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stillers4me
03-10-2016, 04:19 PM
The Steelers will not open at Denver on the night of Sept. 8 as I suggested recently on live television, and the reason they will not be part of the annual Thursday prime timer hosted by the defending Super Bowl champion is simple: The Steelers do not play the Broncos in 2016.


Which everybody knew before I said that on live television, or at least everybody who cares.


So that’s about as far as I can be trusted on scheduling matters, yet my interest in the schedule the NFL is formulating for release next month only increases.


That’s because this year, for the first time in memory (keep in mind I’m having a hard time remembering, like, Monday), the league has an opportunity to make a bold statement on player discipline and its consequences for the player’s team, and it should seize that opportunity right there on the April day the full and final schedule is released...........

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