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schyzotypalmind · 22 days

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The mistreatment and character assasination of Asuka Kazama

We can all agree that Tekken 8 has been the nail in the coffin for Asuka´s character development and treatment in general.

Asuka Kazama was introduced in Tekken 5 as an ambiguous Kazama style user, lover of animal, justice and nature.

Us veteran can agree that that we all thought at first that either Asuka was Jin´s little sister or a cousin of Jin Kazama.

After Jun´s disappearance in Tekken 3 and her reintroduction in the non canonical game of Tekken Tag, her spot was pretty much empty since even Jin, pretty much abandoned Kazama Style after the events of Tekken 3.

Now, we can start analazying who she was first and how her relevance to the story and future plans for her were pretty much obliterated.

Asuka was presented as a tomboyis girl that loved to make peace on her terms, even stopping gangs from killing each other.

She loved bicycles and wore a sports outfit. Her dojo was mostly destroyed and her father injured because Feng Wei was in a rampage trying to basically, level up his skills and demonstrate that he was the stronger warrior out there.

She joined the tournament, not knowing absolutely anything about Jin. Surprisingly, she had the same Kazama powers as Jun, healing and resurrecting (????) Devil Jin to the point of expelling the Devil out of Jin. After a ...well, "funny", embarrasing and kinda disgusting moment with Jin, people started to speculate A LOT. (you known, the boob scene)

Her popularity grew, opening new mysteries about the Kazama family and the part that they were gonna play in the future.

Fanfics blew up, edits, theories...

Now, pretty much in Tekken 6 they tease us that somehow they are related to each other. Jin went nuts with WW3... this is where the problem starts.

She had zero relevance to the story. You could think, oh "Lars is a new character, she can join with him to defeat Jin because she has this powers or for whatever reason because she just wants to stop him", but nope... she just had a few lines, boring ending that had nothing to do with it and then, gone.

Tekken 7 was focused on Heihachi and Kazuya mostly to the point that Jin was comatose THE ENTIRE GAME. So obviously, Asuka was out of the conversation too. She then got involved into this stupid rivalry with Lili which I learnt how to love because I find them very gay and I love my lesbian girlies. But that´s another topic.

A lot of veterans were thinking which type of relevance was going to have Asuka, since Jun was back, Kazuya was now the nº1 public enemy and Jin was having a crisis with his Devil Gene.

This is the point where her character and relevance died to never (probably) come back.

She just...joins the team with Lili, asks the type of family that she is with Jin which is basically non existen, they are part of the same clan... but not closely ralated, doesn´t even help exorcising Jin or Kaz and just when we thought she was going to be present in Yakushima only for her TO NOT EVEN BE THERE. Her powers??? which powers? Namco forgot about them, not relevant at all...

I just give up at this point. Fans are trying to cope with the fact that in Tekken 9 she will help exorcising Reina because her and Jun are the only ones with powers now but I´m telling you... nothing is going to happen. With Jun? obviously, she has gain even more popularity now been one of the strongest and best fighters and characters in T8 but Asuka? not development, nothing. Forget it, she won´t have any relevance in Tekken 9. It makes me really sad because they could expand the Kazama family with her father and Jun maybe joining or making a team to defeat Kaz or Reina but nope. Mark my words, Asuka won´t have relevance in the future.

They even made a inside joke with Hwoarang thinking that she was Jin´s little sister.

The level of disrespect that Namco had with this characters is astonishing. So yeah, I guess I only have left fanfics and that´s about it.

Thanks for my talk about the Horrible Murder... of Asuka Kazama.

#tekken #tekken 8 #tekken memes #jun kazama #reina mishima #asuka kazama #kazuya mishima

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jemmo · 1 year

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is it ok to speculate about the show in your inbox? if you do mind, feel free to ignore this! but I've been rewatching the trailer, & I have an idea about how the plot might develop. the relationship develops, peaks when JW and JH go on a trip together (JH taking pictures of JW), somebody confronts JW about it (heard in the trailer), then there is the required Korean separation... but we hear JH telling JW he remembers everything & we have the "love that cannot end" line.

omg anon yes you can ABSOLUTELY speculate in my asks. i welcome any and all t8s discourse bc this show has well and truly taken over my life.

