17/18 Game schedule would be better if the NFL ditched home & away within the divisions.

[unbillievable]

I like the idea of 1 out of 17 games being played in a neutral site.

 

Someplace with a resort or night life.

 

Good for fans who don't live in the home city that don't want to be harassed by road fans.

 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

6 hours ago, unbillievable said:

I don't like that Buffalo played in Las Vegas during the pandemic and I won't get to experience that stadium until 2018 2028, when it's no longer new.

 

 

Might be a hell of a lot cheaper

[WotAGuy]

3 hours ago, unbillievable said:

I like the idea of 1 out of 17 games being played in a neutral site.

 

Someplace with a resort or night life.

 

Good for fans who don't live in the home city that don't want to be harassed by road fans.

 

Im thinking they should build a stadium that is a giant hot tub. Everyone sits in filthy steaming water to watch the game and….well, you know what happens in hot tubs…..

[Fleezoid]

I'm not sure how they can do it, but increase cross-conference games. I'm in Tampa, and I missed the last Bills game here because it was post-covid and tickets prices were off the charts. I was at the previous game 8 years before, but that was when both teams sucked. Score was like 13-10, can't remember. It's an 8 year cycle. I'll have maybe 1 time to see them here because it'll be 1 time in 14 years. 

Edited January 3, 2023 by Fleezoid

[Aussie Joe]

4 minutes ago, Fleezoid said:

I'm not sure how they can do it, but increase cross-conference games. I'm in Tampa, and I missed the last Bills game here because it was post-covid and tickets prices were off the charts. I was at the previous game 8 years before, but that was when both teams sucked. Score was like 13-10, can't remember. It's an 8 year cycle. I'll have maybe 1 time to see them here because it'll be 1 time in 14 years. 

Can’t get the greyhound to Miami?

[WyoAZBillfan]

On 1/1/2023 at 8:22 AM, Albany,n.y. said:

I hate to tell you, but 2018 already happened.  Seriously, if the Bills win the AFC next season they'll be in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl.  

Arizona first😬 All aboard!!

[DrBob806]

On 1/1/2023 at 12:20 PM, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

from a parity standpoint- it’s an interesting idea. Ditch division rivalry but also ditch marginal teams coasting through weak divisions 

The Patriots run of SBs, they cruised to division titles, winning at least 5 out of 6 division games every season. 

 

It's all cyclical. I hope the NFL doesn't expand or change any of the scheduling. 

[Dr. K]

On 1/1/2023 at 9:34 AM, JohnBonhamRocks said:

Keep divisions and 6 games against division opponents. Too much history and rivalry. Too much fun now that we own the AFCE after the drought. 

 

Once we get to a 21-22 game season in like 2050, assuming no expansion franchises which is no safe bet, then we could do: all AFC teams, each division opponent 2x, and still get 3-4 NFC games per year. 

And solar powered android players with titanium knees.

[Fleezoid]

13 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:

Can’t get the greyhound to Miami?

 

Been there 5 times. I travel well, been to 10 NFL stadiums. Just sayin!

[Aussie Joe]

1 minute ago, Fleezoid said:

 

Been there 5 times. I travel well, been to 10 NFL stadiums. Just sayin!

Ok fair enough… I see they play the Bucs next year but in Buffalo…

 

 

[GunnerBill]

5 minutes ago, DrBob806 said:

The Patriots run of SBs, they cruised to division titles, winning at least 5 out of 6 division games every season. 

 

It's all cyclical. I hope the NFL doesn't expand or change any of the scheduling. 

 

In all their domination I think they only actually went 6-0 in division once or twice though. Obviously 2008 and think there was one other. They have a pretty average record in Miami.

 

I am not for scrapping divisions. I just don't see how it improves anything.

[Fleezoid]

26 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:

Ok fair enough… I see they play the Bucs next year but in Buffalo…

 

 

Yeah, that's the issue. They play one division from the other conference each year. So, 4 years to get thru the conference and they rotate home/away. As I mentioned, not sure if it's fixable. I know they like the rivalries, either within division or conference. I'm just whining. I'd like some easier Bills games to see. 

 

I haven't been to Jacksonville....yet, so there is that. 

[That's No Moon]

On 1/1/2023 at 8:16 AM, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

NFL should play conference not divisional schedules, I agree.

And split them east and west for travel and TV purposes.

 

Jerruh would be pissed so it ain't gonna happen.

Edited January 3, 2023 by That's No Moon

[The Red King]

Would unbalance the divisions.  Jets and 'Phins beat us in their homes, but lost to us here.  Now if we happened to only play once against division foes and pulled NE at home, NYJ and MIA on the road, we'd have finished 1-2 in the division, losing tie-breakers to both the Jets and 'Phins.  The tie-breaker would be based on the one head-to-head.  Could you imagine if, say, the Cowboys and Eagles only played once a season, and what an advantage home-field would give them?

[Just Jack]

I'd have them play all three division opponents in the first 5 weeks of the season, then again, the last three weeks of the season.  It seems every year there are multiple teams that play a division opponent one week, someone else the next week, then the same division opponent again.  

[Aussie Joe]

25 minutes ago, Fleezoid said:

Yeah, that's the issue. They play one division from the other conference each year. So, 4 years to get thru the conference and they rotate home/away. As I mentioned, not sure if it's fixable. I know they like the rivalries, either within division or conference. I'm just whining. I'd like some easier Bills games to see. 

 

I haven't been to Jacksonville....yet, so there is that. 

This is not the division game …they do play an extra game now against the NFC and next year it’s against the Bucs