2026 NFL Schedule Release Reaction

15 May 2026 · 42 min · 26 chapters

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In short

Reaction to the 2026 NFL schedule release, with heavy focus on holiday games (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Christmas Eve), primetime distribution, and notable Week 1 matchups; plus a brief offseason news segment.

Guests

Chris Wesseling Podcast studio hosts Patrick Claiborne and Jordan Rodrigue (speaking alongside Greg and Malik Neighbors/Jeff Halfley references). They discuss schedule storylines and team outlooks.

Key claims

The NFL “juiced” holiday prime windows with the strongest possible matchups, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. Primetime is front-loaded for marquee teams (Rams lead with 7 primetime games). Week 1 is framed as “newness” and early identity tests. They expect Micah Parsons’ status to be uncertain early, with possible PUP-list consideration.

Notable examples

Thanksgiving: Packers-Rams (Netflix), Bears-Lions, Eagles-Cowboys, Chiefs-Bills (NBC), Broncos-Steelers (Black Friday). Week 1 opener: Patriots at Seahawks. Other Week 1 picks: Dolphins at Raiders, Caleb Williams vs Bryce Young (Bears vs Panthers), Packers-Vikings, Bills at Texans, Ravens at Colts, Jets at Titans. News: Malik Nabers knee surgery recovery timeline pushed toward Week 1; Dolphins extend RB Devon Achane (reported $68M/4 years, $32M guaranteed) and discuss his role.

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Chapters

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Anticipation for the Schedule Release

3:36 to 4:50

Hosts discuss the excitement and secrecy surrounding the schedule release.

“I'm just saying this can't even be broadcast throughout the building.”

Key Observations on International Games

4:50 to 5:33

Exploration of NFL's approach to international games and holiday schedules.

“Famously for old around the NFL listeners, hated the schedule release show with a burning passion.”

Thanksgiving Day Matchups

5:33 to 7:22

Analysis of the Thanksgiving Day games and their significance.

“Yes, they're playing a game on the night before Thanksgiving.”

The Importance of High-Profile Games

7:22 to 7:59

Discussion on the strategic placement of high-profile games on holidays.

“what do you think about them using one of the games of the year Mahomes Allen in that Thanksgiving night spot there, Patrick.”

Christmas Day Game Lineup

7:59 to 8:19

Overview of the exciting NFL schedule for Christmas Day.

“If you mess up the Thanksgiving meal, you know, you order pizza and the pizza always satisfies.”

Holiday Season Game Planning

8:19 to 12:11

Hosts reflect on the planning and execution of holiday season games.

“These TV deals are up this year and it's just like, show us what you got.”

Rams' Unique Schedule Insights

12:11 to 14:02

Insightful analysis of the Rams' schedule and its implications.

“They're giving us really, really good, good freaking football games.”

Thanksgiving Holiday Games Discussion

14:02 to 14:48

The hosts discuss Thanksgiving holiday games and their implications for fans.

“of the games of the year, Chiefs and Rams, Patrick, kind of a rematch of that famous, you know, the game that that changed football forever.”

Defrosting Day and Family Traditions

14:48 to 15:36

A humorous take on Thanksgiving Eve and personal family traditions around Rams games.

“I did want to run instead of Thanksgiving Eve, which I know you hate.”

Week One Schedule Analysis

15:36 to 16:42

The hosts analyze and discuss the upcoming week one NFL schedule and key matchups.

“Okay, you have officially filled your Rams quota for the show.”
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Patriots at Seahawks Opener

16:42 to 17:44

In-depth discussion on the significance of the Patriots vs. Seahawks opening game.

“You know, I don't like this idea that, oh, well, he's going to get better by not playing.”

Analyzing Team Performance and Rivalries

17:44 to 18:45

Exploring past performances and rivalries between the Patriots and Seahawks.

“Misremembering a prediction that I made.”

Week One Matchup Highlights

18:45 to 19:50

Highlights of notable matchups in week one, focusing on team dynamics.

“There's a lot of weeks, months to go before this kickoff game, but it's going to be it's and it's also, by the way, it's at Seattle.”

Upcoming Matchups and Player Movements

19:50 to 20:58

Discussion on anticipated matchups and potential player movements affecting the games.

“The reason I guess you feel good about this if you're, you know, NBC and everything, it's like this could be A.J.”

Primetime Games and Their Importance

20:58 to 22:50

Exploring the schedule for primetime games and their significance in the season.

“But you do have the Caleb Williams-Brice Young Bowl, recent number one overall picks.”

Analysis of Primetime Teams and Their Chances

22:50 to 24:28

Analyzing which teams are featured in primetime and their chances of success.

“Not only is that Joe and Troy, but also we pretty much are expecting Patrick Mahomes to be back at that point.”

Sunday Night Football Highlights

24:28 to 26:36

Reviewing exciting matchups in Sunday Night Football and key player perspectives.

