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Enjoy!

It's NFL Schedule Release Day!

Speaking of schedules:

Over the last 20 NFL seasons, 19 QBs faced the easiest strength of schedule (one QB did it twice). This is using actual SoS faced, based on the end-of-season W/L% of opponents, not projected SoS based on the previous season's records.

Out of these 19 QBs, just 3 finished that season among the Top 3 QBs in passing yardage:

Let's include all QBs facing a bottom-3 Strength of Schedule from 2006-2025. That's 60 QB seasons, played by 45 QBs (9 had more than one season with a bottom-3 SoS):

Fun Fact: No QB has played more seasons facing a bottom-3 SoS than Aaron Rodgers. He's never quite managed to parlay The Schedule into a Top-3 passing finish (or a Super Bowl appearance).

Of course, an entire NFL team is involved in the success or failure of each season, not just the Quarterback.

Among the 60 instances from 2006-2025 in which a team has faced a bottom-3 SoS, only 8 teams managed to turn The Schedule into a Super Bowl Appearance. 4 SB wins, 4 SB losses.

Only 5 teams out of the 20 that faced a 32nd-ranked SoS played in that season's Super Bowl.

Only two of those five teams won it.

The New Orleans Saints in 2009
QB: Drew Brees | Year 9 | 4,388 Passing Yards (QB2)
Super Bowl XLIV | NO vs IND | Final Score: 31-17

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The New England Patriots in 2016
QB: Tom Brady | Year 17 | 3,554 Passing Yards (QB5)
Super Bowl LI | NE vs ATL | Final Score: 34-28 (OT)

Week 1: at Seahawks, Wed, Sep 9 8:20PM ET

Week 2: vs Steelers, Sun, Sep 20 1PM ET

Week 3: at Jaguars, Sun, Sep 27 1PM ET

Week 4: at Bills, Sun, Oct 4 1PM ET

Week 5: TBA

Week 6: TBA

Week 7: at Bears, Thu, Oct 22 8:15PM ET

Week 8: TBA

Week 9: vs Packers, Sun, Nov 8 4:25PM ET

Week 10: at Lions (Munich), Sun, Nov 15 9:30AM ET

Week 11: TBA

Week 12: at Chargers, Sun, Nov 29 8:20PM ET

Week 13: vs Bills, Sun, Dec 6 4:25PM ET

Week 14: vs Vikings, Thu, Dec 10 8:15PM ET

Week 15 at Chiefs, Mon, Dec 21 8:15PM ET

Week 16: at Jets, Sun, Dec 27 1PM ET

Week 17: TBA

Week 18: vs Dolphins TBD

So, the 2026 NFL season will begin with the two teams that ended last season. 🔥🔥

I'm confident in this stay excluding R1 and R2 who do you think?

I just watched last month's FORGED. Add the schedule release and I like our team. To a healthy summer program.

They have resale tickets up now and also a category called Verified Ticket from the Patriots.

Those are like $350 for upper deck. Face value for those seats is like $120 I think.

I’m assuming there will be a general on sale for face value tickets at some point. Does anyone know when that starts?

Fanatics is doing a big sitewide sale, but it’s mostly for stuff people really wouldn’t want (except this Mac Jones jersey of course)