The NFL revealed the Broncos 2016 schedule on Thursday. Once again, even without Peyton Manning, the Broncos will be featured five times on primetime-including a season-opening Thursday Night Kickoff with the Carolina Panthers in a rematch of Super Bowl 50. Here is the 2016 schedule...
Week 1-Thursday 9/8/16: vs. Carolina (NBC) 8:30pm EST
Week 2-Sunday 9/18/16: vs. Indianapolis (CBS) 4:25pm EST
Week 3-Sunday 9/25/16: at Cincinnati (CBS) 1:00pm EST
Week 4-Sunday 10/2/16: at Tampa Bay (CBS) 4:05pm EST
Week 5-Sunday 10/9/16: vs. Atlanta (FOX) 4:05pm EST
Week 6-Thursday 10/13/16: at San Diego (CBS) 8:25pm EST
Week 7-Monday 10/24/16: vs. Houston (ESPN) 8:30pm EST
Week 8-Sunday 10/30/16: vs. San Diego (CBS) 4:05pm EST
Week 9-Sunday 11/6/16: at Oakland (NBC) 8:30pm EST
Week 10-Sunday 11/13/16: at New Orleans (CBS) 1:00pm EST
Week 11-BYE WEEK
Week 12-Sunday 11/27/16: vs. Kansas City (CBS) 4:25pm EST
Week 13-Sunday 12/4/16: at Jacksonville (CBS) 1:00pm EST
Week 14-Sunday 12/11/16: at Tennessee (CBS) 1:00pm EST
Week 15-Sunday 12/18/16: vs. New England (CBS) 4:25pm EST
Week 16-Sunday 12/25/16: at Kansas City (NBC) 8:30pm EST
Week 17-Sunday 1/1/17: vs. Oakland (CBS) 4:25pm EST
Analysis:
-The Broncos open up with Carolina in the season-opener and I correctly predicted that. I felt that was the most logical matchup and it will be the first time since 1970 that the two Super Bowl teams will meet in the season opener.
-The Broncos open up with two at home and finish at home in Week 17. Their first two home opponents are very tough: Carolina and Indy. Their third game of the year is at Cincy, and that will be difficult as well. The Broncos will have a tough time starting off 3-0 this year.
-The Broncos final three games are tough as well. NE, at KC, and Oakland will all present challenges to end the season.
-The middle part of the schedule is very feasible. From Week 4 with Tampa Bay to Week 14, the schedule includes: Atlanta, at SD, at New Orleans, KC, at Jax, and at Tenn.
-The Broncos have three different back to back road games (Weeks 3 and 4, Weeks 9 and 10, and Weeks 13 and 14).
-The Broncos have two sets of back to back home games (Weeks 1 and 2 and Weeks 7 and 8).
-The Broncos have 5 primetime games, which is a little surprising since Peyton Manning is retired. They have two Thursday Night games, 2 SNF games, and 1 Monday Night Football game. Three of those primetime games are on the road, and all three of those road games are at divisional opponents. They travel to SD on TNF, Oakland and KC on SNF.
-You knew that the league was going to put the Texans-Broncos game on primetime. The Broncos host Brock Osweiler and the Texans on Monday Night Football in Week 7.
-The Broncos do have a weird stretch where they head to Jacksonville and Tennessee in back-to-back weeks and play in the early slot in Weeks 13 and 14. That will be a tough couple of weeks.
-The Broncos will play KC on Sunday Night Football but the game will be played on Christmas Night on NBC at 8:30pm EST.
-Overall, it is a pretty fair schedule. You can't determine too much about these games in April, but there really isn't a terribly unfair stretch in this year's setup.
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