anyway I see where you’re coming from. I think there’s definitely gonna be something that goes down for someone to say that line to jaewon and that kind of feeling of people being suspicious and being into them and this private relationship they’ve developed, I think that might spook him and cause some distance. i could even get see us getting to a point with jaewon where he acts so entirely different around jihyun than he does with others that it starts to become unbearable, where he gets sick of who he has to be with others when he knows what it’s like to be himself, but also when he gets to that crossroads and it’s a matter of admitting his relationship with jihyun or not, i can see why he’d revert to that mask and go backwards, bc that step is too big for him.

the only thing is I don’t know how we reach that point. there’s almost 2 trajectories in the story, how the jaewon and jihyun relationship develops and how they develop individually and with others, and I think it’s those external forces that are then gonna seep in and out a pressure on this relationship that’s supposed to be escape and comfort and freedom and they’re gonna have to come back down at some point and realise that to have this, it can’t be this fantasy, it has to be based in reality, but for jaewon to blend those two worlds, those 2 parts of himself, the mask and the real him, or to further drop the mask altogether… idk I just feel like that might be the emotional crux of the story??? and that jihyun line about remembering everything is so the line he’d say after meeting after a while, after being apart, and after jaewon has… I don’t wanna say broken up but distanced himself, or even rejected what they had, and trying to get jaewon to fight for him, for them. it’s a matter of whether jaewon can get over the barriers in his life so that jihyun can be a part of it.

but also there’s all this looming traumatic backstory stuff and maybe something happening to jihyun that opens that wound might also be a breaking point that pushes jaewon to back off, idk. the only thing I’ve learnt about this show so far is that it’s so hard to predict bc they somehow give us so much in each ep, but not a lot that you can use to predict what’s next. they really could take us anywhere and in the meantime we can just grasp at our straws like the crazy people we are.

anyway thank you for the lovely anon and apologies for the messy rambling 💖💖

#the eighth sense #we all delulu about this show #but rlly bc show is so character driven and not plot driven it’s much harder to predict #bc humans and these characters specifically are so unpredictable #and we’re just along for the ride

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negrowhat · 1 year

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t8s fam...if y'all don't want spoilers from the movie version then I would steer clear of the Twitters there are hella clips trending on there while people speculate the ending for the series.

#the eighth sense

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erenaeoth · 2 years

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In a perfect world, what does your T8 story look like? (And what is the educated, 'realistic' expectation?)

Hopes for Tekken 8

Hmm, well I wrote a post-Tekken 7 story with lots of my ideas in, and I guess that's probably still my preferred go to for a conclusion for Kazuya and Jin. It gives them both something resembling an opportunity at redemption, or at least goes some way to repairing a relationship between them, from which they can then try to find meaning.

I've also speculated in the past about a post-Tekken 7 return of Jun Kazama and what that could possibly look like. And another time I talked about the role of Hwoarang and Xiaoyu in helping Jin to find meaning in existence again. And I've also discussed some hopes and fears for Tekken 8 over here.

I think there are lots of different directions that a good story could go, and it will be more about the execution than the ideas. We could see the return of Azazel, as hinted by Zafina's arm, we could see the return of Jun and a possible canonisation of something Unknown-related, we could have a giant mecha-Heihachi, or Claudio's demonic arm careening out of control. Any of these if done right could make a great story, but for me, whether its good or not will come down to the arcs they let their characters undertake.

I've mentioned lots of times before, but I would like to see something other than just a repeat of Kazuya and Heihachi's fight, except this time between two devils. I would also like to see something from Jin that isn't just a mirror image of Kazuya except for plot armour reasons he still counts as the good guy. If Jin chooses to use his Devil the way Kazuya does, then he needs to fall and the narrative needs to embrace that he is as, if not more, villainous than Kazuya. If Jin chooses a different path, then I think that first of all needs to try and be a non-violent one, and, failing this, should at least show us his mental anguish in having to become the evil he is trying to defeat. Personally I would like something like a redemption arc for him, but not one when he just broodingly flies away like in Blood Vengeance. I want him to have found a reason for living and to try and repair himself and hold himself accountable to the world for his actions.

For Kazuya, I don't mind whether or not he gets a redemption arc, but I want the complexity of his character to be shown. I would like the sympathetic parts of his character to have a little screen time, not to absolve him of his actions, but to draw attention to the fact that an abused child used a genetic abnormality within him to fight for survival and that it is from this fear-bound mindset that we have the tyrant we know today. He doesn't need to be redeemed, but the tragedy of his humanity does need to be acknowledged.

I'm repeating myself a lot from other posts here, but I don't really have a 'perfect Tekken 8 story' in mind. As long as it treats its characters with integrity and resolves the arcs it has set up and does something interesting and true to character with them, then I won't mind.

