Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.

[celts32]

Am i the only one not happy about this? Playing them in the opening game in front of a highly energized crowd celebrating a super bowl win makes what is always a difficult game for the skins almost impossible. I prefer our divisional road games to be on Sunday at 1pm.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by celts32

Am i the only one not happy about this? Playing them in the opening game in front of a highly energized crowd celebrating a super bowl win makes what is always a difficult game for the skins almost impossible. I prefer our divisional road games to be on Sunday at 1pm.

I'm looking at it as all the pressure is on them. They're the SB Champs opening up at home.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm looking at it as all the pressure is on them. They're the SB Champs opening up at home.

From a schedule perspective, theres a pretty sizable advantage to playing your most difficult game in Week 1 when you are still 0-0.

I mean, as a team, you don't want to start 0-3, or 0-4 because the NFL loaded up all your hard games at the beginning of the year, but giving your team 6 months to prepare for the theoretical 'toughest' game of the year is a pretty big advantage.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by celts32

Am i the only one not happy about this? Playing them in the opening game in front of a highly energized crowd celebrating a super bowl win makes what is always a difficult game for the skins almost impossible. I prefer our divisional road games to be on Sunday at 1pm.

I seem to recall the Cowboys smoking us in the 1992 season opener following our last Super Bowl title. Cowboys went on to win the title, and we returned the favor the following year by destroying them in the '93 opener - definitely the high water mark for the short-lived Richie Petibone era.

Bottom line, just because it's the Giants first game off their title doesn't mean that the Skins will roll over and hand it to them.

[celts32]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

I seem to recall the Cowboys smoking us in the 1992 season opener following our last Super Bowl title. Cowboys went on to win the title, and we returned the favor the following year by destroying them in the '93 opener - definitely the high water mark for the short-lived Richie Petibone era.

Bottom line, just because it's the Giants first game off their title doesn't mean that the Skins will roll over and hand it to them.

True, they but IMO this is the toughest week of the season to play the Giants in NJ. Maybe they will win anyway and it will spark a great season...but a lot of what makes a schedule hard or easy is where the games are placed and this is the worst spot the @ NY game could have been placed. My thinking was that since we have a new coach and a new offense it would have been better to get our feet wet in a non divisional game. It is what it is though...I am not going to cry about it anymore but I have to be honest and my initial reaction was negative towards being in this opening game.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by celts32

Am i the only one not happy about this? Playing them in the opening game in front of a highly energized crowd celebrating a super bowl win makes what is always a difficult game for the skins almost impossible. I prefer our divisional road games to be on Sunday at 1pm.

I really like the fact that we are thrown right into the fire on opening day. If we win that game our team gains a ton of convidence. If we play a good game and they win I think we still go away feeling good about how we played. The only thing that could really be bad is if we get blown out but I just don't think that will happen.