NFL Schedule Leaks Begin with Jets-Lions Confusion

It's NFL Schedule day, which means everyone swarms to Twitter only to get tricked into what may or may not actually be leaks of the NFL schedule. Call it April Fools Day redux.

First there was a leak that the Jets would play the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day, which would make some sense since the Lions are due to play the AFC East this season, and CBS has the Lions Turkey Day game.

Then moments later, Brian Costello of the New York Post tweeted out that the Jets and Lions were not going to play on Thanksgiving, but, they would instead play each other Week 1, September 10 on Monday Night Football.

The scheduling of the Jets on MNF is surprising, considering the Jets are coming off back-to-back 5-11 seasons, and will likely have whichever rookie quarterback they draft (Mayfield, Rosen, Allen, or Darnold) sitting on the bench. The Jets aren't exactly scintillating television, and Sean McDonough left ESPN's package because the games were horrible. Jets-Lions would definitely be chalked up in the "awful" category.

The last time the Jets appeared on Monday Night, they got leveled by the Indianapolis Colts 41-10 in December of 2016.

The last time the Lions opened a season on Monday Night, they blew out the Giants 35-14 in 2014.

Guess, we are in for a 55-10 Lions smackdown of the Jets. Should be a snoozer.

Meanwhile, the Jets are rumored to host their home opener in Week 2 against the Green Bay Packers thanks to an accidental leak by a Packers coach who showed off half of Green Bay's upcoming schedule. While the start time for Jets-Packers isn't available, the guess here is it will be at 1 p.m. on FOX.