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Expect Tavon Austin, DeAndre Hopkins and Robert Woods to emerge as offensive ROY candidates, writes John Clayton.

An innovative scheduling software is helping teams avoid three-game road trips and other dreaded quirks, writes John Clayton.

Breakdown: The Cincinnati Bengals will open on the road for the fourth straight season when it plays at the Chicago Bears, who are beginning the Marc Trestman era. In an unusual trend, this marks the fifth time in eight years that Cincinnati opens ag...

Schedule-makers did a number on the Jets, who may have an awkward opener.

Breakdown: The schedule-makers believe the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to bounce back from a disappointing 8-8 season. The Steelers play four prime-time games, including two in the first three weeks of the season. After opening at home against the ...

Breakdown: The Miami Dolphins loaded up in free agency -- and for good reason. This is a 7-9 team expected to make the jump into playoff contention this season. But in order to do so, the Dolphins must be good enough to survive the eighth-toughest st...

Breakdown: New coach Marc Trestman will benefit from a relatively rare start to the schedule: two consecutive home games. The Chicago Bears haven't received that gift from the schedule makers since 1999. Overall, however, Trestman's first month on...

The Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens will open the 2013 season at Denver in the now-traditional Thursday night kickoff game.

The new-look Philadelphia Eagles will travel to face the NFC East rival Washington Redskins in the first game of ESPN's season-opening "Monday Night Football" doubleheader on Sept. 9.

Breakdown: Don't play that lack-of-respect card this year, Who Dey nation. After not making a prime-time appearance last season, the Bengals were rewarded with three after a surprising run to the playoffs. The last time the Bengals had more prime-tim...

Breakdown: The Ravens will show the nation if they're ready to make a run at the Super Bowl. Three of Baltimore's first four games are on national television, including the season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals on "Monday Night Football." B...

Breakdown: The Eagles open on the road in the Midwest for the second year in a row, beginning their 2012 season with a ho-hum matchup Sept. 9 against the Browns in Cleveland. But things get intense pretty quickly. Six of their next seven games, begin...

Breakdown: The Cleveland Browns knew it wasn't going to be easy. Cleveland has the third-toughest strength of schedule and the hardest for non-playoff teams. The good news for the Browns is they open at home, playing host to the Philadelphia Eagle...

You've known the 2012 opponents for your favorite team for three months now, but soon you'll know the dates and times. The NFL schedule will be announced Tuesday at 7 p.m., the league announced Monday. Remember to break out the calendar and check ...

Christopher Harris explains why utilizing past seasons' statistics is not a safe method for predicting the difficulty of schedules in fantasy football.

Hey, sorry. Ran out of gas a little bit today. Anyway, I'm sure some of you guys saw this already, but here it is in one digestible piece so you can pick it apart and chat about it amongst yourselves. The schedules won't come out until the summertime...