The 2022 NFL Schedule is out. Watch your step, it’s a doooozy. Let’s break down the schedule and refrain from BOLD PREDICTIONS.
Green Bay Packers
Week 1 At Minnesota 425 ET FOX
Week 2 Chicago 825 ET SNF NBC
Week 3 at Tampa Bay 425 ET FOX
Week 4 New England 425 ET CBS
Week 5 New York Giants 930 AM ET NFL Net London
Week 6 New York Jets 1 PM ET FOX
Week 7 At Washington 1 PM ET FOX
Week 8 at Buffalo 820 PM ET SNF NBC
Week 9 at Detroit 1 PM ET FOX
Week 10 Dallas 425 ET FOX
Week 11 Tennessee 8 PM PRIME VIDEO Thursday
Week 12 at Philadelphia 820 PM ET SNF NBC
Week 13 Chicago 1 PM ET FOX
BYE Week 14
Week 15 LA Rams 815 ET MNF ESPN
Week 16 at Miami 1 PM ET FOX Christmas
Week 17 Minnesota 425 PM ET CBS
Week 18 Detroit TBD Time
Packers have 9 homes games, 8 away and a very late bye. 5 prime time games plus the London game. 1st place schedule with Rams, Titans and at Tampa Bay makes it a little more difficult despite weaker AFC East and NFC East for all. Mike McCarthy coming back to town in Week 10. Cowboys and Bills have a bye before the Packers game.
Minnesota Vikings
Week 1 Green Bay 425 PM ET FOX
Week 2 at Philadelphia 825 PM ET ABC MNF
Week 3 Detroit 1 PM ET FOX
Week 4 at New Orleans in London 930 AM NFL Network
Week 5 Chicago 1 PM ET FOX
Week 6 at Miami 1 PM ET FOX
Week 7 Bye
Week 8 Arizona 1 PM ET FOX
Week 9 at Washington 1 PM ET FOX
Week 10 at Buffalo 1 PM ET FOX
Week 11 Dallas 425 PM ET CBS
Week 12 New England Thanksgiving 825 PM ET NBC
Week 13 Jets 1 PM ET FOX
Week 14 at Detroit 1 PM ET FOX
Week 15 Indianapolis TBD Saturday or Sunday
Week 16 Giants 1 PM ET FOX Saturday Xmas Eve
Week 17 at Green Bay 425 PM ET CBS
Week 18 at Chicago TBD
Vikings have slightly earlier than mid-year bye and a London trip too early. 2 prime time plus a London game for Minnesota with a first-year head coach. Barring any flexes after Week 5. 2nd place schedule some challenges with Colts, at Saints in London and Arizona.
Detroit Lions
Week 1 Philadelphia 1 PM ET FOX
Week 2 Washington 1 PM ET FOX
Week 3 at Minnesota 1 PM ET FOX
Week 4 Seattle 1 PM ET FOX
Week 5 at New England 1 PM ET FOX
Week 6 BYE
Week 7 at Dallas 1 PM ET CBS
Week 8 Miami 1 PM ET CBS
Week 9 Green Bay 1 PM ET FOX
Week 10 at Chicago 1 PM ET FOX
Week 11 at Giants 1 PM ET FOX
Week 12 Buffalo 1230 PM ET CBS Thanksgiving
Week 13 Jacksonville 1 PM ET FOX
Week 14 Minnesota 1 PM ET FOX
Week 15 at Jets 1 PM ET FOX
Week 16 at Carolina 1PM ET FOX Saturday Xmas Eve
Week 17 Chicago 1 PM ET FOX
Week 18 at Green Bay TBD
Lions have an early bye and zero prime time games other than the Thanksgiving games. 2nd least distance to travel and all games are at 1 PM ET other than 1230 PM Thanksgiving. No teams have byes prior to facing the Lions. If the Lions want prime time, they got to earn it with a flex. Fourth place schedule is very kind with Jacksonville, Seattle, and at Carolina.
Chicago Bears
Week 1 San Francisco 1 PM ET FOX
Week 2 at Green Bay 820 PM ET SNF NBC
Week 3 Houston 1 PM ET CBS
Week 4 at Giants 1 PM ET FOX
Week 5 at Minnesota 1 PM ET FOX
Week 6 Washington 815 PM ET Prime Video Thursday
Week 7 at New England 815 P ET MNF ESPN
Week 8 at Dallas 1 PM ET FOX
Week 9 Miami 1 PM ET CBS
Week 10 Detroit 1 PM ET FOX
Week 11 at Atlanta 1 PM ET FOX
Week 12 at Jets 1 PM ET FOX
Week 13 Green Bay 1 PM ET FOX
Week 14 Bye
Week 15 Philadelphia 1 PM ET FOX
Week 16 Buffalo 1 PM ET CBS Saturday Xmas Eve
Week 17 at Detroit 1 PM ET FOX
Week 18 Minnesota TBD
Bears have 3 prime time games. Third place schedule good with Houston and Atlanta but 49ers will be tough Week 1. Late bye is good for the Bears too.