Arizona Cardinals getting closer to schedule release

The Arizona Cardinals and NFL should be releasing the 2019 schedule within the next couple of weeks

We’l get into predictions of when the Arizona Cardinals will play their 2019 opponents.  The schedule is likely to come out sometime the week before the NFL draft on April 25th.

The NFL likes to keep these things under wrap until right before it happens.  We should definitely see the release of the 2019 preseason schedule within the next week or so.

Last year the Cardinals opened at home against the Washington Redskins and the year before spent the first two weeks on the road against the Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts.

The Cardinals played three out of the their first four games last season at home.  Not that it helped much but having some games stacked at home at the beginning and then at the end of the season is a nice thing to see.

Don’t be shocked to see the NFL pit the Cardinals against the Cleveland Browns in week one with Baker Mayfield at quarterback for the upstart Browns.  The NFL could anticipate the Cardinals drafting Kyler Murray at number one.  They represent the last two starting quarterbacks at Oklahoma.

It may end up being the only national game the Cardinals get.  If not week one, then possibly a Thursday Night game with the Browns early-mid season.

The Cardinals have played at the Seattle Seahawks in week 16 or 17 each of the last three seasons.  They played well in all three, winning two of them.  So, I’d be in favor of keeping that tradition.

Many fans will also be interested to see when the Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Steelers.  There are a lot of Steelers fans in the Valley of the Sun.

Then the other likely highly anticipated game will be the Cardinals at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  With former Cardinals coach Bruce Arians at the helm for the Bucs now, interest leading up to the game will be high.

As a reminder, the Cardinals play the Browns, Steelers, Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, and Detroit Lions at home.  They face the Bucs, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants, Seahawks, 49ers, and Rams on the road.