Atlanta Falcons' 2020 schedule begins to leak as official release approaches

Official leaks are beginning to surface.

The official NFL schedule release program airs tonight at 8PM ET on ESPN and NFL Network, but leaks are already flying out on Twitter. The entire New Orleans Saints schedule has leaked, as has the Chicago Bears'. 

#Saints schedule leaked fully:

Week 1: Bucs
2: #Raiders [MNF]
3: #Packers [SNF]
4: At #Lions
5: #Chargers [MNF]
6: Bye
7: #Panthers
8: At #Bears
9: At #Bucs [SNF]
10: #49ers
11: #Falcons
12: At #Broncos
13: At #Falcons
14: At #Eagles
15: #Chiefs
16: Vikings
17: At #Panthers

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) May 7, 2020

These leaks resulted in three games being leaked for the Atlanta Falcons. Here's the full list of leaked games as of now, adding in a leak out of Carolina:

Week 2: at Dallas Cowboys, Sep. 20, 1 PM ET

Week 3: vs. Chicago Bears, Sept. 27, 1 PM ET

Week 4: at Green Bay Packers, Oct. 5, Monday Night Football

Week 5: vs. Carolina Panthers, Oct. 11, 1 PM ET

Week 8: at Carolina Panthers (primetime on Thursday Oct. 29, per report) 

Week 11: at New Orleans Saints, Nov. 22, 1 PM ET

Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints, Dec. 6, 1 PM ET

Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

More leaks will probably surface before the NFL officially releases everything later on tonight, but as of 6:30 PM ET, nearly half of the schedule is already leaked. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play in New Orleans vs. the Saints in Week 1, while the Panthers will reportedly host the Las Vegas Raiders in the same week. This rules out a potential division game to start the season. Stay tuned.

Update: The Falcons announced on Twitter they plan to release their own schedule at 7:30 PM ET.

yall know we like to have some fun at schedule release! 😂

Real talk- 7:30pm we got you covered.

8pm - NFL Network

— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) May 7, 2020