Bedard: Reaction/quickie predictions with Patriots 2023 schedule released

Patriots announced Tom Brady will be honored before the home opener, which reportedly is Week 1 vs. Eagles. I assume that will be a primetime game.

Here's the entire schedule, via the Patriots:

Well done by Pats social media:

BEDARD'S THOUGHTS/QUICKIE PREDICTION

• Bye week is a little late in Week 11, but it's not terrible. Patriots will play, including the preseason, 13 consecutive weeks before a rest.
• Four prime-time games, although one on Sunday night is on NFL Network, not Sunday Night Football.
• Patriots only have short rest once, and that's the normal Thursday night game ... on the road at Pittsburgh.
• They have 11 days before facing the Chiefs. The Chiefs will be coming off a