Schedule....

[Angry Pope]

WEEK 1

Thursday, Sep. 7

Miami at Pittsburgh 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sep. 10

Atlanta at Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at New England 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Kansas City 1:00 p.m.
Denver at St. Louis 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston 1:00 p.m.
Seattle at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Chicago at Green Bay 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Jacksonville 4:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona 4:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 11


Minnesota at Washington 7:00 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland 10:15 p.m.



WEEK 2

Sunday, Sep. 17


Buffalo at Miami 1:00 p.m.
Carolina at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
Houston at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Green Bay 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m.
Oakland at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
Arizona at Seattle 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Denver 4:15 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets 4:15 p.m.
Tennessee at San Diego 4:15 p.m.
Washington at Dallas 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 18


Pittsburgh at Jacksonville 8:30 p.m.



WEEK 3

Sunday, Sep. 24


Carolina at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Miami 1:00 p.m.
Washington at Houston 1:00 p.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Seattle 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco 4:15 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona 4:15 p.m.
Denver at New England 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 25


Atlanta at New Orleans 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Dallas, Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego



WEEK 4

Sunday, Oct. 1

Arizona at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
Dallas at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m.
Miami at Houston 1:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Carolina 1:00 p.m.
San Diego at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at Kansas City 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at St. Louis 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland 4:15 p.m.
Jacksonville at Washington 4:15 p.m.
New England at Cincinnati 4:15 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 2

GAME TIME

Green Bay at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Denver, N.Y. Giants, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay



WEEK 5

Sunday, Oct. 8


Buffalo at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
Cleveland at Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Miami at New England 1:00 p.m.
St. Louis at Green Bay 1:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m.
Kansas City at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville 4:05 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia 4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Diego 8:15 p.m.


Monday, Oct. 9

Baltimore at Denver 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, Seattle



WEEK 6

Sunday, Oct. 15


Buffalo at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Carolina at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
Houston at Dallas 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Seattle at St. Louis 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Washington 1:00 p.m.
Kansas City at Pittsburgh 4:15 p.m.
Miami at N.Y. Jets 4:15 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco 4:15 p.m.
Oakland at Denver 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 16


Chicago at Arizona 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Cleveland, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Minnesota, New England



WEEK 7

Sunday, Oct. 22

Carolina at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay at Miami 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Houston 1:00 p.m.
New England at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
San Diego at Kansas City 1:00 p.m.
Denver at Cleveland 4:05 p.m.
Arizona at Oakland 4:15 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle 4:15 p.m.
Washington at Indianapolis 4:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 23


N.Y. Giants at Dallas 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Baltimore, Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tennessee



WEEK 8

Sunday, Oct. 29

Arizona at Green Bay 1:00 p.m.
Atlanta at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
Baltimore at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Houston at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m.
St. Louis at San Diego 4:05 p.m.
Indianapolis at Denver 4:15 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Cleveland 4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Oakland 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Carolina 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 30


New England at Minnesota 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Buffalo, Detroit, Miami, Washington



WEEK 9

Sunday, Nov. 5

Atlanta at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Dallas at Washington 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
Houston at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis 1:00 p.m.
Miami at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Jacksonville 1:00 p.m.
Minnesota at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at San Diego 4:15 p.m.
Denver at Pittsburgh 4:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at New England 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 6


Oakland at Seattle 8:30 p.m.

Open date: Arizona, Carolina, N.Y. Jets, Philadelphia




WEEK 10

Sunday, Nov. 12


Baltimore at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m.
Chicago at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m.
Cleveland at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Houston at Jacksonville 1:00 p.m.
Kansas City at Miami 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at New England 1:00 p.m.
San Diego at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m.
Denver at Oakland 4:05 p.m.
Dallas at Arizona 4:15 p.m.
St. Louis at Seattle 4:15 p.m.

* Note: One of the Sunday games will move to 8:15 p.m. Sunday night.

Monday, Nov. 13

Tampa Bay at Carolina 8:30 p.m.





cont'd...

 

[Angry Pope]

cont'd...

WEEK 11

Sunday, Nov. 19


Atlanta at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at Houston 1:00 p.m.
Chicago at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Indianapolis at Dallas 1:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Miami 1:00 p.m.
New England at Green Bay 1:00 p.m.
Oakland at Kansas City 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
St. Louis at Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Seattle at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at Denver 4:15 p.m.

