I'm okay with the schedule for any number of reasons.

1. Three of the first four games at home. Though the opponents are tough, I think we are up to the task. If we are healthy and play up to capabilities, we can get off to a fast start. It seems like so many times over the years, we start off with a ton of road games.

2. A nicely placed bye. Mid season. Right after the London game. I don't know if the Jaguars' experience last year influenced this, whether deference to the Eagles influenced this, but I think this is a good place for the bye.

3. I'm not overly bothered by the lack of prime time games. I think more important than prime time games are nationally televised games...though all of the prime time games are nationally televised. It seems like looking at the schedule, we have at least 4 nationally televised games right off the bat-New England, Dallas, Pittsburgh and Tennessee...with maybe Miami. If we are contending again, more of our late season games will likely get flexed, or at least get shifted to national television. On top of that, we are playing some of the biggest market and highest profile teams in football with both Super Bowl teams, both New York teams, Dallas, Washington, Pittsburgh, two games against Houston, and the Chiefs-a popular if somewhat small market team. The level of exposure this team is going to get will be exponentially higher than it has been in many many years, especially if this team is winning. In fact, if this team wins the Super Bowl with this schedule, the amount of fans this team will create will be much more than winning the Super Bowl against the run of the mill Jaguars schedule. Even if the team does not win the Super Bowl, if the team wins, it will earn league wide respect and more fans.

4. There are no outrageous road stretches where we are on the road three straight weeks, or having one home game in 7-8 weeks. We have no more than 2 back to back away games, which happens twice during this schedule-weeks 5-6 and weeks 16-17. Keep in mind in week 16, we play in Miami. It's not a home game, but it's awfully close, and if the Fish are out of contention late while we are still battling for home field, it could functionally be a home game for us, as it may be one of the few times in team history our fans could take over another team's stadium.

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