. Most of the time, that's out of ignorance on their part, not on the league's part.

[rmcjacket23]

On 4/16/2016 at 11:27 PM, pcrash5 said:

We also had the same record as the niners but we pick earlier because we had the weaker strength of schedule

Also rotates throughout the draft on a round by round basis. Note that we pick ahead of both JAC and SF in round 2 (we pick 5th overall in that round), while we pick behind both in round 3.