Regarding planning, the NFL is hardly a meritocracy.
SPOTTINTING THE TOP Teams can be one of the motor factors in the league while it brings together the complex puzzle of a regular season of 272 games. But an operation determined to attract the most viewers does not compose only to the recordings of the previous year to determine who should receive the most exposure in renowned emissions. However, while the League may not move from the presentation on several occasions of its largest markets and the most visible organizations, several franchises are due for a drop in promotion.
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With the calendar that will be published on Wednesday, here are five NFL teams who are worth fewer games during great listening hours this year than last season:
It may be unfair to Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey to pay the sins of the previous regime. However, this is a recurring theme for jets this season, and the trend also applies here. No team was no longer overexposed last season than New York, which was tied with the Dallas Cowboys And 49ers of San Francisco For the most privileged slots initially granted with the maximum of the league of six. And while Aaron Rodgers“ Achilles torn in the first match of 2023 could be blamed for having sent this side season, last year went wrong thanks to a dysfunction squarely too omnipresent to escape.
The new leadership seems to set the right tone trying to get a regular increase rather than a quick ascent, but the results may not be particularly flashy. A home date with the Pittsburgh Steelers could be ripe for an autonomous place given the potential meeting with Rodgers. But the league should otherwise give the public a break in the green fatigue of the gangs and allow Glenn to start building without much fanfare.
The performance of 70 points that Miami published against Sean Payton Denver Broncos In September 2023, feeling far away. Although Mike McDaniel can always be a masterful game player, as evidenced by his “cheat motion” move to storm the league, the book of his teams was quite simple. While the dolphins frequently ran after over-apparent opponents, there are only 1-12 in their last 13 games against teams with a winning record before the match. An uneven list could take an additional blow with the expected trade in the cornerback Jalen RamseyAnd Tyreek HillDissatisfaction does not bode well for a group that continues to put more Tua Tagovailoashoulders. Maybe a few spotlight matches at the start of the season would be reasonable for Miami, but an outfit with this little stay should not sniff the five games during the prospective hours that were granted to it.
The NFL made a major jump of faith by handing over the four Browns windows in 2024. At least Cleveland did not simplify the entertainment factor in two of these games, because it delivered a surprising “Thursday evening,” upset the Steelers in the driving snow and followed by Jameis Winston gathered one of the wildest productions of the season (47 years old interceptions) in a defeat on Monday in the end of the season. At the end of the year, however, the League had seen enough and used Flex “Thursday evening of football” for the first time to ban the browns match against the Bengals At a kick-off on Sunday afternoon.
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Now, unless Sheder Sanders challenges the chances of getting out of a four -way quarter competition, Cleveland does not present a convincing reason to anyone outside the Fandom of AFC North to connect. With the Browns apparently looking for 2026 for a complete restart and a separation of the era of the Deshaun Watson, perhaps everyone also poses expectations for the organization in the climb season.
Like their cohabitants of the Metlife Stadium, the giants have been pushed disproportionately to the masses for some time now. Despite the signaling of a clear decrease trajectory after losing Saquon Barkley, Big Blue received three prospective games last season, as well as an autonomous window for the Berlin match and the Thanksgiving showcase. The results were brutal: New York fell into the five.
With Thanksgiving snoozer against Cowboys Offer the highest notes in the regular season – and the fourth best number for a vacation match – it is unlikely that one of the most important brands in the League will be ruled out in schedule. But if there was a moment for the NFL to do it, that would be all. Russell WilsonThe tour after the Seahawks after the headquarters was disappointing, and the veteran of the signal captines is as a final point without inspiration for the desperate search of the franchise for a solution behind the center. And with the director general Joe Schoen by declaring publicly that Jaxson Dart should not sniff the action of so early as a recruit, an offense with a cast of lower support could be trapped with a quarter-rear which has recently been able to exceed his environment. Malik Nabres And the rush to the swollen passes is a legitimate draw, but they can only do a lot to compensate for the rampant gaps of the list.
Reconstructions are often necessary but rarely captivating. New Orleans has been resisting it for years, trying several times to make its way in the middle. But an aging list and a wave of injuries left the saints with a 5-12 brand last season which represents the worst franchise record since 2005. And with the youngest coach of the NFL to Kellen Moore taking the bar and, more importantly, Derek Carr to retirement, time for a large-scale reset seems to have finally arrived.
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However, New Orleans remains in a way in a limited state, the organization not yet fully embeding the demolition or the strengthening of its list. This means that the NFL could be left to sell the quarter-Arrière of the second Tour Tyler Shough and a group that was upgraded 93-23 in three outings during prime hours last season. Launching the team something other than one “Thursday evening football” showing somewhere in the mid-season slump represents a substantial risk.
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This article originally appeared on USA Today: 2025 NFL Calendar: Five teams that deserve fewer matches during great listening hours
