The Arizona Cardinals will know on Thursday just how many Sunday early window games they will have to play
By this time tomorrow night, we will know when and where the Arizona Cardinals will play their 2018 schedule out. We know the who and where, now we wait for the when.
Looking at their opponents, guessing how it plays out can be easy in some senses but harder in others. There are some very intriguing matchups on paper but we are yet to find out just how each team’s roster will look come time to play this fall.
Potential for cold weather games:
At Green Bay Packers, at Kansas City Chiefs, at Seattle Seahawks
The good news here is the other two cold weather cities the Cardinals will find themselves in will be Minneapolis to play the Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta to play the Atlanta Falcons. Time of season also will play into this.
The Cardinals could get lucky and see Green Bay, Kansas City, and Seattle all early on. Don’t count on it. Expect a cold weather game in either Green Bay or Kansas City. Seattle is a crapshoot.
Potential for national television games:
This one could be tricky. This too should include the Packers, Chiefs, Seahawks, Falcons, and Vikings. Also look for one of the Los Angeles Rams games.
You should be able to count out the games against the Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, and Chicago Bears here. The Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and San Francisco 49ers are just slight possibilities.
Which divisional team will the Cardinals finish the season with? In 2015 it was the Seahawks. In 2016 it was the Rams, and it was the Seahawks again in 2017. Is it the 49ers turn to finish their season against the Cardinals?
Potential for Sunday early window games:
This could be as many as four different games. The Packers, Chiefs, Falcons, and Vikings all have potential to land in the early window. There was at one point the idea floating around to limit early window games to three per season for each west coast team.
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All the speculation ends on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Nothing has been leaked yet but there is still plenty of time for that to happen.