Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by celts32

Am i the only one not happy about this? Playing them in the opening game in front of a highly energized crowd celebrating a super bowl win makes what is always a difficult game for the skins almost impossible. I prefer our divisional road games to be on Sunday at 1pm.

I'm looking at it as all the pressure is on them. They're the SB Champs opening up at home.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm looking at it as all the pressure is on them. They're the SB Champs opening up at home.

From a schedule perspective, theres a pretty sizable advantage to playing your most difficult game in Week 1 when you are still 0-0.

I mean, as a team, you don't want to start 0-3, or 0-4 because the NFL loaded up all your hard games at the beginning of the year, but giving your team 6 months to prepare for the theoretical 'toughest' game of the year is a pretty big advantage.