* Note: One of the Sunday games will move to 8:15 p.m. Sunday night.

Monday, Nov. 20


N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville 8:30 p.m.





WEEK 12

Thursday, Nov. 23


Miami at Detroit 12:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Dallas 4:15 p.m.
Denver at Kansas City 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 26


Arizona at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Carolina at Washington 1:00 p.m.
Chicago at New England 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
Houston at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis 1:00 p.m.
Oakland at San Diego 4:05 p.m.

* Note: One of the Sunday games will move to 8:15 p.m. Sunday night.

Monday, Nov. 27


Green Bay at Seattle 8:30 p.m.





WEEK 13

Thursday, Nov. 30


Baltimore at Cincinnati 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 3


Arizona at St. Louis 1:00 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington 1:00 p.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at New England 1:00 p.m.
Indianapolis at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Miami 1:00 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Green Bay 1:00 p.m.
San Diego at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m.
Houston at Oakland 4:05 p.m.
Seattle at Denver 4:15 p.m.

* Note: One of the Sunday games will move to 8:15 p.m. Sunday night.

Monday, Dec. 4


Carolina at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.




WEEK 14

Thursday, Dec. 7

Cleveland at Pittsburgh 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 10


Atlanta at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
Baltimore at Kansas City 1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m.
Indianapolis at Jacksonville 1:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
New England at Miami 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Dallas 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Oakland at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Houston 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
Seattle at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Denver at San Diego 4:15 p.m.

* Note: One of the Sunday games will move to 8:15 p.m. Sunday night.

Monday, Dec. 11


Chicago at St. Louis 8:30 p.m.





WEEK 15

Thursday, Dec. 14


San Francisco at Seattle 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 16


Dallas at Atlanta 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 17


Cleveland at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at Green Bay 1:00 p.m.
Houston at New England 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Miami at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
Washington at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Denver at Arizona 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at San Diego 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Oakland 4:15 p.m.

* Note: One of the Sunday games will move to 8:15 p.m. Sunday night.

Monday, Dec. 18


Cincinnati at Indianapolis 8:30 p.m.





WEEK 16

Thursday, Dec. 21


Minnesota at Green Bay 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 23

Kansas City at Oakland 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 24

Baltimore at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m.
Carolina at Atlanta 1:00 p.m.
Chicago at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston 1:00 p.m.
New England at Jacksonville 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis 1:00 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco 4:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Denver 4:15 p.m.
San Diego at Seattle 4:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 25


Philadelphia at Dallas 5:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami 8:30 p.m.





WEEK 17

Saturday, Dec. 30


N.Y. Giants at Washington 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 31

Atlanta at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Carolina at New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
Cleveland at Houston 1:00 p.m.
Detroit at Dallas 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Kansas City 1:00 p.m.
Miami at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m.
New England at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Oakland at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
Seattle at Tampa Bay 1:00 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota 1:00 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego 4:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Denver 4:15 p.m.

* Note: One of the Sunday games will move to 8:15 p.m. Sunday night.



POSTSEASON

Wild Card Weekend -- Jan. 6-7
Saturday, Jan. 6 -- AFC and NFC game (NBC)
Sunday, Jan. 7 -- AFC and NFC game (CBS and FOX)
Divisional Playoffs -- Jan. 13-14
Saturday, Jan. 13 -- AFC and NFC game (CBS and FOX)
Sunday, Jan. 14 -- AFC and NFC game (CBS and FOX)
Conference Championships -- Jan. 21
Sunday, Jan. 21 -- AFC and NFC championship games (CBS and FOX)
Super Bowl XLI -- Feb. 4 -- Dolphin Stadium (Miami, Fla.)
Sunday, February 4 (CBS)
AFC-NFC Pro Bowl -- Feb. 10 -- Aloha Stadium (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Saturday, February 10 (CBS

 

[Angry Pope]

