The Carolina Panthers, along with the rest of the NFL, announced their regular and preseason schedules on Thursday night, and below is a break down of when we play everyone. Credit to the Panthers.com website for the raw data in tabular form.

*Games marked with an asterisk are subject to flex scheduling

2017 Regular Season DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME TV DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME TV Sun. Sept. 10 at San Francisco 49ers 4:25 p.m. FOX Sun. Sept. 17 vs. Buffalo Bills 1:00 p.m. CBS Sun. Sept. 24 vs. New Orleans Saints 1:00 p.m. FOX Sun. Oct. 1 at New England Patriots 1:00 p.m. FOX Sun. Oct. 8 at Detroit Lions 1:00 p.m.* FOX Thu. Oct. 12 vs. Philadelphia Eagles 8:25 p.m. CBS/NFLN/Amazon Sun. Oct. 22 at Chicago Bears 1:00 p.m.* FOX Sun. Oct. 29 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 p.m.* FOX Sun. Nov. 5 vs. Atlanta Falcons 1:00 p.m.* FOX Mon. Nov. 13 vs. Miami Dolphins 8:30 p.m. ESPN BYE Sun. Nov. 26 at New York Jets 1:00 p.m.* FOX Sun. Dec. 3 at New Orleans Saints 1:00 p.m.* FOX Sun. Dec. 10 vs. Minnesota Vikings 1:00 p.m.* CBS Sun. Dec. 17 vs. Green Bay Packers 1:00 p.m.* FOX Sun. Dec. 24 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 p.m. FOX Sun. Dec. 31 at Atlanta Falcons 1:00 p.m.* FOX

The preseason schedule was released as well, which of course includes the annual Richardson/Rooney cocktail party for Week 4.

2017 Panthers Preseason DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME TV DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME TV Wed. Aug. 9 vs. Houston Texans 7:30 p.m. Panthers TV Sat. Aug. 19 at Tennessee Titans 3:00 p.m. Panthers TV Thu. Aug. 24 at Jacksonville Jaguars 7:30 p.m. Panthers TV Thu. Aug. 31 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 7:30 p.m. Panthers TV

Analysis

The NFL has done us a few small favors in this schedule. We get to open up the season against the San Francisco 49ers and the Buffalo Bills, two teams with new coaches, one of course being our old defensive coordinator, Sean McDermott. We also get the New England Patriots in Week 4, well inside the four game suspension window if Tom Brady accidentally sneezes directly on any salad bars.

A Week 11 BYE following our Monday night games against the Miami Dolphins will likely come at a welcome time. Anytime you can get a rest instead of a short week, you’re going to be happy.

That’s about all we can ask for. Trying to gleam anything about strength of schedule at this point is a mostly pointless affair. We’ll get Atlanta twice as usual, and they will be just as strong as last season it appears, and of course the Super Bowl champion Patriots in Week 4 as mentioned above. The rest, we’ll have to see how things play out.

So what do you think Panthers fans? Any opinions on this much anticipated schedule release? Any road trips you are planning or particular games you have circled?

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