FULL SCHEDULE: Falcons have four national TV games
Atlanta Falcons cornerback Brent Grimes, left, and safety William Moore, right, tackle Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones during 2nd quarter action at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
The Atlanta Falcons, the defending NFC South champions will make four prime time appearances next season.
The Falcons will host Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles in their home opener on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Sept. 18. Three weeks later, the Falcons will host the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football.
The Falcons will host Jacksonville on Thursday night, Dec. 15 and then travel to NFC South rival New Orleans for a Dec. 26 Monday Night Football.
The Falcons played three national televised game in 2007, but had been somewhat shunned by the league’s TV partners in wake of Vick going to federal prison.
The NFL is locked in a legal battle with the players basically over the distribution of revenues. The league’s owners locked the players out on March 11, after the players decertified their union. The two sides are currently in federal court-ordered mediation.
Negotiations will likely have to pick up steam if the season is to start as scheduled.
After winning the NFC South and being eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs by the Packers, the Falcons will be attempting to post their fourth consecutive winning season. The Packers pummeled the Falcons 48-21 on Jan. 15 and went on to capture Super Bowl XLV.
The Falcons 2011 NFL Schedule
Week 1 –- Sept. 11 at Chicago, 1 P.M. (FOX)
Week 2 – Sept. 18 PHILADELPHIA, 8:20 P.M. P.m. (NBC)
Week 3 – Sept. 25 at Tampa Bay, 4:15 P.M. (FOX)
Week 4 – Oct. 2 at Seattle, 4:05 P.M. (FOX)
Week 5 – Oct. 9 GREEN BAY, 8:20 Green Bay P.M. (NBC)
Week 6 – Oct. 16 CAROLINA 1 P.M.. (FOX)
Week 7 – Oct. 23 at Detroit 1 P.M. (FOX)
Week 8 – BYE WEEK
Week 9 – Nov. 6 at Indianapolis 1 P.M. (FOX)
Week 10 – Nov. 13 NEW ORLEANS 1 P.M. (FOX)
Week 11 – Nov. 20 TENNESSEE 1 P.M. (CBS)
Week 12 – Nov. 27 MINNESOTA 1 P.M. (FOX)
Week 13 – Dec. 4 at Houston 1 P.M. (FOX)
Week 14 – Dec. 11 at Carolina 1 P.M.. (FOX)
Week 15 – Dec. 15 (Thur) JACKSONVILLE 8:20 P.M. (NFLN)
Week 16 – Dec. 26 (Mon) at New Orleans 8:20 P.M. (ESPN)
Week 17 – Jan. 1 TAMPA BAY 1 P.M. (FOX)
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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Bad schedule
April 19th, 2011
10:37 pm
What a boring home schedule. Maybe strike will erase TN, MN, and JX games.
eddiedawg
April 19th, 2011
10:40 pm
Do good teams whine about schedules?? I think not. Play it and don’t be scared Falcons fans. And screw the Saints. They will have a losing record this yr-their def blows-and they are gettin old.
Falcons play in NFC Champ game. Mark it.
Rise up.
Tripple Lindy
April 19th, 2011
10:55 pm
wha? NFL Football on New Years Day? The Rose Bowl is not amused.
hiramsaint
April 19th, 2011
10:59 pm
RISE UP turned into CHOKED AGAIN !
SeenThisB4
April 19th, 2011
11:00 pm
On New Year’s Day, the week after a Monday night road trip whipping by New Orleans!
hiramsaint
April 19th, 2011
11:01 pm
@ brian- guess you’ll have to hope for the colts to do it cause the cons have no one who can unless you counting on abraham who is as old as abraham or sean tenderspoon
hiramsaint
April 19th, 2011
11:06 pm
het seen – why do you think the failcans fan are so hung up on the saints ? could it be a lust for a winning organization or is it because our colors are better
DrJ
April 19th, 2011
11:09 pm
Looks like a lot of good tough games, so I guess the players will be happy if they miss the pre-season games, even if the coaches won’t.
SeenThisB4
April 19th, 2011
11:15 pm
I wouldn’t call it lust, but there is certainly a big shade of green involved! LOL!
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hiramsaint
April 19th, 2011
11:19 pm
oh man – thats cold- but then so were most of the seats in the ga. dome after the 2nd qtr of the pummeling by the packers
CPat16
April 19th, 2011
11:28 pm
12-4…..possible division champions. I only say that bc we have the easier schedule in the division.