I do think that is a lot to ask though. Later games have overlooked and neglected earlier game lore before, and I think with a project that's been going on this long and has so many millions of dollars wrapped up in it, it's quite possible that artistic merit won't be at the forefront of a future Tekken game. For me, lots of the great parts of Tekken were in what wasn't said, as much as what was. There are lots of summaries in prologues that lay the bare bones of a story and leave a lot to imagination. This made them very rich to me. By contrast, there's not a lot of room for imagination in something like the story mode of Tekken 7, and clumsier aspects of writing come through more obviously. There are lots of aspects of Tekken 7's story that I like, and I do feel like Kazuya's multifaceted elements haven't been forgotten with lots of the artistic choices in Tekken 7, but we also inevitably have to neglect the rich diversity of the Tekken universe in order to have such a linear, cinematic story.

I don't want Tekken to devolve into a Mortal Kombat-style forced chapter story with each character having an episode, however shoe-horned, but I do think there needs to be a lot more creativity in thinking about how to better let other characters have stories within the game. My favourite dialogue between Lee and Lars comes from a Tekken Pachislot game, where they talk about their differences in approach, and Lee is reluctant to adopt Lars's full on militarism. That should be something that is accessible and enjoyable through a main Tekken game, not left to chance footage only viewable on a slot machine in one country and language.

Even if they stick with their "chapter episodes" for non-main story characters, there should at least be a chapter for every character, including DLC characters, and preferably a full English translation of each character's Japanese biography at least available on the English Official Website, instead of the snippet biographies there are at present.

In terms of what I think they'll actually do, we've got it confirmed that Kazuya and Jin will clash at some point, and that Jin seems to make much greater use of his Devil Gene. From the way the choice with the breaking chains was discussed in the press release, it seems they will go the way of Jin letting Devil loose in some capacity. So I think a major componant of Tekken 8 will be 'how do we deal with unleashed Devil Jin', because the either Jin has to have a more Kazuya-style control of his gene, which means aligning his will more to Devil's, or Devil has fully taken over him and is out for blood. It would be kind of cool to see a reversal, where people again rely on Kazuya to bring Jin to heel, but at the end of the day he's again only seen as villanous for this act. More realistically though, I guess Devil Jin will defeat Kazuya, and we'll then have to have a section on how to bring Jin back to himself, perhaps involving Claudio and Xiaoyu. If we're lucky, we'll get Lars on the sidelines offering to shoot him, and Lee telling him to chill tf out until they try some other options first. Then maybe Jin will be cleansed of his devil and feel awful so walk off into the sunset never to be seen again. idk man, i'm just thinking of all the tepid ways to resolve this conflict whilst maximising showy fights, which is about my expectations for the game. I'm going to try and pour out some more fanfic just in case the game disappoints me into losing my drive.

Cheers for the ask!

#tekken 8 #jin kazama #kazuya mishima #tekken thoughts #asks #chasing demons

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icecoldwilliams · 1 year

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𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍✲・*:･ﾟ :

First, I have mixed feelings about her design. In general I mostly like it, but I am very curious about the implications behind it. Mainly how the new hairstyle, the style of the dress and the fishnet stockings definitely give more Anna vibes than Nina. It's a very odd mix of Anna vibes and Nina's cocktail dress from DBD vibes? Thus I am very curious about what the new look may be foreshadowing with her and Anna's relationship in T8. — It could either be another case of Nina did something horrible and is pulling another wedding dress stunt - or, depending on what Anna's new design may be, it could be a case of maybe by some miracle the sisters are finally starting to put themselves in each others shoes and see each others perspectives.

It’s a small detail and probably doesn’t mean much, but I also find the gold accents interesting. Canon outfits wise and other than T5, after T1 we’ve really only ever seen Nina with silver accents.

If there's one thing I don't like about her new design, it's the fringe on her dress, and the fact that now muses that ship w her won't be able to make her blush by freeing her hair from her ponytail 🥺💔 (at least in her T8 verse). Like that's one of the biggest things she's soft to no wonder she cut it. 😔💔 – As for the awkward fringe on her dress, I feel like making her outfit either a simple shorter cocktail dress or a top & skirt / shorts would've been far better? Or hell just keep the long dress and get rid of the fringe, it bugs me way more than it should omg.

But also JUSTICE FOR NINA'S BANGS 2K23 FINALLY 😭💜💜💜💜 As someone who highly prefers a side part herself, I can not tell you how many times I've wished Nina would switch to one but I didn't think it would ever happennnn. I'm loving it for herrr.

