The general rule is that they try to at least give every team 1 night game, either as the home or away team. Cincinnati will probably still get a game or two as that team is really one defense away from being great. Miami will probably get at least one as they ARE in the same division as the Patriots. Theirs will undoubtedly be early in the season, probably AT New England. Atlanta's a team that has to finish demolishing and imploding, then they can start rebuilding. This team won't be good for several years, but they'll get scheduled against someone, again, probably early in the year. That leaves San Francisco. A horrible team, in a horrible division, in a horrible conference. They probably have to play *someone* - I could see them being set up to play another bad team - maybe Atlanta.
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