Arizona Cardinals: Schedule release coming Thursday
By Scott Allen
The Arizona Cardinals along with the rest of the NFL will soon find out how their schedules will lay out
Finally. The time has come for us to learn when the NFL will tell us when the Arizona Cardinals will play their opponents this upcoming season.
The 2018 NFL Schedule is being released this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Arizona Time on NFL Network and NFL.com. Expect a lot of mixed reaction as usual.
Let’s also hope the schedule leaks are kept to a minimum. While all for finding out when and where the Cardinals will play each week, there is still something to be said about the surprise of it all.
It can be safely said the Cardinals will likely not be a major draw for national television telecasts. Of course with that thought in mind, the Cardinals last week were tabbed for one of the few preseason national telecasts on Sunday Night Football on NBC.
There is still a lot to figure out about the Cardinals. After finishing 8-8 in 2017, they face an uncertain future with a new quarterback and many other new faces on the roster in 2018.
The biggest addition to the Cardinals arguably is head coach Steve Wilks. For the first time in five years, there will be no Bruce Arians to lead the team.
The NFL usually doesn’t like uncertainty when it comes to selecting national television games. They should get at least a Thursday Night Football game like every other team.
Also don’t be surprised at a Monday Night Football telecast either. Maybe new Arizona Cardinals quarterback Sam Bradford will face his former team in the Minnesota Vikings on a national telecast?
Regardless, we will find out come 5:00 p.m. Thursday. We can only hope the NFL doesn’t do the Cardinals wrong. A balance is always nice to have.
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Given the Cardinals have a new head coach I would expect the NFL to go easy on the Cardinals for the most part. Let’s just hope they aren’t the last team to play a home game in 2018 much like they did in 2017.