Dexter
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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Week 2: at Texans (8/17-21)
Week 3: at Lions (8/24-27)
Week 4: vs. Giants (8/31-9/1)
I agree on all counts. Maybe the Texans and Patriots requested it? I know teams can put in requests for the preseason....Slightly surprised that the Patriots will play two in-conference teams. Typically you want to attempt to schedule preseason games against teams you won't play as far in the future as possible. The Pats will play the AFC North next year.
Philadelphia is a team that would seem to make sense as a preseason opponent. The Pats won't play the Eagles again until 2019 and logistically they are one of the closest training camps, from Foxborough to Philadelphia.
Also somewhat surprising that the defending Superbowl champions are not part of a single national preseason telecast. Maybe it is an attempt to build up the anticipation for the regular season opener, who knows.
I haven't heard anything about the Jaguars shopping for a QB. Did I miss something? Are they unhappy with Bortles?Interesting that Jaguars and Texans will have the opportunity to take a good look on JimmyG still early in the pre season in time to make a bold move.
I think there will be joint practices too.
I haven't heard anything about the Jaguars shopping for a QB. Did I miss something? Are they unhappy with Bortles?
Correct, you are not imagining this trend.Why can't we ever get the damn third preseason game at home?
Correct, you are not imagining this trend.
In the last seven years the Pats will have now played just a single preseason week three home game.
2017: at Detroit
2016: at Carolina
2015: at Carolina
2014: home vs Carolina
2013: at Detroit
2012: at Tampa
2011: at Detroit
2010: home vs St Louis
2009: at Washington
2008: home vs Philadelphia
2007: at Carolina
2006: home vs Washington
2005: at Green Bay
2004: at Carolina
2003: at Philadelphia
2002: home vs Carolina
2001: at Tampa
2000: home vs Tampa
1999: at Tampa
There was a time where that game alternated somewhat regularly (other than '04) between home and away, which would be as expected. That is not the case any longer.
Perhaps other owners have been lobbying to get that third game played at home, in order to somewhat appease their fans that have to pay full price for an exhibition game?
Thanks for the research confirming my complaint. Another point is that nobody wants to shlep to that fourth preseason game, especially this year when it means even less with the regular-season opener seven days later.Correct, you are not imagining this trend.
In the last seven years the Pats will have now played just a single preseason week three home game.
2017: at Detroit
2016: at Carolina
2015: at Carolina
2014: home vs Carolina
2013: at Detroit
2012: at Tampa
2011: at Detroit
2010: home vs St Louis
2009: at Washington
2008: home vs Philadelphia
2007: at Carolina
2006: home vs Washington
2005: at Green Bay
2004: at Carolina
2003: at Philadelphia
2002: home vs Carolina
2001: at Tampa
2000: home vs Tampa
1999: at Tampa
There was a time where that game alternated somewhat regularly (other than '04) between home and away, which would be as expected. That is not the case any longer.
Perhaps other owners have been lobbying to get that third game played at home, in order to somewhat appease their fans that have to pay full price for an exhibition game?
Is that from an incident in China? By the way, will the Chinese make the North Koreans behave?The annual Pats vs NYG preseason game is always good for my PTSD.
I presume the preference is for an AFC team such as the Patriots to play NFC teams. You are only going to face them once every four years. By the time they play each other again in a regular season game the rosters will have changed quite a bit, making any player intel minimal. I guess the week four game doesn't really count since the starters play so minimally, if at all.Why have we played Detroit and Carolina so often? Weird.
It's from an incident in Arizona. And then one in Indianapolis. (Insert frowny face here)Is that from an incident in China? By the way, will the Chinese make the North Koreans behave?
I suffer from the same trauma double-whammy ... giants gathering to steal my happiness.It's from an incident in Arizona. And then one in Indianapolis. (Insert frowny face here)
Is that from an incident in China? By the way, will the Chinese make the North Koreans behave?