Perhaps the biggest point of contention in the NFL’s annual primetime slate is the games given to ESPN for Monday Night Football. For their money, ESPN should hope to get some decent games for Monday Night Football considering their investing billions (yes that’s with a “b”) in the longest running NFL primetime franchise.
This year’s schedule looks… well, like it’s completely up in the air. There’s a ton of cross-divisional and cross-conference matchups, which is good because it represents some fresh games for the national slate. But it also means that ESPN is taking a big gamble in bowing before the parity gods that these teams on the schedule will actually be good come November and December.
Week 1
Philadelphia at Atlanta (early)
Minnesota at San Francisco (late)
Week 2
NY Jets at Indianapolis
Week 3
Kansas City at Green Bay
Week 4
Detroit at Seattle
Week 5
Pittsburgh at San Diego
Week 6
NY Giants at Philadelphia
Week 7
Baltimore at Arizona
Week 8
Indianapolis at Carolina
Week 9
Chicago at San Diego
Week 10
Houston at Cincinnati
Week 11
Buffalo at New England
Week 12
Baltimore at Cleveland
Week 13
Dallas at Washington
Week 14
NY Giants at Miami
Week 15
Detroit at New Orleans
Week 16
Cincinnati at Denver
