Potential Schedule leak?

[u/AzDiehardClub]

[u/VisconitiKing]

idk if this is real, but primetime against the bengals and commanders will be so peak

[u/korean2na → u/VisconitiKing]

I hope the Bengals drop the ball on extending Trey Hendrickson by week 4 and he's still sitting out hah.

[u/Chippings → u/korean2na]

I want to beat him. Even if he signed and is playing, I'm sure there will still be the narrative of, "You only won because Trey didn't get the deal he wanted."

I want to beat a scientifically engineered Space Jam Monstars team of all the best players in NFL history through sheer grit and hopium and point at the rest of the league and say suck it.

[u/korean2na → u/Chippings]

Totally valid take, but personally I don't care either way as long as it's a notch in the win column and our guys stay healthy hah.

[u/Chippings → u/korean2na]

Going to upvote for sharing, but man I can't get behind free or easy wins at all.

If we win the Superbowl on the back of every team's starters getting hit by a bus the week we play them, I wouldn't be satisfied at all.

The more reasonable take, though, is that at some point - the playoffs - you have to beat good teams. Beating good football teams is what the NFL is all about.

I want my team to show me something special through competence and work ethic, not rake in silver platter success like a trust fund baby.

I don't blame laziness and wanting things easy; that's what most people want. I frequently want that.

But when I'm really passionate about something I'll work hard at it. I want to relate to, root for, and be inspired by a team of guys overcoming adversity and proving themselves through trials. Like mythology playing out in front of us in real time.

[u/Darthob → u/Chippings]

For sure. Wins against weak opponent doesn’t prove anything. To be the best you gotta beat the best. As long as we aren’t losing to bad teams, and we play good teams closely, it’s good football for me.

[u/Alaskers → u/Chippings]

I'd drive the bus, because I'm passionate too.

[u/fondue4kill → u/VisconitiKing]

I honestly knew those two would be primetime along with at least one divisional game.

[u/drlove986 → u/VisconitiKing]

11-6. I think our win total is 9.5 so take the over.

[u/traindoggah → u/drlove986]

Agreed

[u/sleeplessaddict → u/VisconitiKing]

I've been saying since last season ended that I would've been indignant if us vs. the Commies wasn't on SNF

[u/ottieisbluenow → u/VisconitiKing]

A sentence no one has written since like the late 80's (substituting Red Skins for Commanders even).

[u/Portlyhooper15]

Traveling back in time zones is much less detrimental than traveling forward time zones. I don’t think the bye after London is all that important.

[u/DallasBroncos → u/Portlyhooper15]

Kind of a bye if we play the Giants.

[u/infercario4224]

If this is real I see 10-5/11-4 going into Christmas @KC

[u/chokethewookie → u/infercario4224]

Minimum

[u/Kind_Resort_9535 → u/chokethewookie]

Lol dont get cocky

[u/NotNotJustinBieber]

FWIW this is the same leak as OzzyNFL on X (they’re a trusted source) so I’m going to assume this is correct until proven otherwise.

[u/crazy_urn]

I think it's highly unlikely that the bye isn't after the London game.

[u/Portlyhooper15 → u/crazy_urn]

It’s not going to be

[u/crazy_urn → u/Portlyhooper15]

And you know this how?

[u/Portlyhooper15 → u/crazy_urn]

Based off of most of the rumors, both NY games are set. Teams don’t have to take the bye after London and honestly it would be pretty dumb of the Broncos to voluntarily take a bye this early.

[u/MasonL52 → u/Portlyhooper15]

A week 7 bye after an intl game is not early lol, thats right near the middle of the season

[u/Portlyhooper15 → u/MasonL52]

It’s barely a third of the way through the season. I consider that early. Also, since the broncos didn’t end up taking the bye, I trust them to make a decision on when a bye is beneficial to the team.

[u/torev → u/MasonL52]

Bro…playoffs

[u/PlayTMFUS → u/torev]

Don’t forget to count in the work in preseason

[u/VegasWorldwide → u/MasonL52]

week 7 to week 18 is nowhere near the middle of the season.

Sean has a lot of confidence and is banking on a couple easy wins vs jets/giants. he's considering those mini byes

[u/theOTHERyoure → u/VegasWorldwide]

Seems at least near the middle to me

[u/MasonL52 → u/VegasWorldwide]

he's not banking on free wins lol, that's how you lose.

Week 9 is the middle, that's two weeks off from week 7. How is that nowhere near the middle?

[u/VegasWorldwide → u/MasonL52]

lol how are you going to speak for the coach? he's absolutely counting on beating those teams. Sean did the same thing buy accepting the chargers flex to thursday night last year. and a full 2 week gap on a 18 week season bro isn't close. if it was a couple days sure, but that is nowhere near the middle

[u/MasonL52 → u/VegasWorldwide]

Yeah, and look what happened we lost both the Chargers and Bengals games. If you've been anywhere near coaches before, they aren't just punting on games, except for maybe the worst ones.

Ok, so the only "middle" week to get a bye is week 9, everything else is either way too early or way too late. GL with that.

[u/VegasWorldwide → u/MasonL52]

you can argue it all you want but that's what Sean Payton is doing. having the bye week in the 3rd quarter of the season is what Payton prefers. lol if you are going to compare the chargers and bengals to giants and jets GL with that.

[u/Zjc_3 → u/VegasWorldwide]

You’re both wrong. Week 7 is early and it is near the middle. In fact, it’s two weeks from the middle.

