Chiefs, Saints & Bucs on ’21 slate
The Giants’ 2021 schedule includes three road games against a trio of the NFL’s best teams in 2020. Joe Judge’s second season will feature visits to the Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Giants also will go on the road to take on the Los Angeles Chargers and Chicago Bears, along with their three division opponents the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Football Team and Philadelphia Eagles.
At home, hopefully with fans back in the stands, the Giants will host the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, L.A. Rams, and their three NFC East foes.
If the NFL goes to a 17th game, the Giants would host the Miami Dolphins as their second-place finisher counterpart in the AFC East.
The Giants won’t know their exact schedule of dates until the spring, but the NFL has a predetermined formula that sets opponents the minute each season ends.
The Giants won’t know their exact schedule of dates until the spring, but the NFL has a predetermined formula that sets opponents the minute each season ends.
The Giants are due to face the NFC South and AFC West divisions on an annual rotation, and they face the Rams and Bears because they all finished in second place in their respective NFC divisions.
It’s often impossible to predict what teams will look like a year later, though, and that certainly applies to projecting this schedule eight months out.
The Chiefs still project to be a handful with Patrick Mahomes at the helm, but it’s anyone’s guess what the Saints and Bucs look like if Drew Brees and/ or Tom Brady retire.
The Chargers game will pit Daniel Jones against Justin Herbert: a mustwatch. The Panthers game will have Judge coaching against Matt Rhule, who spurned the Giants for Carolina.
The Giants probably are looking forward most to their next game against the Eagles, however, after Doug Pederson’s Philly team laid down on Sunday night to hand Washington the NFC East and eliminate the 6-10 Giants from the playoffs.
As if the division rivals didn’t hate each other enough.