2006 Schedule

Date Opponent Time/Result

Sep 11 San Diego 10:15pm
Sep 17 @Baltimore 1:00pm

Week 3 BYE

Oct 1 Cleveland 4:15pm
Oct 8 @San Francisco 4:05pm
Oct 15 @Denver 8:15pm
Oct 22 Arizona 4:15pm
Oct 29 Pittsburgh 4:15pm
Nov 6 @Seattle 8:30pm
Nov 12 Denver 4:05pm
Nov 19 @Kansas City 1:00pm
Nov 26 @San Diego 4:05pm
Dec 3 Houston 4:05pm
Dec 10 @Cincinnati 1:00pm
Dec 17 St. Louis 4:15pm
Dec 23 Kansas City 8:00pm
Dec 31 @N.Y. Jets 1:00pm

 

[Angry Pope]

SCHEDULE EXTRA POINTS


-The Team of the Decades opens the season in prime time for the third time in four seasons - hosting San Diego on ESPN this year. The Raiders played at New England in 2005 and at Tennessee in 2003.

-The Raiders this year face members of the NFC West - Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle and St. Louis - and have a cumulative 44-31 record versus those teams.

-The Raiders also face members of the AFC North - Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh and hold a cumulative 35-23 record against those teams.

-The Silver and Black face Seattle for the first time since the Seahawks relocated from the AFC West to the NFC West in 2002.

-Cleveland travels to Oakland to face the Raiders for the second straight year.

-The defending Super Bowl champion is on the Raiders' schedule for the second consecutive year. The Raiders face Pittsburgh this year and played New England last year.

-The Raiders play a participant from the previous season's Super Bowl for the fifth time in the past six years. The Raiders face Pittsburgh and Seattle this year; played both New England and Philadelphia last year; faced Carolina in 2004, New England in 2002, and the New York Giants in 2001.

-The Raiders will play in four Nationally televised prime time games during the 2006 season - at home vs. San Diego (Sept. 11, ESPN) and Kansas City (Dec. 23, NFL Network), and at Denver (Oct. 15, NBC), and at Seattle (Nov. 6, ESPN).

-The Raiders will play in back-to-back road games against AFC West rivals Kansas City and San Diego on November 19 and 26 respectively.

-The Silver and Black will play back-to-back home games twice (Weeks 7 and 8, Weeks 15 and 16), and back-to-back road games twice (Weeks 5 and 6, Weeks 11 and 12).

-The Raiders travel to East Rutherford, N.J., to face the New York Jets at Giants Stadium for the second year in a row. The Raiders will also end the regular season on New Year's Eve for the second year in a row.

-The Raiders, who open the season on Monday night versus San Diego and travel to Seattle to take on the Seahawks on Monday, November 6, have a 36-21-1 record in Monday night contests.

 

[Crossbones]

Thanks for the schedule AP (Rep!!!)...It presents some interesting challenges for me traveling to Oakland. The fact the NFL might change certain "games of interest" to a Sunday night affair is one. The other is that the opener is a Monday Night game

 

[Angry Pope]

Here are each teams' bye week ...by week...fewer bye weeks as some weeks have more than four teams off...

Week 3

Dallas
Kansas City
Oakland
San Diego



Week 4

Denver
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Tampa Bay



Week 5

Atlanta
Cincinnati
Houston
Seattle



Week 6

Cleveland
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Minnesota
New England



Week 7

Baltimore
Chicago
New Orleans
San Francisco
St. Louis
Tennessee


Week 8

Buffalo
Detroit
Miami
Washington



Week 9

Arizona
Carolina
New York Jets
Philadelphia

 

[Angry Pope]

Strength of the schedule...not that it means much...

2006 schedule: Strength of opponents

Team -Opponents' '05 win pct.- Opponents' '05 wins- Opponents' '05 losses

Giants .543 139 117

Bengals .543 139 117

Saints .539 138 118

Buccaneers .539 138 118

Steelers .531 136 120

Titans .527 135 121

Chiefs .527 135 121

Texans .523 134 122

Ravens .523 134 122

Eagles .520 133 123

Redskins .516 132 124

Broncos .516 132 124

Raiders .516 132 124

Browns .512 131 125

Falcons .508 130 126

Rams .508 130 126

Panthers .504 129 127

Cowboys .504 129 127

Cardinals .500 128 128

Chargers .488 125 131

Jaguars .488 125 131

Colts .484 124 132

49ers .477 122 134

Bills .477 122 134

Lions .473 121 135

Patriots .473 121 135

Dolphins .469 120 136

Jets .465 119 137

Vikings .457 117 139

Seahawks .457 117 139

Packers .449 115 141

Bears .445 114 142

 

[Angry Pope]

Another view...Monday Night Football schedule...