I am also absolutely in love with how they're letting our fatal Queen use her weapons 😭💜 Her new rage art is perfection ✨

I got my wish of Mary returning to voice Nina yet again 🥺💜 With how busy she's been w tlovm and no doubt probably other projects, one of my biggest concerns was she wouldn't be available this time around and I am so glad that concern can now be put to rest.

I'm also very curious about how they chose a stage set seemingly close to a Zaibatsu facility to portray her in? It could be nothing, just a matter of them wanting to show off that stage, but it really has me thinking about where she might stand on the whole Zaibatsu vs G-Corp vs Yggdrasil thing now. – Someone else on twitter pointed out the fact that she's fighting Lars in half of her trailer might indicate she's still against Yggdrasil? But idk if I 100% believe that or not. – The always amazing and wonderful @teslagravity pointed out her new ending w the helicopter is very reminiscent of her ending with Anna from Tag 2 which just further has me speculating both of their current stances in this war.

But overall I am hella hype. Hella excited. The new look is going to take some getting used to for sure, but I am so looking forward to where things might be going for our Queen 💜💜💜

Still not quite sure about what I may do for a T8 verse quite yet since what Nina's up to was kept pretty vague in her trailer. But I do want to work on progressing things a little bit instead of just waiting for more info. I'll likely be sticking with my after T7 - pre-T8 main verse for now, just starting to lean closer to T8 timeline wise unless a interaction calls for otherwise.

In the meantime, look how pretty!! 😭 ✲・*:･ﾟ:

#⁺˚*𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒.*˚⁺ - OOC Post #⁺˚*𝒴𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉?*˚⁺ - Random Thoughts #⁺˚*𝒟𝒾𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝒮𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒*˚⁺ - T8

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starsickkk · 1 year

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some thoughts on jaewon's therapy scenes

the therapy scenes always start off with a cut to a black screen.

as others have established already, both jaewon and the therapist are wearing the same clothes in all the therapy clips thus far, so they're all from the same session.

i've also not seen jaewon in the exact same outfit so far in the series but i'm happy to stand corrected. edit: i stand corrected, he wears it in most of episode 5, thank you @linxjng!

(i've upped the brightness so his outfit his easier to see)

i'm a little confused about how he first started going to therapy. in episode 3, the therapist states that he's been coming since high school and jaewon says it's because he was stressed about exams and his parents forced him to go:

but then in episode 5, the therapist mentions something about a hospital. my initial thought was that the hospital they took his little brother to after the accident, sent jaewon to therapy because he quite literally witnessed his little brother die in front of him, but this doesn't seem to line up with what he said in episode 3.

another thought that crossed my mind was maybe he ended up in hospital when he was in high school because preparing for college entrance exams exacerbated his trauma and grief, leading to some kind of mental-health incident.

the constant call back to drugs, from the episode 3 and 5 clips and the special release video are also concerning to say the least:

especially now with all the theories about jaewon potentially being in a drug-induced state, hence the odd lighting and filters. it would also make him an unreliable narrator throughout episode 6, explaining some of the strange things that happened.

#thoughts??? and prayers #the eighth sense #t8s speculation

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mana-sputachu · 2 years

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A lot of people keep saying that T9 will have a large time skip similar to T3 and will focus on Jin and Xiaoyu's kid/s (imagine where a thirty-something Xiaoyu gonna be) but… it doesn't make much sense. Yes, I see it in the future maybe but not so early on? Jin's storyline is nowhere near finished and it would be sad to see him rendered to nothing more than the new protagonist's dad after so many years of struggle. He's always been an iconic character but I feel like we never truly saw him shine, if you get what I mean? When he's the sole focus of the story, he's either the cool Kazuya replacement with too much package (so just Kazuya replacement), or he was basically the villain. I want to see him heal. I know Tekken is a story not about good vs evil but evil vs another, maybe lesser evil, but damn it I want to see him a little happy. And it isn't about what I want to see, it also doesn't make sense to move so fast when so much of the story is still unraveled or needs to be told, and I doubt everything will be resolved in T8. They had the ability to do large time skip back in T3 days because people weren't as attached to the characters as we are now. A time-skip will change most of the roster (again, no older females in Tekken hah ha h a :/). And the fact that the last 57 Tekkens all happened in the same year? They are clearly drawing this out. Am I talking nonsense?? I've seen this theory way too much now i just… argh sorry for talking so much about this

