Preseason schedule released

The next step in football is here as the preseason schedule was released but no dates given as of yet.

Preseason has been a touchy subject for years with ticket holders because the price is the same for those games as regular season. The amount we see the normal starters is very little making it tough on fans at times not knowing who the players are out there without looking at the rosters given to them.

This problem I can definitely see so my days in Training Camp are beneficial as I watch the daily practices and get familiar with the different jersey numbers and how they practice. I enjoy asking myself are these players transforming their practice skills to game time.

The schedule as you may know by now has the first two games at home:

Oakland (Week of Aug 7-9)

Arizona (Week of Aug 14-16)

Oakland has been a major player in free agency brining in a new quarterback by way of trade when they acquired Matt Schaub from Houston. We also will see in Silver and Black: Maurice Jones-Drew, Justin Tuck, James Jones and former Viking, Donald Penn who was in Vikings Training Camp in 2006.

The Raiders I believe are one of the top of the NFL fan following teams around the NFL so I will expect to see many black and silver clad fans.

Arizona has Larry Fitzgerald; do I need to say more?

On to the Road

Kansas City (Week of Aug 21-23)

Tennessee (Week of Aug 28-29)

The team then travels to the much improved Kansas City Chiefs. It is always tough to win at Arrowhead whether a preseason game or not.

The Tennessee Titans without Chris Johnson and not been a playoff team for a while, so how Tennessee look?

I know it only preseason but football fans, IT’S FOOTBALL!!!

Thanks for reading

Purplestick