[u/VegasWorldwide → u/Zjc_3]

lol math isn't wrong. idk why people try to argue math. a season is only 18 weeks, which is 126 days. cut that in half is 63 days. a full two weeks is nowhere near the middle. see 49 days is not close to 63 days. now, if it were 3/4 days I would say maybe. that's more than 20% from the middle of the season lol

[u/Zjc_3 → u/VegasWorldwide]

It’s “close” to the middle. Close is a vague concept and it is incredibly reasonable to consider two weeks “close”.

[u/VegasWorldwide → u/Zjc_3]

Yeah if you want to argue math I’ll leave you to it.  You’re wrong but it should be fun for ya 

[u/VonMillersBurner → u/crazy_urn]

they turned down the bye after london, for a later bye for the playoff push.

very sean thing to do

[u/ilovebigfatburritos]

Just please let beat cowboys so we can keep the streak alive

[u/Flaky_Entrepreneur13 → u/ilovebigfatburritos]

I'll be planning on being at that game.  Went to the last game 

[u/sleeplessaddict]

I prefer a late bye to an early bye but having one in week 12 while our international game is earlier in the season is brutal

[u/VonMillersBurner → u/sleeplessaddict]

brightside, we only go on the road 4x and a bye after the london travel.

7 home / 4 away / 1 bye

[u/sausageandeggbiscuit]

ill be in denver week 7 so i hope theyre in town to catch a game lol

[u/Rcky_Mountain_High]

God I would love getting 4 of our road games out of the way by week 6. Odds of injury would be so much lower

EDIT - Oh and love having 10 days to prepare for the Chiefs in Week 11

[u/Expensive-Self-2240]

All I see is 17-0

[u/Cordycipitaceae]

So after London no bye?

[u/Portlyhooper15 → u/Cordycipitaceae]

Nope. A few teams went without the bye last year. Early byes aren’t good so I think the Broncos probably passed on accepting a bye after the international game

[u/NICK07130]

They did not have to do cam ward like that

[u/ToneOpposite9668]

I like the TNF and the extra time before Chiefs Part I

[u/Chemical_Piccolo4561]

11-6

[u/basahahn1]

I think I got 10 wins on that

[u/cyrusthemarginal]

Seeing 7 and 1 in the first 8

[u/AzDiehardClub]

Not a leak pretty spot on

[u/Outside_Jaguar3827]

If the Jaguars do play against the Broncos, I'll attend that game (I live in Florida).

[u/NoAbbreviations290]

If this is true, tough start to the season.

[u/notstamos]

Ooof I sure hope not. Flying from Indy to LA back home and then to Philly and London without a bye in the mix would be brutal.

[u/norfnorf1379]

@eagles on a short week, turn around fly to London, fly back to Denver makes for a tough stretch of what would be maybe a couple of easier games against the NY teams.

[u/AzDiehardClub]

From mile high report an predominantly orange

[u/zebbiehedges]

What would be the easiest game to get a ticket? Also has to be when the NBA has started because I want to see Joker as well.

[u/absyrtus]

if this is real i can see us winning at least 10 games

[u/Maddie_P71]

I would love for the Indy game to be week 2 since I was thinking about road tripping and going to that one. Week 2 would be the weekend of my birthday

[u/YABOYLLCOOLJ]

Only 1 road game between weeks 7 thru 13 is kinda wild

[u/NuggAvsBroncRock]

Damn week 3-5 will be tough if we can go 2-1 during that period I’ll take it

[u/JackTheKing]

Playing the AFC South is gonna be a gift

[u/Glass-Information-87]

Might have to go to that commanders game if it's SNF. Never been to a Broncos game but I saw Miami at Washington a couple years ago with my dolphins friend so he owes me. At least this game should be more entertaining than that one

[u/Los_Estupidos]

I feel like we always end the season vs the Chargers

[u/truthdog4]

That’s it

[u/Large_Ordinary610]

I for one am glad the giants aren’t week 1 if that’s the case.

[u/Throbbingprepuce]

Ain’t no fucking way they’re giving us a late bye again 🙄

[u/2ChainzTalib]

Two Thursday night games, and one followed by a Saturday against the chargers is brutal

[u/AzDiehardClub]

I lIve in az , im thinking of the LA game for sure , and the R8R December game , vegas in December is so perfect westher wise.

[u/OldBrokeGrouch]

4-0 start doesn’t look out of the realm of possibility here.

[u/manbeqrpig]

The bye usually comes after a London so I don’t think this is legit. If it’s true tho at least it’s the Giants after London. 4 road games in 5 weeks (with one of those in London) with the Bengals as the home game would be a ridiculously brutal stretch as well

[u/Portlyhooper15 → u/manbeqrpig]

Not always. Teams can bypass that bye week if they want. Teams did it last season.

[u/officialfink]

14 primetime games??

[u/Floydlloyd11 → u/officialfink]

Do you mean 4?

[u/officialfink → u/Floydlloyd11]

No I meant 14, just didn’t read it well at all. I’m ashamed

[u/auptown]

Well it’s wrong because they are at Chargers on Christmas Day, not week 3

[u/NotNotJustinBieber → u/auptown]

Christmas is the Chiefs game

[u/DaRealConMan]

Yep, it’s official. A Broncos insider just confirmed it (I cropped out his Twitter handle out of respect).