This is the sports reporters.

I am Mike Lupica, MLB.com, and the New York Daily News.

I'm Mitch Album of the Detroit Free Press.

Welcome to the sports reporters podcast this morning.

I never thought that the day after the NFL schedule would be a news day,

but they have turned it in to a production and it's what

the people want. They actually watch a TV show to see the schedule revealed. There were some

interesting matchups. Obviously, it's 17 games now. And so you can sort of judge the entire season as to

who kind of gets stiffed

and who doesn't in terms of where your buy week comes, because yet another game you have to

play. But there are certainly some interesting showdowns are coming, including week four

when Tom Brady goes back to play against New England with the Tampa Bay Bucks,

and who knows he may be throwing against Mack Jones on the other side.

I'm already circling that one on my Sunday night schedule to watch.

Mitch, how much fun is that going to be?

I mean, can you imagine what the scene, and, you know, who knows how many fans will be back

in the stadium, but it's going to be a fair amount.

It is going to be one of the great scenes in the history of football in New England when

he comes back to play a football game against the team with whom he won, oh, wait for it,

six Super Bowls and played him three others, okay? And it won't, I wonder what the mood of the

place will be, especially if the Patriots have gotten off to a slow start, if Cam Newton is still, you know,

if they're still using an offense, Mitch, it looked like a single wing offense out of the 20s

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