Monday Night Schedule:

Monday, Sep. 11
Minnesota at Washington 7:00 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland 10:15 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 18
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 25
Atlanta at New Orleans 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 2
Green Bay at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 9
Baltimore at Denver 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 16
Chicago at Arizona 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 23
N.Y. Giants at Dallas 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 30
New England at Minnesota 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 6
Oakland at Seattle 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 13
Tampa Bay at Carolina 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 20
N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 27
Green Bay at Seattle 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 4
Carolina at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 11
Chicago at St. Louis 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 18
Cincinnati at Indianapolis 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 25
Philadelphia at Dallas 5:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami 8:30 p.m.

 

[Angry Pope]

Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday Night Games:

Thursday, Sep. 7
Miami at Pittsburgh 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sep. 10
Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Sep. 17
Washington at Dallas 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Sep. 24
Denver at New England 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 1
Green Bay at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 8
Pittsburgh at San Diego 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 15
Oakland at Denver 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 29
Dallas at Carolina 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 5
Indianapolis at New England 8:15 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 23
Miami at Detroit 12:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Dallas 4:15 p.m.
Denver at Kansas City 8:00 p.m.

WEEK 13
Thursday, Nov. 30
Baltimore at Cincinnati 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 7
Cleveland at Pittsburgh 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 14
San Francisco at Seattle 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 16
Dallas at Atlanta 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 21
Minnesota at Green Bay 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 23
Kansas City at Oakland 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 30
N.Y. Giants at Washington 8:00 p.m.

 

[brick]

Another view...Monday Night Football schedule...

Monday Night Schedule:

Monday, Sep. 11
Minnesota at Washington 7:00 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland 10:15 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 18
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 25
Atlanta at New Orleans 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 2
Green Bay at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 9
Baltimore at Denver 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 16
Chicago at Arizona 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 23
N.Y. Giants at Dallas 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 30
New England at Minnesota 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 6
Oakland at Seattle 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 13
Tampa Bay at Carolina 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 20
N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 27
Green Bay at Seattle 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 4
Carolina at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 11
Chicago at St. Louis 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 18
Cincinnati at Indianapolis 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 25
Philadelphia at Dallas 5:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami 8:30 p.m.

Is this right??? are the Monday night games getting pushed up to 8:30?

 

[Angry Pope]

Is this right??? are the Monday night games getting pushed up to 8:30?

I think so. The schedule at our homesite also has our Monday night game later in the season beginning at that time.

 

[Angry Pope]

We may get more Sunday Night games due to the flex schedule beginning week ten....highlighted part....

Raiders release '06 schedule

PHIL BARBER




The schedule released today by the NFL seems to confirm what Raiders owner Al Davis keeps saying every chance he gets — that despite his team's recent stumbles, it remains one of the league's most popular and intriguing entities.


The Raiders will play in at least four prime-time games in 2006, quite an honor for a team that finished 4-12 the preceding year. A Monday-night opener at home against San Diego had already been announced. The full slate also includes a Sunday-night game at Denver on Oct. 15, a Monday-night match-up with Seattle on Nov. 6 and a Saturday-evening confrontation with Kansas City (on NFL Network) on Dec. 23.

If the Raiders exceed expectations on the field, they may get additional exposure, thanks to the flexible scheduling the league is introducing. Starting with Week 10, no Sunday-night games are scheduled; the NFL will move one game from afternoon to night each week, announcing the game 12 days before it is played (or six days for Week 17).

The Raiders' bye comes early this year, in Week 3, and is followed by what looks to be the easiest stretch of the schedule. The four games after the off week include Cleveland, San Francisco and Arizona. Then things get ugly. Beginning Week 8, the Raiders get back-to-back games against the reigning Super Bowl teams — Pittsburgh at home, Seattle on the road — then three consecutive against their AFC West rivals.

For once, at least, the players can be home for the holidays. After playing at Kansas City on Christmas Day 2004, and at Denver on Christmas Eve Night 2005, Oakland gets to host the Chiefs two days before Christmas this year.

 

[Raiders_Rock]

back to back games against the Super Bowl teams in the middle of the season...

at least the first 4 weeks should be winnable

 

[Angry Pope]

Odds on the first week's games and the Super Bowl...

