2009 NFL Schedule Release Party

by John Bena on Apr 14, 2009 4:16 PM MDT in 2009 Season Preview Comment 23 comments

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Josh McDaniels and the rest of the Broncos will find out the details of the 2009 schedule tonight at 7PM est / 5PM Broncos Time (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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The NFL gets it, I mean they really do. For years they have released the schedule at noon or 2 PM. Each year the day of the release has become a bigger and bigger deal. What does the League do? Move it to primetime and schedule an entire hour long show to releasing the schedule. Classic.

ESPN is devoting 2 hours to the release. Think about it, we already know WHO the Broncos will play in 2009, and if you think about it a bit, and consider the NFL's TV policy and other events CBS and FOX cover at times(US OPEN for instance) you could probably get pretty close.

We all know, as the NFL does, that it isn't simply about dates and opponents. No, it is a celebration of the next phase of the NFL off-season. Each phase that ends welcomes the next and before you know it I'll be in Denver watching Training Camp.

So Broncos Fans, come and discuss the schedule. Discuss which games you'll go to and why. Discuss which stretch will be crucial to the team's success and why the team will get out to a 4-0 start. That's all part of the fun, part of the lure of the Broncos and the NFL.

I'll post the schedule when it is released. Until then, here are the Broncos' home and road opponents for 2009 --

2009 Home Games (w/2008 records)

Kansas City Chiefs (2-14)
San Diego Chargers (8-8)
Oakland Raiders (5-11)
Cleveland Browns (4-12)
Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4)
New England Patriots (11-5)
Dallas Cowboys (9-7)
New York Giants (12-4)

2009 Away Games

Kansas City Chiefs (2-14)
San Diego Chargers (8-8)
Oakland Raiders (5-11)
Baltimore Ravens (11-5)
Cincinnati Bengals (4-11)
Indianapolis Colts (12-4)
Philadelphia Eagles (9-6)
Washington Redskins (8-8)

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hopefully the broncos will play home to either the steelers, pats, or cowboys during the last 2 weeks of the season.

cuz thats when i can go during winter break and i want to see them play a good team. they will probly go to sandeigo during 1 of those 2 weeks for like the 100th straight time.

by Calibroncoboy on Apr 14, 2009 4:25 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope we get tough games on the road

and the easier games at home. I want a challenge in 2009!!!

In all seriousness, we sure as hell better have a winning record at home this year…

There is no army so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

by Jeremy Bolander on Apr 14, 2009 4:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I just want to win most of our home games....Cutler.

Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.

by Tim Lynch on Apr 14, 2009 4:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

+ 100

Time to be dominant at home. Oh, and beat teams we are supposed to beat.

GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!

by weazel on Apr 14, 2009 7:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you nuts?! :)

I want a winning record. I’m glad we’ve got the Giants, Steelers, and Patriots at home. Given that Orton, unlike Jay, seems to play better at home, maybe we can re-establish our home field advantage. On the road against nondivisional opponents the Bungles, Redskins, Eagles and Ravens are beatable, more or less in descending order, and maybe we can give Indianapolis a game for a change. I think 10-6 will be an uphill battle, but if we can go 4-2 or better in our division, play tough at home, and play .500 ball on the road we might be able to do it.

"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen

by spock on Apr 14, 2009 4:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

For some reason...

I don’t think they sensed the sarcasm in your voice…..errrrr….words.

-TSG

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by John Bena on Apr 14, 2009 4:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

we already no where and who we play]

by Calibroncoboy on Apr 14, 2009 4:39 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I just read your profile...

I hate you.

lol You lucky basta…uhh, son of a gun! :)

Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.

by Tim Lynch on Apr 14, 2009 4:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

seconded

but it’s the good kind of hate. ;-)

"I'm not looking for the best players; I'm looking for the right ones." ~Coach Herb Brooks in "Miracle"

by Colorado_Kitten on Apr 14, 2009 6:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

o thanks.

b-marsh wasnt to friendly tho. champ and d.j were kool tho.

by Calibroncoboy on Apr 15, 2009 1:09 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ugh.

That Schedule just looks harder and harder every time i see it.

The lala-land of yesteryear seems so far away…

Random quotes about the raiders:
They really shouldn’t play — Chris Collinsworth (12/5/08)
This is an utter disaster — Chris Collinsworth (12/5/08)
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!

by Claus Vestergaard on Apr 14, 2009 4:50 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Things are sort of slow around here it seems....

the quiet before the storm I guess. Draftivus is upon us though! :)

Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.

by Tim Lynch on Apr 14, 2009 4:56 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I think the Cutler thing...

took alot out of everyone….

-TSG

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by John Bena on Apr 14, 2009 4:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You said it.

My stress meter has gone waaaaaaaaaay down.

GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!

by weazel on Apr 14, 2009 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Schedule is up on the fan posts.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"Good, bad, I'm the one with the gun, A-hole" - Ash from Army of Darkness

by Broncoman on Apr 14, 2009 5:03 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Good Opponents to Learn From

One of the maddening things about the Shanahan era was our apparent ability to constantly play down to our opposition.

With so many tough teams in October I hope it raises our teams play and they can maintain it.

by Kfustud on Apr 14, 2009 5:19 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

The schedule, mostly anticlimatically

(Comments by Dashiell, Esq.)

Sun. Sept. 13th at Cincinnati CBS4
Sun. Sept. 20th vs Cleveland CBS4
Sun. Sept. 27th at Oakland CBS4
Sun. Oct. 4th vs Dallas FOX (home game and a good one)
Sun. Oct. 11th vs New England CBS4 (Hmmm, this’ll be interesting, glad it’s at home, too, though)
Mon. Oct. 19th at San Diego ESPN (huge game, on ESPN)
Sun. Nov. 1st at Baltimore CBS4
Mon. Nov. 9th vs Pittsburgh ESPN (huge game on ESPN x 2, and at home)
Sun. Nov. 15th at Washington CBS4
Sun. Nov. 22nd vs San Diego CBS4
Thurs. Nov. 26th vs N.Y. Giants NFLN (I hate you Comcast)
Sun. Dec. 6th at Kansas City CBS4
Sun. Dec. 13th at Indianapolis CBS4
Sun. Dec. 20th vs Oakland CBS4
Sun. Dec. 27th at Philadelphia CBS4 (tough place to go in the dead of winter)
Sun. Jan. 3rd vs Kansas City CBS4

by underdog on Apr 14, 2009 5:27 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

In that case!

January Football Baby!!

Random quotes about the raiders:
They really shouldn’t play — Chris Collinsworth (12/5/08)
This is an utter disaster — Chris Collinsworth (12/5/08)
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!

by Claus Vestergaard on Apr 14, 2009 5:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs