2012 New York Jets Scehedule Announced

The schedule has been announced for the 2012 New York Jets season and it is interesting to say the least. The games against the AFC East are still the same, as they will again play the Bills Dolphins and Patriots twice as they always do. Every team has to play in their division twice a year each. Last year the Jets had to fill the rest of their schedule against the NFC East and AFC West, which led the Jets to going 8-8. This year, besides the games against the rest of the East they will have to play against the AFC South and NFC West. Last time the Jets played the AFC South was in 2009 when they went to the AFC title game and lost to the Colts, and the last time they played the NFC West was in 2008 when the Jets went 9-7 and missed the playoffs.

Here now is a look at the schedule for the 2012 season for the New York Jets:

Preseason
1 TBD (August 9–13) at Cincinnati Bengals Paul Brown Stadium
2 August 18 7:00 p.m. EDT New York Giants MetLife Stadium
3 August 26 8:00 p.m. EDT Carolina Panthers MetLife Stadium
4 August 30 at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field

Regular Season
1 September 9 1:00 p.m. EDT Buffalo Bills MetLife Stadium CBS
2 September 16 4:15 p.m. EDT at Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field CBS
3 September 23 1:00 p.m. EDT at Miami Dolphins Sun Life Stadium CBS
4 September 30 1:00 p.m. EDT San Francisco 49ers MetLife Stadium Fox
5 October 8 8:30 p.m. EDT Houston Texans MetLife Stadium ESPN
6 October 14 1:00 p.m. EDT Indianapolis Colts MetLife Stadium CBS
7 October 21 4:15 p.m. EDT at New England Patriots Gillette Stadium CBS
8 October 28 1:00 p.m. EDT Miami Dolphins MetLife Stadium CBS
9 Bye
10 November 11 4:05 p.m. EST at Seattle Seahawks MetLife Stadium CBS
11 November 18 1:00 p.m. EST * at St. Louis Rams Edward Jones Dome CBS
12 November 22 8:20 p.m. EST * New England Patriots MetLife Stadium NBC
13 December 2 1:00 p.m. EST * Arizona Cardinals MetLife Stadium Fox
14 December 9 1:00 p.m. EST * at Jacksonville Jaguars EverBank Field CBS
15 December 17 8:30 p.m. EST at Tennessee Titans LP Field ESPN
16 December 23 8:20 p.m. EST * San Diego Chargers MetLife Stadium NBC
17 December 30 1:00 p.m. EST * at Buffalo Bills Ralph Wilson Stadium CBS


The Jets won't exactly have the easiest schedule in the world. They will be playing two teams who finished last season at .500 in the Arizona Cardinals and the San Diego Chargers who both finished last year like the Jets at 8-8 records. They play five teams who finished last year over the .500 mark in the form of New England (13-3), Pittsburgh (12-4), San Fransisco (13-3), Tennessee (9-7), and Houston (10-6). The other six teams the Jets play this year finished last season under .500 in the form of the Dolphins (6-10), Bills (6-10), Jaguars (5-11), Colts (2-14), Seahawks (7-9), and the Rams (2-14).

Amongst the games the Jets have to play in the division the one I'm looking forward to the most is the home game against the Patriots in November. The two biggest reasons I'm looking forward to it is because its a Thursday night and its thanksgiving night. Last year the one Thursday night game the Jets had they lost to Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos, and the last time the Jets played on Thanksgiving night was in 2010 a 26-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at home. With the changes the Jets have already made this offseason, and with the possibility of more to come between now and kickoff weekend in September, things could get very interesting for Gang Green this season.

(Author's note: A full Jets season perview and a full NFL preview will be done the week leading up to opening kickoff in September.)