PushnPencils

.....hurt the Pat's pre-season plans a bit?

I don't know if that extra game is now totally cancelled, but if so it made me think.

Maybe the incentive of the extra game was going to allow them to overload the pre-season roster a bit, take on a few extra WRs, Lbs and CBs to evaluate.

Just a thought. I'm probably wrong but that wouldn't be a first.

patsgo

the nfl doesnt do that, the hall of fame game is played and there are no special roster excemptions there, im sure belicheck welcomes the news

BelichickFan

Hurt ? Are you kidding ? 5 preseason games, 300 pound men having to fly to China and back ? Belichick probably opened up the champagne last night. It doesn't hut in any way.

Tunescribe

While I suspect Peter King is correct, the cancellation has not been officially announced by the league.

groundgame

Is BB jumping for joy that the game is cancelled? It's the biggest no brainer in the history of the earth!

Sorry, I shake my head every time I hear that mortgage company commercial on the radio.

Crowpointer

This China cancellation has delayed the release of the Pre-season schedule which was released last year in March. My only anticipation is hoping they give us the teams with big national followings. Here's to the Giants, Bears, Eagles, ect ...coming to town and not the Jags, Texans ect.. so I have no trouble getting rid of my $500 worth of "practice games"

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Tunescribe

It seems that the Pats preseason usually emphasizes NFC teams along the Eastern Seaboard where not a lot of travel is involved -- Philly, Giants, 'Skins, Falcons, Panthers, etc. Since we play the NFCE in the regular season this year I wonder if that will change. Interesting that we never play the other AFCE teams in the preseason.

rhubma

The only part of this cancellation that I regret is having a chance of more game film of (and game time for) Matt Cassell. Assuming he continues to improve... the more other teams see him, the more he's worth next year.

Besides that, it is a blessing that the travel and wear & tear of an extra game halfway around the world is now not an issue.

Crowpointer

Sunday, Aug. 5 -- Pro Football Hall of Fame Game (Canton, Ohio)
New Orleans vs. Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. (NFLN)





WEEK 1
August 9-13
Indianapolis at Dallas (FOX, 8/9, 8 p.m.) Buffalo at New Orleans (CBS, 8/10, 8 p.m.)
Washington at Tennessee (NFLN, 8/11, 8 p.m.) Seattle at San Diego (NBC, 8/12, 8 p.m.)
Denver at San Francisco (ESPN, 8/13, 8 p.m.) Arizona at Oakland
Atlanta at NY Jets Carolina at NY Giants
Chicago at Houston Cincinnati at Detroit
Green Bay at Pittsburgh Jacksonville at Miami
Kansas City at Cleveland New England at Tampa Bay
Philadelphia at Baltimore St. Louis at Minnesota


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WEEK 2
August 16-20
Miami at Kansas City (ESPN, 8/16, 8 p.m.) Minnesota at NY Jets (FOX, 8/17, 8 p.m.)
San Diego at St. Louis (CBS, 8/18, 8 p.m.) NY Giants at Baltimore (NBC, 8/19, 8 p.m.)
Chicago at Indianapolis (ESPN, 8/20, 8 p.m.) Atlanta at Buffalo
Carolina at Philadelphia Denver at Dallas
Detroit at Cleveland Houston at Arizona
New Orleans at Cincinnati Oakland at San Francisco
Pittsburgh at Washington Seattle at Green Bay
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville Tennessee at New England





WEEK 3
August 23-27
Jacksonville at Green Bay (FOX, 8/23, 8 p.m.) New England at Carolina (CBS, 8/24, 8 p.m.)
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (NBC, 8/26, 8 p.m.) Cincinnati at Atlanta (ESPN, 8/27, 8 p.m.)
Baltimore at Washington Cleveland at Denver
Dallas at Houston Detroit at Indianapolis
Minnesota at Seattle New Orleans at Kansas City
NY Jets at NY Giants St. Louis at Oakland
San Francisco at Chicago San Diego at Arizona
Tennessee at Buffalo Tampa Bay at Miami


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WEEK 4
August 31 - September 2
Arizona at Denver Baltimore at Atlanta
Buffalo at Detroit Cleveland at Chicago
Dallas at Minnesota Green Bay at Tennessee
Houston at Tampa Bay Indianapolis at Cincinnati
Pittsburgh at Carolina Kansas City at St. Louis
Miami at New Orleans NY Giants at New England
NY Jets at Philadelphia Oakland at Seattle
San Francisco at San Diego Washington at Jacksonville http://www.nfl.com/schedules/preseason/2007

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DefenseRules

Yeah baby! No trip across the country for us!