Okay, first of all do not apologize for your message! It's been ages since I've got so many nice and interesting messages here on tumblr, and I'm having a blast responding and brainstorming (or just fangirling) with ya all! And Tekken is one of my fave things ever that is now taking over my brain (together with KoF) again, so it's all good here! If ya all want to keep message me, please feel free to do so!❤️

And I agree with your point of view, such a sudden time skip wouldn't make sense. Jin stated multiple times ingame that he wants to eradicate his remaining family members before killing himself (JIN NO), so having such a big time skip with a new Mishima, possibly his son/daughter seems... nonsensical. Jin wants to end his bloodline as of now, so I'd put that idea aside. And we're not even sure he'll be able to really kill/beat Kazuya this time.... hell, since it's Harada we're talking about, we're not even sure Heihachi is really dead. You know he's more than capable to revive him just because the old fart has tons of fans (especially among professional/semi professional players). When the trailer dropped, me and @askkrisachan were speculating about it, thinking Harada would be more than capable to revive him a la Jinpachi. ANYWAY. You're right in saying Jin's story is yet to be done. Even if he manages to win against his clan, there's still the Devil Gene. He seems to be somewhat in control of it in that trailer but... is that true? He seemed vaguely in control even in his T4 ending, managing to summon his wings only, but we know he wasn't thanks to his T5 prologue. He also seemed somewhat able to control it at the end of T7 (after that long ass beauty sleep) but again... how much of that is true? It's something worth exploring imho... and Claudio could be used for that. Something along the line of: with Kazuya and Heihachi gone for good, Jin is trying to do something good and restoring peace helped by Lee (and Lars, reclutantly), but Claudio helds a new tournament cause he's still interested in the Devil gene. Not the most brilliant plot BUT a step away from the whole Mishima saga and villain!Jin, and towards Jin's redemption arc, fighting once again for the good reasons... and still struggling with his inner demon, because we love angst and makes sense with his character and growth. And yeah, given how they're spreading 989882332 tournaments in the span of a few months, I doubt there will be a big time skip with T9. Maybe 2-3 years, but nothing like T2/3- As you said, at the time people weren't so attached to the characters yet, they weren't fully developed yet, ending were very short and the story felt more like a puzzle to put together. Probably it was like that for the team too, testing waters while deciding in what direction they wanted to go.

Granted, it's also Harada we're talking about, the man who once in a video intervew told that the creation of Alisa and Lars was basically "here's some random words, create two new characters based on those", so he might pull something like that if he's drunk enough... but I sincerely hope not.

#tekken #tekken 8 #jin kazama #kazuya mishima #heihachi mishima #text post #replies #anonymous

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demonsfate · 2 years

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it’s always so funny to me when i see ppl speculate the T8 trailer and debate who you’re supposed to be “rooting” for. with some people even saying “they’re both antiheroes who’s done bad things you’re not supposed to root for either :)” and it’s like. other than the first game, when has kazuya ever been an antihero instead of just a villain. T7 doesn’t count because that’s when both characters were just awful, selfish people. most of kaz’s goals are selfish and for the sake of his own power and profit. (also never mind all the horrible, illegal stuff he did during T2) T6 is the only time jin has done anything horrible - and aside from its highly questionable portrayal of jin and him being totally out of character, even in it - jin had claims that it was indeed for the benefit of the world, literally saving it (by... ruining it at the same time LMAO) meanwhile, kaz’s main actions in the games, but maybe 1, was never for the benefit of anyone else other than himself. yes, jin’s motives of wanting to literally kill his family can be considered not very heroic - but even that is for the sake of the world, and both his grandfather and father are very horrible miserable people that it can be agreeable the world would be better off without them all.

while anyone can root for whoever - because it’s just a game. but i think T8 is definitely setting jin up to be the “hero” in this battle, the “better man” in terms of morality. especially given the T7 ending or whateves when they practically tell jin that the war is still going on despite him not being involved in it anymore, and heihachi being dead - and stating that the world will remain in chaos until something is done about kazuya, and jin being carrier of the devil gene, is the only one who can stop him. thus, stopping kazuya will save the world, in a way.

#✏️ - ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏsᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ // (ooc)#//i can't believe there's a reddit post saying 'you're not supposed to root for either in T8 and i think that's interesting :)'#// that has 500+ karma and i'm like...... what #// guys...... have y'all been....... paying attention to the story at all #// jin's still clearly the lesser of the evils #// anyways i'll do replies soon just gettin over a hangover rn

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tekken-thoughts · 3 years

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The final fight between Kazuya and Heihachi was spectacular, without a doubt they could have added some improvements but it was a relatively well. With that being said, any speculations or ideas on how the next chapter between Kazuya and Jin will play out both narrative and gameplay wise?

