NFL Schedule For The Next 2 Weeks

by Sean Yuille on Aug 22, 2011 8:30 AM EDT in Detroit Lions Schedules

As training camp starts to wind down and the end of the preseason nears, there will be a lot going on in the NFL. Rosters are set to drastically shrink in the coming weeks, and before you know it the regular season will be here.

For Detroit Lions fans, these are the key dates over the next two weeks to mark down on your calendar:

Saturday, Aug. 27: The Lions will take on the New England Patriots at 8 p.m. on CBS. Starters are expected to get extended playing time in what will be considered a dress rehearsal for the regular season.

Tuesday, Aug. 30: Teams are required to be down to 80 players on their roster by 4 p.m. (ET). Usually the first round of roster cuts requires teams to have a maximum of only 75 players, but the NFL made it 80 this year since there are currently 90 players on rosters.

Thursday, Sept. 1: The Lions will kick off their preseason finale at the Buffalo Bills at 6:30 p.m. (ET). Starters will play either very little or not at all since this game is more for the backups fighting to make a spot on the team.

Saturday, Sept. 3: The final round of NFL roster cuts will commence. Teams have to get down to 53 players on this day, so expect to start hearing about cuts as early as Friday, Sept. 2. Cuts will really start to leak out on Sept. 3 and will be made official by the Lions in a press release sent out that night.

Once all of this activity dies down and is in the rear-view mirror, all sights will be set on Sunday, Sept. 11, the day when the Lions kick off the 2011 regular season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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What kind of schedule

are you on Sean!?

I was up when you last posted (4:30am) and then heading to work when you posted this…not good for the system!

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by rames on Aug 22, 2011 10:55 AM EDT reply actions

I'm thinking Sept 3rd

may also gift us a useful RB. One can always hope, right!?

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by rames on Aug 22, 2011 10:57 AM EDT reply actions

yup and yup

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by joshsun on Aug 22, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

great

titus young , nick fairley have good amount of time to be ready for week 1!

by sandvet on Aug 22, 2011 11:29 AM EDT reply actions

Titus tweaked his Hammy again today.

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by j16941 on Aug 22, 2011 11:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

yep was coming to post this.. lame as hell

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by det32 on Aug 22, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions

like tweeked or injured?

I’m guessing he pulled his hammy a while ago and was trying to play through it.

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by chaunce on Aug 22, 2011 11:58 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

yup, tweaked it, because it's still healing

he’ll probably have to rest it again for a couple days (just a guess)

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by rames on Aug 22, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

are you saying he came up lame or that it is lame he pulled it. I hope the former as that would be quite witty.

by nuftjedi on Aug 22, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

pick one

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by det32 on Aug 22, 2011 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Young is killing us right now...

With Ballard being quite thus far in the preseason i would like to see Schwartz give him some reps with the starters. The kid i really like is Hughes and would love to see him get reps as well as Stovall (with the starters).

I truely hope that Mayhew calls up a team and puts a trade together for another back, funny we havent even seen a siting of a Mayhew yet this year.

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by SmittyJ on Aug 22, 2011 12:06 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Probably too busy

setting up his chess board for his next major Mayhewing!

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by rames on Aug 22, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions

i hope so...

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by SmittyJ on Aug 22, 2011 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn't be surprised..

if they made a move with someone or a couple guys that they are planning to cut anyways before we have to downsize the roster. Either way I think we need another solid back to share time with best and momo if he’s able to play. Harrison CAN be decent, but we just haven’t REALLY seen it yet…but I kinda wonder if that is more of not knowing the blocking schemes and gaps and all that yet than not being able to perform…gotta remember him and Bell still have had only about a week and a half of training camp and then the carries that they had in the preseason games. Would like to see him step up big in the Patriots game, but I agree it would be nice if we could pick up another solid back. Stovall seems to be coming on well and Hughes seems ok, gotta admit though I really wish Ballard would show us something big though, gotta love his size, can’t coach that!

by silver_rush on Aug 22, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought they were going to a 54 man roster?

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by donl517 on Aug 22, 2011 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

Amputation

is the only remedy. Cut it off just below the ribcage. Make sure it don’t spread.

Man, we gotta quit over reacting about the injuries. Pretty good chance that things will be resolved by the first game.

by Detroitfantc on Aug 22, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Saturday August 27th

Also known as the Super Bowl preview………

Hey, anything is possible in this NFL world we live in. Green Bay almost missed the playoffs last year.

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by Spider1 on Aug 22, 2011 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

RIP KURTIS CHAIVRE

by det32 on Aug 22, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree Pryor isn't JMart version 2.

JaMarcus was better than that.

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