SeenThisB4
April 19th, 2011
11:29 pm
The Saints schedule is much more palatable, open the season up at GB, but then home games against the Bears and Houston, only tough part is a 3 game road junket in October, get the bye in week 11, and then 4 of six at home to finish the season against fairly weak teams, the only strong team we play in the last six is New York in Week 12. I think the Saints will have the NFC South locked up by week 15, coast to the playoffs and a second Super Bowl appearance.
hiramsaint
April 19th, 2011
11:30 pm
who are the 4 losses to? i see 9-7 max but 8-8 realistically.
CPat16
April 19th, 2011
11:34 pm
Of course u do hiramsaint since obviously not a falcons fan….only 4 teams i see losses to are: Indy, Philly, NO (@NO) & GB.
The Joker
April 19th, 2011
11:41 pm
CHEESEHEAD WHO???? BRING THEM ON!!!!!!
hiramsaint
April 19th, 2011
11:43 pm
what about the bears , bucs[1game] and the texans. i think your being a bit optimistic
hiramsaint
April 19th, 2011
11:45 pm
the vikes won’t be a pushover either
Ted
April 19th, 2011
11:52 pm
The Falcants may do well in the regular season but then they’ll be exposed for who and what they are (not a very good team who just happened to have an easy schedule) in the postseason. They’ll get shellacked in the playoffs just like they did last season.
Didtheyendthelockout?
April 20th, 2011
12:01 am
Will the games be played with the regular starters and subs? Or will we watch “scrubs” play? I did read the letter from Blank and he said there would be football this fall. He didn’t say who would be playing, just that there would be football.
CPat16
April 20th, 2011
12:06 am
Da Bears dont have an offensive line & Cutler will get sacked or throw ints on the run, Vikes dont have a qb so stopping the run game is key, TB is def not the team 2 yrs ago but they wont have Talib and secondary will need major repairs, Texans wont surprise anyone with their run game this year & D Rob will want to get back against his old team….so no, no optimism here. Just reality.
MurfHOF1
April 20th, 2011
12:44 am
sad folks arguing nfl football in april..LOL
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Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2011
1:49 am
September 18 is my birthday. That is one hell of a birthday present. Thanks NFL.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2011
1:52 am
Also, analyzing next season’s strength of schedule before the draft and free agency have occurred is pointless.
Antroy
April 20th, 2011
2:08 am
Falcons vs. Saints on November 13th…MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I’M ALREADY THERE!!!
saintsux
April 20th, 2011
4:22 am
The sux real bad why don’t all y’all saints fans get some ajax and try to remove the crap in your pants that lynch put in all your pants
@
rudy
April 20th, 2011
5:11 am
one thing at a time, will there be a season?
TrishaDishaWarEagle
April 20th, 2011
6:21 am
Nice of the league to let the Falcons take their whipping from the Eagles early in the season…go ahead, get that out the way so they can try to get back on track.
JSS
April 20th, 2011
6:22 am
Two things that just don’t go together: humble and Falcons Fans…
Y’all better pray that the lockout lasts until mid October. Those first 5 games are brutal. That is especially harsh if you lose your UFA tackle and have to break in a new one against Peppers and concluding against Matthews…
The Real Falcon
April 20th, 2011
6:49 am
Well, even if the Falcons go 1-15 we can be grateful we don’t live in a place below sea level that is so filthy, grossly aromatic, and plagued by such pervasive degeneracy that even their Head Football coach has relocated his family hundreds of mile away to the next state.
Think about that for a moment…the New Orleans fans are funding the salary for their HC to live in Texas! Now that’s funny right there!
The Real Falcon
April 20th, 2011
6:53 am
rudy,
Yes, there will!
The females mating with these animals that cumulatively represent about 10,000 illegitimate offspring will pressure them to get back to the woods so they can support their unabashed gluttony.
in A
April 20th, 2011
7:25 am
hiramsaint
we , really we, another loser that uses we when a team wins a game, thats so sad, go back to you section 8 city
in A
April 20th, 2011
7:28 am
hiramsaint
oh do stop talking about teh Aints and thd the Seahawks game,
April 19th, 2011
6:50 pm
i watched the game and there was no MATCH to begin with. it was a lopsided spanking that was over in qtr. 1 . calling it a rematch makes no sense.
HJones
April 20th, 2011
7:50 am
I had a nightmare last night about the Falcons. Mike Mularkey was calling plays exactly as he called them last year.
Tez
April 20th, 2011
8:12 am
This has got to be the toughest schedule in the league. I’m a little worried
james
April 20th, 2011
8:29 am
Judging from this brutal schedule, especially at the beginning of the season, I think we’re looking at 1-4 heading into the Green Bay game.
james
April 20th, 2011
8:29 am
Correction, 1-3 heading into the G.B. game.