Leading Online Bookmaker First to Open Betting on NFL Week 1 Games


WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, April 6 2006 -- Only minutes after the NFL unveiled the 2006 regular season schedule this afternoon, the odds makers at PinnacleSports.com began calculating the betting lines for the first week of the NFL season. Although the Super Bowl was played only three months ago, the draft hasn't taken place yet and training camps aren't even close to opening, fans everywhere are anxiously awaiting the start of football season. With today's announcement of the 2006 regular season schedule, PinnacleSports.com has become the first sports book to open betting on all 16 games taking place during Week 1 of the NFL regular season in September.

In the Thursday night season opener on September 7, PinnacleSports.com currently has the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers listed as 6.5 point favorites versus the visiting Miami Dolphins. The opening Sunday night primetime game of the year will mark the first time in league history that brothers will start at quarterback against each other. In what's being deemed "The Manning Bowl," Peyton's Indianapolis Colts are 3 point favorites over little brother Eli's New York Giants. For the NFL's Week 1 Monday Night doubleheader, the Washington Redskins are listed as 6 point favorites over the visiting Minnesota Vikings and new head coach Brad Childress, while the San Diego Chargers, led by new starting quarterback Philip Rivers, are favored by 1.5 points over their AFC West rival Oakland Raiders.

The first Sunday of the NFL season features many other notable match-ups that will definitely be popular with the betting public. NFC South rivals meet in Carolina when the Panthers (-4) host Michael Vick and the Atlanta Falcons, while the three-time world champion New England Patriots are 7.5 point favorites to the Buffalo Bills in a key AFC East match-up at Gillette Stadium. Offensive powerhouses meet in Kansas City when Chad Johnson's Cincinnati Bengals (+2.5) visit the Chiefs and new head coach Herm Edwards. Meanwhile, the defending NFC champion Seattle open in Detroit where PinnacleSports.com has listed the Seahawks as 3.5 point favorites over the Lions. In his first regular season as a member of the Cowboys, Terrell Owens and his Dallas teammates find themselves as 3 point underdogs at the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In addition, PinnacleSports.com has odds posted on all 32 NFL teams winning Super Bowl XLI and currently lists the now Edgerrin James-less Indianapolis Colts as the 6/1 favorites to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. The New England Patriots are 10/1 to win their fourth championship in six years, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are 11/1 to repeat as world champs, along with reigning NFC champs Seattle. PinnacleSports.com lists a much-improved Miami Dolphins team at 12/1 followed by the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos at 13/1. Three NFC East teams could also vie for the Super Bowl title as TO's Dallas Cowboys (16/1), the Washington Redskins (16/1) and Philadelphia Eagles (19/1) should be solid playoff contenders. Surprisingly, the Arizona Cardinals currently have better odds to win their first Super Bowl, at 20/1 odds, than 2005 playoff teams Cincinnati (21/1), New York Giants (23/1), Chicago (24/1) and Jacksonville (24/1). The Tennessee Titans, San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans have been installed with the worst odds to win Super Bowl XLI at 150/1.

Current Odds: *All Odds Subject to Change*

NFL Regular Season Week 1 Betting Lines From PinnacleSports.com

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Favorite Line Underdog

PITTSBURGH .... 6.5 .... Miami
CAROLINA .... 4 .... Atlanta
TAMPA BAY .... 4.5 .... Baltimore
NEW ENGLAND .... 7.5 .... Buffalo
KANSAS CITY .... 2.5 .... Cincinnati
Denver .... 3 .... ST. LOUIS
CLEVELAND .... 3 .... New Orleans
TENNESSEE .... 2 .... New York Jets
Philadelphia .... 3.5 .... HOUSTON
Seattle .... 3.5 .... DETROIT
Chicago .... 2.5 .... GREEN BAY
JACKSONVILLE .... 3 .... Dallas
ARIZONA .... 7 ..... San Francisco
Indianapolis .... 3 .... NEW YORK GIANTS
WASHINGTON .... 6 .... Minnesota
San Diego .... 1.5 .... OAKLAND


