2014 Denver Broncos Schedule!

The NFL unveiled the 2014 schedule on Wednesday night, and the Broncos schedule is quite an interesting one. I’ll provide analysis of the schedule below, but here is the table for the Broncos 2014 campaign (All times EST).

Week 1-Sunday Sept 7^th: vs Indianapolis (NBC 8:30pm)

Week 2-Sunday Sept 14^th: vs Kansas City (CBS 4:25pm)

Week 3-Sunday Sept 21^st: at Seattle (CBS 4:25pm)

Week 4- BYE WEEK

Week 5- Sunday Oct 5^th: vs Arizona (FOX 4:05pm)

Week 6-Sunday Oct 12^th: at NY Jets (CBS 1:00pm)

Week 7- Sunday Oct 19^th: vs San Francisco (NBC 8:30pm)

Week 8-Thursday Oct 23^rd: vs San Diego (CBS 8:25pm)

Week 9-Sunday Nov 2^nd: at New England (CBS 4:25pm)

Week 10-Sunday Nov 9^th: at Oakland (CBS 4:05pm)

Week 11-Sunday Nov 16^th: at St. Louis (CBS 1:00pm)

Week 12-Sunday Nov 23^rd: vs Miami (CBS 4:25pm)

Week 13-Sunday Nov 30^th: at Kansas City (NBC 8:30pm)

Week 14-Sunday Dec 7^th: vs Buffalo (CBS 4:05pm)

Week 15-Sunday Dec 14^th: at San Diego (CBS 4:25pm)

Week 16-Monday Dec 22^nd: at Cincinnati (ESPN 8:40pm)

Week 17-Sunday Dec 28^th: vs Oakland (CBS 4:25pm)

Analysis:

-It was a given that Denver was going to be featured again in primetime. They got 5 primetime games featuring Peyton Manning and the Broncos/

-It is no surprise at all that they open at home on SNF with Indy because I predicted that would be the SNF opener. Andrew Luck vs. Peyton Manning. That will be one hell of a way to open up the year.

-5 of their first 7 games are at home. Also, throw in their bye week in Week 4 and out of the first 8 weeks, they only travel twice from September 7^th through the end of October.

-The Broncos get nailed with the dreaded 3 in a row on the road. It starts with NE on November 2^nd but goes through Oakland and St.Louis which isn’t such a bad back end.

-The Broncos have 6 out of 9 games on the road in the second half of the season. That is a pretty rough stretch to finish out the year.

-The Broncos get a tough break when they host SF in a Sunday night game on October 19^th and then they have to play a Thursday Night game against San Diego three days later. That is rough situation, but at least they are at home for both games.

-I absolutely love the Monday night game at Cincy on December 22^nd. It is perfect timing. It is right before Christmas, late in the season, on a Monday night. That is a really good night to watch football.

-Overall, it is a tough schedule because Denver is saddled with the NFC West this year and a division that featured two other playoff teams. The truth is that when you have Peyton Manning there isn’t a schedule that is so bad. Yes, there are some really tough games this year, but with Manning at the controls every game is winnable. He is 12-4 on the road with the Broncos the last two years, and there is no reason to believe that he can’t go at least 5-3 on the road this year.