Hello stranger! Thanks for the answer! It's a real interesting one. I have to think about it a lot because it wasn't something I thought of before. We're pretty sure the final fight will involve Kazuya and Jin. If T7 was the end of the Mishima Saga but I believe T8 will be the end of the Devil Gene. I believe the fully forms of Kazuya and Jin with be own here.

I'm sure there will be big story mode like in Tekken 7. I just hope characters not in the main story don't suffer again. Tekken 7 has sold really well so there should be a lot of improvement for Tekken 8.

Also, I believe something A LOT of fans have will show face. I seems that the only things that can truly surpress the Devil's power in those of Kazama blood. Jun and Asuka. I think Jun will return in some way. Maybe not as Jun but as something or someone else. Either way, the Kazama being will be involved (probably side with Jin) in the fight against Kazuya imo.

#tekken jin #tekken #tekken tag #kazuya mishima #jin kazama #tekken 8 #jun kazama #fan fiction #tekken thoughts

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sunfish-exotics · 6 years

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Addition Plans for 2018?

What are you planning on adding? Here’s my tentative list, feel free to reblog and add yours or make a new post! This is all speculative but it’s nice to type it up..

LEOPARD GECKOS

Firebold male leopard gecko (gonna buy as soon as I find one, top priority)

Maybe an Extreme Bold female or WY Bell female

WESTERN HOGNOSES Either this pair:

Snowconda male

Axanthiconda het. Albino female

Axanthiconda het Albino male

Albinoconda het Axanthic female

(Depending on hatchling odds and sales. Snowcondas are ungodly expensive lol)

MAYBE:

A pair of toffeeconda western hogs OR a pair of toxic makers, OR a pair of het. Sables (again depending on odds / sales / and the amount of animals I holdback, gotta think about what I want to work with pre-move)

A deppei jani male

A YELLOW gargoyle gecko (why are yellows so heckin hard to find) OR a pair / trio of oedura sp geckos

PROJECTS:

Wacky tacky / bioactive dinosaur themed leopard gecko 20g long for Coal

3D Backgrounds for Garnet & Beryl’s permanent enclosures.

Add two AP T8s (hognoses, leonis kings), one AP T12 (corn snakes) (after xmas)

#reptiblr #2018 plans

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wsmith215 · 4 years

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NFL schedule release date 2020: When to expect an announcement, strength of schedule & more

In a typical year, the NFL likes to set its schedule release date for roughly a week before the NFL Draft. For obvious reasons, though, 2020 is not a typical year.

The coronavirus pandemic has either outright canceled or postponed almost all sporting events around the globe for the coming months. In that sense, the NFL was fortunate to be in its offseason when the outbreak reached the United States, but now the NFL schedule release — and what that schedule might look like when it is released — is a big question mark for America’s most popular sports league.

Below is what we know about the NFL’s plans for its 2020 schedule release. We now know the date which the schedules will be announced, as well as the opponents for all 32 teams and, based on winning percentage from last season, the strength of schedule rankings.

MORE: Complete NFL Draft results

NFL schedule release date 2020

The NFL says it will release the 2020 schedule on Thursday, May 7. It will broadcast the proceedings live on NFL Network. That’s a few weeks later than the typical release date that comes the week before the draft, which this year was April 23-25.

The NFL is planning to schedule a full, 16-game season as of now. All NFL team facilities are currently shut down due to the pandemic, and offseason programs are being altered significantly.

The NFL isn’t scrapping the offseason programs but instead planning for virtual programs in the short term with the possibility of eventually conducting a shortened offseason program at team facilities.

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) March 31, 2020

The league likes to release its complete schedule roughly a week before the draft in part because it’s an open window for media coverage. Yet in 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic having cleared the sports calendar through the spring and into the summer, the NFL forcing its schedule release before the draft was necessary if media coverage and fan attention is what the league craves. May and June are wide open.

Another issue is the doubt surrounding how the schedule will play out — and if it will play out at all. While there has been no official word on the status of the 2020 college and pro football seasons, late-summer sports like the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been impacted by the virus, and some like ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit have speculated publicly that there will be no NFL season.

