If you hadn't noticed the Broncos schedule was released yesterday. This is one of the first steps on our way to playing football in 2012! The schedule is below:
| Week | Day | Date | Opponent | Time | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunday | Sep 9, 2012 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8:20 pm | NBC |
| 2 | Monday | Sep 17, 2012 | at Atlanta Falcons | 8:30 pm | ESPN |
| 3 | Sunday | Sep 23, 2012 | Houston Texans | 4:15 pm | CBS |
| 4 | Sunday | Sep 30, 2012 | Oakland Raiders | 4:05 pm | CBS |
| 5 | Sunday | Oct 7, 2012 | at New England Patriots | 4:15 pm | CBS |
| 6 | Monday | Oct 15, 2012 | at San Diego Chargers | 8:30 pm | ESPN |
| 7 | BYE | ||||
| 8 | Sunday | Oct 28, 2012 | New Orleans Saints | 8:20 pm | NBC |
| 9 | Sunday | Nov 4, 2012 | at Cincinnati Bengals | 1:00 pm | CBS |
| 10 | Sunday | Nov 11, 2012 | at Carolina Panthers | 1:00 pm | CBS |
| 11 | Sunday | Nov 18, 2012 | San Diego Chargers | 4:15 pm | CBS |
| 12 | Sunday | Nov 25, 2012 | at Kansas City Chiefs | 1:00 pm | CBS |
| 13 | Sunday | Dec 2, 2012 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4:05 pm | FOX |
| 14 | Thursday | Dec 6, 2012 | at Oakland Raiders | 8:20 pm | NFLN |
| 15 | Sunday | Dec 16, 2012 | at Baltimore Ravens | 1:00 pm | CBS |
| 16 | Sunday | Dec 23, 2012 | Cleveland Browns | 4:05 pm | CBS |
| 17 | Sunday | Dec 30, 2012 | Kansas City Chiefs | 4:15 pm | CBS |
The Broncos are scheduled to play five primetime games this season, including the SNF opener against Pittsburgh at home and the following week at Atlanta on MNF.
Denver will also play on SNF in Week 8 as they host the Saints in a matchup that will feature a showdown between Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. The team's other MNF matchup comes at San Diego in Week 6, and they will play a Thursday night game at Oakland Week 14.
Of course, the game sure to receive the most hype of all will be Denver's Week 5 visit to New England to renew Manning's rivalry with Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots. This matchup reportedly also received consideration for the SNF opener.
The entire league's schedule can be found here.
As I said the other day the first 8 weeks will be real tough. The good thing thing about this schedule is we play the first game to start the season at home and finish the last two weeks of the season at home. This is getting me so pumped, only a week to the draft now ~ Aussie.
