Ogie Ogilthorpe
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Some interesting schedule nuances I heard today while listening to one of the gambling podcasts I listen to sometimes. Most of these are NFC North related, but the first one is not and pretty jarring really;
Cincinnati plays a road game at Baltimore, on a Thursday night, for the third straight year. Baltimore has gone to Cincinnati ONE time in the last 19 years to play a Thursday night. And to top that off, Baltimore is 9-0 in recent Thursday night HOME games but they are 2-7 in Thursday night ROAD games over that span. Ridiculous
Detroit, who I would have been down on a Lot this year after losing both OC and DC, gets some ridiculous scheduling advantages compared to other NFC North teams.
Detroit has EIGHT games this season where they have a Rest advantage over their opponents. That has never happened in NFL history, no team has ever had more than SIX games with a rest advantage. And they play only ONE game where they have a rest Disadvantage; meaning they have a net +7 games with a rest advantage.
Detroit also plays FIVE games against opponents coming off a MNF game short week.
This is in stark contrast against all 3 other NFC North teams. No other team in the division has more than FOUR games with a rest edge. The Bears only have TWO game with a rest advantage, while they have FIVE games with a rest disadvantage. That's a TEN GAME differential between the Bears and Lions. Outside of the Lions net +7 differential in games with a rest advantage, no other NFC North team has better than a net ZERO
Cincinnati plays a road game at Baltimore, on a Thursday night, for the third straight year. Baltimore has gone to Cincinnati ONE time in the last 19 years to play a Thursday night. And to top that off, Baltimore is 9-0 in recent Thursday night HOME games but they are 2-7 in Thursday night ROAD games over that span. Ridiculous
Detroit, who I would have been down on a Lot this year after losing both OC and DC, gets some ridiculous scheduling advantages compared to other NFC North teams.
Detroit has EIGHT games this season where they have a Rest advantage over their opponents. That has never happened in NFL history, no team has ever had more than SIX games with a rest advantage. And they play only ONE game where they have a rest Disadvantage; meaning they have a net +7 games with a rest advantage.
Detroit also plays FIVE games against opponents coming off a MNF game short week.
This is in stark contrast against all 3 other NFC North teams. No other team in the division has more than FOUR games with a rest edge. The Bears only have TWO game with a rest advantage, while they have FIVE games with a rest disadvantage. That's a TEN GAME differential between the Bears and Lions. Outside of the Lions net +7 differential in games with a rest advantage, no other NFC North team has better than a net ZERO