NFL Rumors: Steelers, Ravens Will Play Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, Redskins To Start 2020 Schedule

The 2020 NFL schedule will be released Thursday night, detailing the dates and start times for each regular-season game. Before the announcement, there are plenty of rumors regarding what the first month of the upcoming season will look like.

The NFC East is scheduled to play the AFC North in 2020. According to ESPN’s John Clayton, all of those interconference matchups will take place over the first four weeks.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will reportedly face the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and Washington Redskins in some order from Weeks 1-4. The same goes for the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals.

Likewise, the Cowboys, Eagles, Giants and Redskins will all take on the NFC North in the season’s first month.

.@JohnClaytonNFL tells @937theFan that the NFL schedule will be NFC vs AFC for the 1st 4 weeks of the season. Steelers play the NFC East. So 1st 4 games would be Cowboys, Eagles, Redskins, and Giants.
— Andrew Fillipponi (@ThePoniExpress) May 6, 2020

Other schedule rumors include Eagles at Steelers, week 1. That would also fit this expected set-up of interconference games the first four weeks, just in case the NFL needs to cut them in a shortened season. https://t.co/jLMueBWVYm
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) May 6, 2020

Both divisions only had one playoff representative in the 2019 season. The Baltimore Ravens won the AFC North with a league-best 14-2 record. The Philadelphia Eagles finished atop the NFC East with a 9-7 record.

Baltimore was upset in the divisional playoffs by the Tennessee Titans when unanimous MVP Lamar Jackon committed three turnovers. Philadelphia lost to the Seattle Seahawks in the wild-card round after Carson Wentz was knocked out of the contest early on with a concussion.

Pittsburgh finished a game out of the playoffs, going 9-7 with Ben Roethlisberger sidelined for 14 games. Dallas went 8-8 and missed the postseason with the NFL’s No.1 ranked offense.

The Steelers and Cowboys are scheduled to play the year’s very first contest when they meet in the 2020 Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio on Aug. 6.

Cleveland was arguably the NFL’s most disappointing team. The Browns went 6-10, and Baker Mayfield regressed following an impressive rookie campaign.

Cincinnati won an NFL-worst two games last season, allowing them to select LSU quarterback Joe Burrow with the No.1 overall draft pick. The Heisman Trophy winner is expected to be the Bengals’ starting quarterback.

Washington had the No.2 pick, tied for an NFC-worst 3-13 record. New York was 4-12.