Arizona Cardinals 2018 schedule prediction
By Scott Allen
The Arizona Cardinals will know in a couple of weeks just how the 2018 schedule will lay out for them
The annual April tradition of predicting the Arizona Cardinals schedule is upon us. With likely just a couple of weeks away from the release of the 2018 schedule, it is time to predict how it will play out.
Of course it is never spot on but it always fun to see just how close the prediction comes as far as to when they play. We already know who the Cardinals will play this season.
As a reminder, the Cardinals will play the AFC West this season. They also play the entire NFC North. They also play the second-place teams from the NFC South (Atlanta Falcons), and NFC East (Washington Redskins) along with the six NFC West games.
September 9 – San Francisco 49ers
September 16 – @Green Bay Packers
September 23 – @Atlanta Falcons
September 30 – Los Angeles Rams
October 7 – @Los Angeles Chargers
October 14 – Denver Broncos
October 21 – Bye
October 29 (Monday) – @Minnesota Vikings
November 4 – Seattle Seahawks
November 11 – @Kansas City Chiefs
November 15 (Thursday) – @San Francisco 49ers
November 25 – Detroit Lions
December 2 – Chicago Bears
December 9 – @Seattle Seahawks
December 16 – Oakland Raiders
December 23 – Washington Redskins
December 30 – @Los Angeles Rams
This prediction is really a mix of what the NFL has done to the Cardinals schedule-wise over the last couple of seasons. They’ve had a backload of home games in December, on the road more the first-half of the season.
Last season the Cardinals were the last team to have a home game, spending the first two weeks on the road before opening at home in week three on Monday Night Football. That likely won’t happen again in 2018.
They could flip flop the prediction of starting the season on the road, but I don’t believe they will force the Cardinals to travel on the road for the first two weeks of the season with a new head coach. It is the NFL though, so stranger things have happened.
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After finishing 8-8 in 2017 and bringing in a new coaching staff I don’t see too many national game opportunities. They likely do get one Monday night and one Thursday night (everyone gets one of those), even if it doesn’t play out as predicted here.