Mr. J
April 20th, 2011
8:59 am
I wish the Falcpns played on Christmas…. Christmas is a Sunday and Sundays are 4 football. Guess i gotta wait 7 more years!!!!!
hiramsaint
April 20th, 2011
9:27 am
i’ve never seen a 13-3 team cry and worry about the schedule so much. thats because deep down you know the refs gave you 3 games and another 3 were pure luck that very rarely repeats itself. i do see that mediocrity has you celebrating [prematurely] another winning season and nothing more
BigEasySaintsFan
April 20th, 2011
9:35 am
I love my Saints but I don’t see them doing well this year. Maybe 7-9. I think the Falcons will win the division again.
rabiddawgfan
April 20th, 2011
9:40 am
No way we lose more than 5. 11-5 at worst next season. Go 6-0 in our division and then worry about the rest. Focus on beating the division foes first. 2-0 vs. New Orleans, 2-0 vs. Carolina, then 2-0 vs. Tampa and then go out and win 5 or 6 more games and that’ll leave you with 11-12 wins. 13-3 is going to be very hard to beat, or match and we most likely won’t get a chance to do that too quick. Double digit wins should be what we shoot for. 10 wins should get you in the tournament, after that all bets are off.
The Faithful
April 20th, 2011
9:54 am
Saying the strike may work in the Falcons favor makes it seem the Falcons and their fans are scared.
If you are scared, say you’re scared,
Otherwise…let’s settle this thing and bring on the season.
Great teams rise to the level of competition. So-So teams shrink at it.
Let’s test the Falcons mettle and see where this team is really going.
Are we headed for greatness or just living on the cusp of hoping for greatness?
Let’s play the games…all of the games and see where the season takes us.
I can tell you…I’m not scared!
eric butler
April 20th, 2011
10:33 am
all i here are people talking about the upcoming season but know one talking about this lockout. as a season ticket holder i was told by my sales person that the only guarantee was that they will continue to take our money but could not guarantee me that the season will start on time. so as a fan and a season ticket holder we need to take a stand. i suggest a lockout of the first half of each team season opener no one in stadiums would send a serious message. lets go fans our voice need to be heard. any supporters email me at bericb1222@yahoo.com
PMC
April 20th, 2011
10:41 am
Oh injuries are excuses now for the Saints that’s why a running back on his second team and last chance embarassed that defense…..but Brian Williams being hurt and awful Chris Owens being abused by Aaron Rodgers…that doesn’t count.
Ok. Whatever. Times Picayune page is off to the west folks.
Barry
April 20th, 2011
11:02 am
Hey Y’all:
I LOVE THIS SCHEDULE. This is a Super Bowl schedule designed for our Falcons to be a power in the Super Bowl. We do not want nothing given to us. This schedule has some good teams that our Falcons can build on in marching to the Super Bowl. I know teams see us on this schedule sayin “GOD!! WE HAVE TO PLAY THEM!!!”. THAT’s RIGHT!! They got to play THE FALCON in “ONE HEARTBEAT!!”. Can you hear it “THUMP!!!!!” It’s getting “LOUDER!!!!!!!” THUMP!!!! THUMP!!!!!! THUMP!!!!!!……….. WE AIN’T TAKING NO PRISONERS!!!!!!
“THE PROCESS CONTINUES!!” THE “PROCESS” CONTINUES TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!
LET’S DO THIS!!!! LET DO THIS IN “ONE HEARTBEAT”.
THE OWNERS, THE COACHES, THE TEAM, THE FANS, THE MEDIA, THE COMMUNITY, THE STATE OG GEORGIA: WE ARE “ONE HEARTBEAT!!!!!!”
GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thisis a SECRET from a FALCON FAN!!! TELL EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!
………………….”ONE HEARTBEAT, BABY!!!!!……………….
Sid
April 20th, 2011
11:08 am
It’s a tough start, even could be 3-4 by the bye week. The Falcons will clean up the NFC South this year going undefeated. …….! They will win vs Tennessee, Minnesota, Indianapolis, and Jacksonville. Houston is only a player or two away from being a real contender. I see them finishing 12-4, 11-5 easily.
bigeasy830
April 20th, 2011
11:11 am
That looks to be a tough schedule the first 5 games are very tough.
hiramsaint
April 20th, 2011
11:11 am
but then the qb choked and the heartbeat stopped…as usual
headley lamar
April 20th, 2011
11:36 am
There arent going to be any games folks.