“The easy answer and the hard answer are the same answer — which is it’s too soon to tell,” NFLPA medical director Thom Mayer said on Adam Schefter’s podcast on March 30 when asked whether there will be a 2020 NFL season. “I think we’re going to know a lot more in late May, early June.”

On a less important level, the NFL pushing back its schedule release date in 2020 surely is welcomed by those who are tasked with creating the schedule. The difficult process takes months, and any extra time could help ensure fairness for all 32 teams as well as optimal prime-time lineups for the NFL’s broadcast partners.

Bill Belichickhttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/a6/98/bill-belichick-010520-getty-ftrjpg_t4wvmaqdwsy1193m9mlmv9qr5.jpg?t=1952203527&w=500&quality=80

Who has the toughest NFL schedule in 2020?New England Patriots (.537 opponents win percentage)Home Away Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins New York Jets New York Jets Arizona Cardinals Houston Texans Baltimore Ravens Kansas City Chiefs Denver Broncos Los Angeles Chargers Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Rams San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks

Thanks to the lowly Dolphins and the average-at-best Jets, the Patriots are dragged down by the 2019 records of their divisional opponents (44-52). But their rotational opponents in 2020 are tough.

New England draws Super Bowl-champion Kansas City in addition to first-place opponents Baltimore and Houston. And like everybody else in the AFC East, the Patriots have to play against the NFC West, one of if not the best division in football.

New England will have seven matchups with teams that won 10 or more regular-season games last year.

Lamar Jacksonhttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/5b/1c/lamar-jackson-011120-getty-ftr_gcl3dhv8vnsb133dqgszpqmzw.jpg?t=-1747086089&w=500&quality=80

Who has the easiest NFL schedule in 2020?Baltimore Ravens (.438 opponents win percentage)Home Away Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers Dallas Cowboys Houston Texans Jacksonville Jaguars Indianapolis Colts Kansas City Chiefs New England Patriots New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles Tennessee Titans Washington Redskins

Though the Ravens technically have the easiest schedule for 2020 in terms of opponents’ 2019 win percentage, chances are they won’t actually have the easiest schedule in 2020.

For one, we expect their division opponents in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Cincinnati to improve upon the 32-64 mark they posted last season. Likewise, other teams on their schedule like the Giants, Eagles and Colts could end up with more wins this year. And yes, as a first-place team, Baltimore still has to play Kansas City.

With all that said, only three teams on the Ravens’ schedule won more than 10 regular-season games last year.

2020 NFL strength of schedule rankings

Even though we don’t know the specifics of the 2020 NFL schedule like dates and kickoff times, we do know all the matchups. So based on 2019 win percentages, we can determine the NFL strength of schedule rankings for 2020.

Below are those rankings, from the toughest schedule in New England to the easiest schedule in Baltimore.

Rank Team Opponents’ 2019 win percentage 1 New England Patriots .537 (137-118-1) 2 New York Jets .533 (136-119-1) 3 Miami Dolphins .529 (135-120-1) 4 San Francisco 49ers .527 (134-120-2) T5 Buffalo Bills .525 (134-121-1) T5 Atlanta Falcons .525 (134-121-1) T5 Detroit Lions .525 (134-121-1) T8 Arizona Cardinals .518 (132-123-1) T8 Houston Texans .518 (132-123-1) T10 Minnesota Vikings .516 (131-123-2) T10 Los Angeles Rams .516 (131-123-2) 12 Denver Broncos .512 (131-125) T13 Chicago Bears .508 (129-125-2) T13 Seattle Seahawks .508 (129-125-2) 15 Green Bay Packers .504 (128-126-2) T16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers .502 (128-127-1) T16 Indianapolis Colts .502 (128-127-1) T18 Carolina Panthers .500 (127-127-2) T18 Kansas City Chiefs .500 (128-128) 20 Tennessee Titans .498 (127-128-1) 21 Las Vegas Raiders .496 (127-129) 22 Jacksonville Jaguars .494 (126-129-1) 23 Los Angeles Chargers .492 (126-130) 24 New Orleans Saints .490 (125-130-1) 25 Philadelphia Eagles .486 (124-131-1) 26 New York Giants .482 (123-132-1) 27 Cincinnati Bengals .477 (122-134) 28 Washington Redskins .465 (118-136-2) 29 Cleveland Browns .461 (118-138) 30 Dallas Cowboys .459 (117-138-1) 31 Pittsburgh Steelers .457 (117-139) 32 Baltimore Ravens .438 (112-144) 2020 NFL schedule for all 32 teams

The opponents for each NFL team in 2020 were determined upon the conclusion of the 2019 regular season. The league’s scheduling formula guarantees all teams play each other on a rotating basis.

