We’ve reached the next portion of the NFL offseason, as the dead period between the end of the draft and the start of training camp slowly continues trudging along. That portion, of course, being the schedule release.

Beyond looking at just the opponents themselves, the schedule has its own advantages and disadvantages built into it for every team regarding rest, due to the presence of bye weeks, Thursday night games and Monday night games. Today, I’ll try to break down what those rest advantages and disadvantages look to be for the Falcons in 2022.

See below for Atlanta’s full schedule in 2022:

2022 Falcons regular season schedule

• Week 1: vs.