2025 Schedule Pretty Much Locked In

[djp14150]

5 minutes ago, TFBillsfan said:

With the NFL’s  focus on the international market, I think we are a lock for an international game unfortunately. 

They could

 

8 games in europe

3 in mexico

1 in Brazil 

2 in Canada 

2 in Australia 

 

on the Australia games—it can be done on Black Friday (Saturday afternoon there) 8 pm ET is noon in Sydney/Melbourne, 2 pm in Auckland  and then do another one the following weekend for a Friday night game. They could also do this for one of the NFL Saturday games as a night game (10pm ET KO)

[TFBillsfan]

2 minutes ago, djp14150 said:

They could

 

8 games in europe

3 in mexico

1 in Brazil 

2 in Canada 

2 in Australia 

 

on the Australia games—it can be done on Black Friday (Saturday afternoon there) 8 pm ET is noon in Sydney/Melbourne, 2 pm in Auckland  and then do another one the following weekend for a Friday night game. They could also do this for one of the NFL Saturday games as a night game (10pm ET KO)

I would prefer Mexico or Canada. Let us stay in North America please if we have to play an international game.

[Just Jack]

The Bills 2023 game in London against the Jags was considered a home game.  So the only way they go next year is if they're the visiting team.  

[GunnerBill]

My overall take on this year's schedule was tricky, but like the home slate, tough on the road. Next year I think tough home slate (but the Bills are great at home) but there isn't a single road game there that I go "man that's tough." Maybe Houston? Steelers and Falcons are not "easy" but the Bills are better than those two teams.

[ganesh]

Road games against division opponents are always NOT Easy.

[Kelly to Allen]

20-0

3 hours ago, Just Jack said:

The Bills 2023 game in London against the Jags was considered a home game.  So the only way they go next year is if they're the visiting team.  

Launch that random ridiculous game into the sun 

[strive_for_five_guy]

2 hours ago, ganesh said:

Road games against division opponents are always NOT Easy.

Except Miami, of course.

 

Last regular season game at the stadium will probably be Jests or Miami, right?  Have to cap off all these years against one of their longest rivalries, wouldn’t they?

[SoCal Deek]

4 hours ago, Kelly to Allen said:

20-0

Launch that random ridiculous game into the sun 

I’m going to assume that you haven’t attended a London game. If not, you should put it in your bucket list. It’s actually a blast! 

[ryguy101]

predictions of fox/cbs local coverage for our games and which games do you think will be in the 4:25 window?

[Gregg]

2 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Except Miami, of course.

 

Last regular season game at the stadium will probably be Jests or Miami, right?  Have to cap off all these years against one of their longest rivalries, wouldn’t they?

 

If they do it would be against either the Pats or Jets. The Bills along with the Pats and Jets started in the AFL in 1960. The Dolphins started play in 1966.

[strive_for_five_guy]

57 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

If they do it would be against either the Pats or Jets. The Bills along with the Pats and Jets started in the AFL in 1960. The Dolphins started play in 1966.

Gotta be the Jests then?  Just see them as a better longtime rivalry than the Pats.  Unless of course the NFL views a Drake Maye matchup in Week 18 as potentially more spicy.

 

Which divisional rival would we prefer to beat most in the last game at the stadium?

[corta765]

On 11/19/2024 at 9:31 AM, Cash said:

I DEEPLY hope we don’t have to give up another home game. In the history of the 17-game schedule, we have:

-9 road games

-8 home games, plus a “home” game against a Jaguars team that had spent the whole week in London and plays there every year

-9 road games (this year)

 

If I’m Pegula, I’m screaming at the league office that we need to actually benefit from the unbalanced schedule at some point. 

Be prepared by the end of the decade that the "17th" game will be international for every team. As is if they get up to 8 international games next year they can start rotating a 1/4 of the league abroad yearly and in 4 years have all 32 teams abroad in that time. The Jags being over twice a year doesn't matter because they can just be the away team.

11 hours ago, Just Jack said:

The Bills 2023 game in London against the Jags was considered a home game.  So the only way they go next year is if they're the visiting team.  

Correct Miami is the rumor.

[Gregg]

13 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Gotta be the Jests then?  Just see them as a better longtime rivalry than the Pats.  Unless of course the NFL views a Drake Maye matchup in Week 18 as potentially more spicy.

 

Which divisional rival would we prefer to beat most in the last game at the stadium?

 

Maye has shown potential during this rebuilding year. The Jets have simply crashed and burned and are heading for dark times. Miami is not that great either. Who knows if anyone of them will improve to challenge the Bills in 2025. 

[wjag]

On 11/19/2024 at 8:52 AM, May Day 10 said:

Figure this is always something I look at during the bye week.  This season, it is actually even more relevant with the Bills' spot nearly 100% locked in, as well as the other cross-over Divisions

 

Last season at Rich Stadium!

 

With 9 home games, we could be ripe for the pickins for an international game.

 

Home
Miami
New England
Jets
Baltimore
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
Kansas City (6% Chance its the chargers)
Eagles (16% Chance its the Redskins)

 

Away
Miami
New England

Jets
Steelers
Falcons
Panthers
Browns
Texans (5% Colts)

 

 

 

If this holds up, jeez louise what a gauntlet of QBs in the Ralph: Rodgers, Tua, Baker, Patty H, Joe Cool, Action Jackson, Hurts so Bad, Mr Carr and Drake..  That's impressive..

Edited Wednesday at 07:08 PM by wjag

[djp14150]

5 hours ago, ryguy101 said:

predictions of fox/cbs local coverage for our games and which games do you think will be in the 4:25 window?

theceay scheduling works….

 

I understand the methodology

 

its far easier to pre-set the national games

 

Over 18 weeks you have Th,sun Mon, DH 435 to set plus a few other games like international, thanksgiving, Christmas. So about 80 games 

 

The pool  would be 

8 divisions of 4-6 games= 40+ games

4 intra conference div v div = 20+ games

4 inter conference div v div games = 20+ games

positional placement games  = 12+ games 

 

from their you set up one games go into each slot. Some international games will preset bye weeks 

 

From there you fill in the schedule.

 

likely candidate games are in terms of opponents are…

 

steelers, bengals, ravens, Texans , chiefs, was/ PHL, tb, atl, and divisional games with Mia, jeys

 

 necause of shared stadium the jets/ giants and rams/ chargers are going to get more home games into non Sunday games due to shared stsdium.  
 

bills at jets is a high chance of being a thurs or Monday night game. Similarly giants hosting div team ora first place team are candidate games 

 

if you recall brady vs manning games tended to rotate between 425, sunday, Monday time slots. Since cbs Mahomes- Allen had it this year, next year nbc/ espn likely gets the rematch.

 

bills- eagles/ nfc south SB rematch game likely on nbc. Otherwise it’s a 425 game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[416BillsFan]

16 hours ago, djp14150 said:

They could

 

8 games in europe

3 in mexico

1 in Brazil 

2 in Canada 

2 in Australia 

 

on the Australia games—it can be done on Black Friday (Saturday afternoon there) 8 pm ET is noon in Sydney/Melbourne, 2 pm in Auckland  and then do another one the following weekend for a Friday night game. They could also do this for one of the NFL Saturday games as a night game (10pm ET KO)

Montreal should get the first of the retry Canadian games when/if it happens. I say that as someone who lives in Toronto.