 yesterday the NFL released their slate of international games and today they have released the official 2023 schedule so let's just kick it off with season kickoff of course it just feels right to me the Falcons regular season will start September the 10th as they host the Carolina Panthers as we have the Falcons play the Panthers twice a year but they won't see them again for 13 weeks which was very different from last season and of course week 4 the Falcons and the Jaguars will meet in London but instead of the bye week being immediately after London the Falcons will be waiting until week 11 for it but it actually worked out perfectly for the Falcons because listen to this when they come back from the bye the Falcons will host the Saints which will be the first meeting of the season this could be a huge advantage for the Falcons considering how close the NFC South could end up being honestly it could be so close it might be decided by the very last game in the season when the Saints host the Falcons I know this schedule looks to be promising for the Falcons and based off the strength of schedule it's the easiest one in the league and I know I didn't get to all the games but I'm sitting down with Scott Bear and Derek Rackley a little later to talk about these games a little bit deeper but in the meantime this has been a rapid reaction presented by Ticketmaster