Every team plays …

Home and away against its three division opponentsThe four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating three-year cycleThe four teams from a division in the other conference on a rotating four-year cycleTwo intraconference games based on the prior year’s standings (these games match a first-place team against the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions the team is not scheduled to play that season)

Below are the opponents for each team in 2020.

Josh Allenhttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/d1/94/josh-allen-120319-getty-ftrjpg_1a3rh330k6opa11w6xiof9duub.jpg?t=-855246410&w=500&quality=80

AFC East

New England PatriotsHome: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ersAway: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle SeahawksBuffalo BillsHome: Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle SeahawksAway: Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee TitansNew York JetsHome: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ersAway: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle SeahawksMiami DolphinsHome: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle SeahawksAway: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars, Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers

Baker Mayfieldhttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/ba/90/baker-mayfield-030620-getty-ftrjpg_12cuoy2tx5ajs1rr5nurelzl87.jpg?t=-1425381952&w=500&quality=80

AFC North

Baltimore RavensHome: Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants, Tennessee TitansAway: Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington RedskinsPittsburgh SteelersHome: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington RedskinsAway: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, Tennessee TitansCleveland BrownsHome: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington RedskinsAway: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, New York Jets, Tennessee TitansCincinnati BengalsHome: Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers, New York Giants, Tennessee TitansAway: Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins

Deshaun Watsonhttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/16/f0/deshaun-watson-010420-getty-ftr_1vybqxz6wzk0e130ituoi56q66.jpg?t=1934519591&w=500&quality=80

AFC South

Houston TexansHome: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, New England PatriotsAway: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh SteelersTennessee TitansHome: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh SteelersAway: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota VikingsIndianapolis ColtsHome: Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, New York JetsAway: Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh SteelersJacksonville JaguarsHome: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh SteelersAway: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings

Patrick Mahomeshttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/d6/43/patrick-mahomes-020520-getty-ftrjpg_1we5tomht32wx1dehscnmr1pg0.jpg?t=370735800&w=500&quality=80

AFC West

Kansas City ChiefsHome: Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, New York JetsAway: Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Denver BroncosHome: Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee TitansAway: Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Pittsburgh SteelersLas Vegas RaidersHome: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay BuccaneersAway: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, New York JetsLos Angeles ChargersHome: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, New York JetsAway: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Dak Prescotthttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/ca/67/dak-prescott-121619-getty-ftrjpg_xvz5u6hpjcfs14js8bsbt86wz.jpg?t=296708223&w=500&quality=80

NFC East

Philadelphia EaglesHome: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints, Seattle SeahawksAway: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ersDallas CowboysHome: New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ersAway: New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks

New York Giants

Home: Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay BuccaneersAway: Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle SeahawksWashington RedskinsHome: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle SeahawksAway: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers

Aaron Rodgershttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/77/3f/aaron-rodgers-030320-getty-ftrjpg_ptvzqwpyzn2s1l1ttn2tqmocr.jpg?t=-1598919496&w=500&quality=80

NFC North

Green Bay PackersHome: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee TitansAway: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay BuccaneersMinnesota VikingsHome: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee TitansAway: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay BuccaneersChicago BearsHome: Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Tampa Bay BuccaneersAway: Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Rams, Tennessee TitansDetroit LionsHome: Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington RedskinsAway: Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans

Drew Breeshttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/6/2d/drew-brees-010520-getty-ftrjpg_14ve0lm5r69tn1cvd2m9br5fqh.jpg?t=2008554223&w=500&quality=80

NFC South

New Orleans SaintsHome: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ersAway: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia EaglesAtlanta FalconsHome: Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, Seattle SeahawksAway: Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota VikingsTampa Bay BuccaneersHome: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota VikingsAway: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, New York GiantsCarolina PanthersHome: Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas RaidersAway: Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins

Russell Wilsonhttps://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/8d/b9/russell-wilson-010519-getty-ftrjpg_1ivd6y9pyaz121o5r8trrpd7wc.jpg?t=2019954607&w=500&quality=80

NFC West

San Francisco 49ersHome: Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington RedskinsAway: Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York JetsSeattle SeahawksHome: Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York JetsAway: Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington RedskinsLos Angeles RamsHome: Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York JetsAway: Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington RedskinsArizona CardinalsHome: Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington RedskinsAway: Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets. Source link

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