Odds to Win Super Bowl XLI From PinnacleSports.com

Indianapolis Colts .... 6/1
New England Patriots .... 10/1
Pittsburgh Steelers .... 11/1
Seattle Seahawks .... 11/1
Miami Dolphins .... 12/1
Carolina Panthers .... 13/1
Denver Broncos .... 13/1
Dallas Cowboys .... 16/1
Washington Redskins .... 16/1
Philadelphia Eagles .... 19/1
Arizona Cardinals .... 20/1
Cincinnati Bengals .... 21/1
New York Giants .... 23/1
Chicago Bears .... 24/1
Jacksonville Jaguars .... 24/1
San Diego Chargers .... 25/1
Kansas City Chiefs .... 26/1
New Orleans Saints ... . 37/1
Atlanta Falcons .... 37/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... 38/1
Minnesota Vikings .... 42/1
Green Bay Packers .... 42/1
Baltimore Ravens .... 44/1
Oakland Raiders .... 46/1
Detroit Lions .... 47/1
Buffalo Bills .... 100/1
Cleveland Browns .... 100/1
St. Louis Rams .... 100/1
New York Jets .... 101/1
Houston Texans .... 150/1
San Francisco 49ers .... 150/1
Tennessee Titans .... 150/1

 

[Angry Pope]

Here is how our prime time games differ from other teams with similar records...

Either people in high places are grateful to Al Davis for helping broker the collective bargaining agreement between owners and players, or someone thinks the Oakland Raiders are on to something.
The Raiders, 13-35 over the past three years and having made little news in free agency other than signing New Orleans castoff Aaron Brooks, are featured in four prime-time games in 2006.

Besides the previously announced opener on Monday night in Oakland against San Diego, the Raiders will play at Denver on Sunday night, Oct. 15; visit Seattle on Monday night, Nov. 6; and host Kansas City on Saturday night, Dec. 23.

That's four high-profile games — not to mention being chosen for the preseason Hall of Fame opener against Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

The six other teams that had records of 4-12 or worse combined for six prime time games, and three of those went to Green Bay, with the networks apparently secure in the belief that Brett Favre will not retire.

The Houston Texans (2-14) and Tennessee Titans (4-12) have no games under the lights. New Orleans (3-13), the New York Jets (4-12) and San Francisco 49ers (4-12) have one each.

Oakland's cross-bay rival, the 49ers, had the same 2005 record, draft one spot before the Raiders at No. 6, still sell enough tickets to declare sellouts at Monster Park and have an identical 13-35 record since the start of the 2003 season.

But when the schedule came out, the Raiders were considered more viewer-friendly. The 49ers' lone night game is a Thursday night affair Dec. 14 against Seattle.

It was the second straight season the 49ers had one prime time game, playing Arizona in Mexico City last season.

Oakland, by contrast, also drew four prime time games in 2005, despite coming off a 5-11 season. The Raiders even got the NFL season opener on Thursday night against defending champion New England, as well as night games against Kansas City, the San Diego Chargers and the New York Giants.

Given the high-profile acquisition of wide receiver Randy Moss, and to a lesser degree, the signing of free agent running back LaMont Jordan and the perception that Oakland might be on the upswing after a relatively impressive stretch of play at the end of the 2004 season, those assignments didn't have the shock value of the 2006 schedule.

Oakland's biggest news this last off-season was bringing back coach Art Shell, who was fired by Davis following the 1994 season and was the club's second choice after being turned down by Louisville coach Bobby Petrino.

 

[Angel]

I'm still trying to figure out why the Chargers get an easier schedule than the Raiders!!

 

[Rupert]

Well, first, they get to play the Raiders twice. That alone favors the Chargers. When you're in the cellar, everyone who plays you gets an easier schedule, and the teams in your division get you twice, so their strength of schedule suffers twice as much. Strength of schedule should really be based on non-divisional foes, because there's absolutely nothing that can be done about divisional foes.

 

[Angel]

Well, first, they get to play the Raiders twice. That alone favors the Chargers. When you're in the cellar, everyone who plays you gets an easier schedule, and the teams in your division get you twice, so their strength of schedule suffers twice as much. Strength of schedule should really be based on non-divisional foes, because there's absolutely nothing that can be done about divisional foes.

Well it sure wasn't fun to play the Raiders twice in 2002!! I understand what you're saying....but it seems to me, the division rival games.....all the rules go right out the window cause those are the toughest games to play and even the Raiders play their best then!!