NFL schedule 2024: Biggest revenge games on slate, including Russ Wilson vs. Sean Payton, Super Bowl rematch

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The 2024 NFL schedule was finally released on May 15, the latest date it’s been dropped in recent memory. And just like last year, I’m here to give you the best revenge games on the upcoming regular-season slate. 

If you’re one of those clowns (like Pete Prisco) who claim revenge games aren’t real, get a clue, man. Not only will I prove it to you in the list of 10 games, but we have a current superstar wide receiver who has gone on record saying revenge games are absolutely a thing. 

Amon-Ra St. Brown — the man who lists off every wide receiver drafted ahead of him every day when he wakes up — told our FFT guys that revenge games are absolutely real. 

Generally speaking, we like to find non-divisional games to include here, but we’ve made some exceptions below. Enjoy and soak up the spite. 

Honorable mentions

Why just honorable mention? Because ordinarily I don’t like to include divisional matchups on this list because these teams play each other multiple times per year and there’s always bad blood. Every player should be amped to go up against a hated division rival. But in this particular case there are two running backs who happened to swap teams this past year — Saquon Barkley and Aaron Jones — that have fairly early season matchups against their old squads. 

Barkley has been getting KILLED this offseason by insane Giants fans, and he can viably be miffed because New York never actually paid him despite drafting him second overall. Jones got kicked to the curb by the Packers despite being a fan favorite and lighting up rushing defenses down the stretch to help Green Bay make the playoffs last year. He quickly inked with the Vikings and should be out to crush his old team, Full Favre Style in Week 4 of the season. 

Week 1, 8:20 p.m. ET, ESPN

You may be wondering “Whaaaaaaaa” with this one. Well, we’re going to give you a couple reasons: Aaron Rodgers is going to try and…

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Author : Will Brinson

Publish date : 2024-05-20 21:00:49

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