The Arizona Cardinals learned last week they will face a 17th game on their 2021 schedule
We are still likely about three weeks from learning how the 2021 Arizona Cardinals schedule will lay out, however that won’t keep the predictions at bay. After the announcement of the 17th game on the schedule this year it’s time to start guessing how the NFL will do the Cardinals right or wrong.
The Cardinals will travel to face the Cleveland Browns in the 17th game on the schedule this season. All NFC teams will travel to face AFC teams. It will flip in 2022.
It will be interesting to see just how balanced the NFL can keep the schedules of NFC teams with all having to take the extra road trip this season. Let’s just hope they don’t send the Cardinals to Cleveland in December or January.
The season will still kickoff on Thursday September 9th as previously announced. The regular season will now end in week 18 on January 9th, 2022.
The NFL also announced that teams will have to play at least one international game every 8 years but can volunteer to give up a home game whenever they’d like. Don’t look for the Cardinals internationally in 2021 however. Their last international game was in 2017 in London.