“Now, this does not include necessarily like a Saturday afternoon game or it does not include the international games.”

Week 8 and 9 Game Highlights

28:00 to 29:10

Discussion on notable games in weeks 8 and 9 of the NFL schedule.

“There is a Baker primetime game that jumps out to me because that week nine game, the Bucks and the Bears on Sunday night, where I think there's big wildcard implications in that one.”

Exciting Matchups in Week 17

29:10 to 30:20

Analysis of intriguing matchups and their implications for the playoffs.

“And then the close, I really noticed, to the TNF season.”

Primetime Game Discrepancies

30:20 to 31:20

Examining the surprising number of primetime games for certain teams.

“It's setting something in my soul alight.”

Broncos' Schedule Analysis

31:20 to 32:40

In-depth look at the Broncos' schedule and their primetime appearances.

“So not quite as many big spots for them.”

Week One Game Predictions

32:40 to 34:10

Predictions and analyses of the significance of week one games.

“Three out of four games will be on Saturday.”

Malik Neighbors Injury Update

40:14 to 42:00

Update on Malik Neighbors' recovery from surgery and its implications.

“I always say, I think that when we see initial timelines, the swelling before surgery is often actually not taken into account.”

Understanding Giants' Strategy for Malik Neighbors

42:00 to 43:50

Learn about the long-term approach the Giants are taking with Malik Neighbors and their upcoming schedule.

“And instead of saying, hey, let's work through this, get you back out there, play football, football guy.”

Devon A. Chan's Impact on the Dolphins

43:50 to 46:30

Explore the significance of Devon A. Chan's performance and contract extension for the Miami Dolphins.

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Bengals' Challenging Season Ahead

46:30 to 48:52

Discuss the Bengals' schedule and their efforts to start the season strong against tough opponents.

“But, you know, and he will be a big part of the Mike McDaniel return to Miami.”
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3:19Welcome to NFL Daily, where we are ready to break down week one. We have printouts in our hands. We don't have graphics on the show because we are taping this before the official schedule release. Don't tell them, Grant. I'm just saying this can't even be broadcast throughout the building. People cannot know. It is highly secretive. I've got Patrick Claibon and Jordan Rodrigue in the Chris Wesseling podcast studio. Are you ready for the schedule to be released? I'm so ready. This is my first experience doing it this way where we know in advance what's happening. And it's like very, very, very, very, very, very top secret.

3:59I mean, I'm pretty sure they've even changed the glass paneling to just one way glass so nobody can see in, but we can see out. It's kind of a wild day here at the Chris Wessling Podcast Studio. And yet there's more leaks than ever. Most of the schedule, if you're into that sort of thing and we're on Twitter, you have it all. Because I was very curious. Hey, are all these leaks going to be right? Yep. They were basically all right. Oh, they were? That I saw. I didn't get into the leaks, Greg.

4:23Patrick Claybon:Because despite my Shield status, I still protected Greg. Same. Here's what we're going to do on this show. And by the way, we're going to get to a little bit of news at the end of the show. Little Malik neighbors, just Devon H. Antakula. Hey, we cover news on this show. We're going to go through what I think is the most important aspects to the schedule. It's the holidays. It's week one. Maybe some revenge game talk. And then we're on our way. This studio is named for our friend Chris Wessling. Famously for old around the NFL listeners, hated the schedule release show with a burning passion. So I will try to make this show as good as possible and make it happen.

5:06They did not mess around with the holidays. That's my number one takeaway. Or the international games. We talked about the international games at length. Check out Wednesday's show with Ollie Connelly. And so I don't want to repeat myself there. But I did kind of notice. I thought they went out of their way to send teams they expect to be good with. Superstars, good games for all these international, which hasn't always been the case. And then multiply that when you talk about the holiday games. Let's talk about Thanksgiving. Yes, they're playing a game on the night before Thanksgiving. I refuse to call it Thanksgiving Eve.

5:40That's not a thing. Packers-Rams. That's a Netflix game. They also announced a Netflix contract extension with the NFL through 2029. They're getting more games, including that night before Thanksgiving. And that's a banger of a game. And then the triple header on Thanksgiving, Jordan. Bears-Lions. That's like almost the best possible team you could have face the Lions there. Eagles-Cowboys. We knew about that one. And then this one really caught my eye. It's the annual Chiefs-Bills-Mahomes by that point. Josh Allen is the nightcap on NBC. And then you wrap it all up on Black Friday with Broncos Steelers.

6:20What strikes your fancy there about just that Thanksgiving schedule? Other than on paper, I think it's the most loaded Thanksgiving schedule we've had. I would agree with you. And I actually think that this is the NFL making its statement extremely clear and a bold statement at that. It has decided to directly, as a conglomerate, take on big turkey and big stuffing. because good luck paying attention to anything else that's going on on Thanksgiving Day with this entire lineup. I love in the prime window. They give us a game that it's already a storied rivalry in the Eagles and the Cowboys. But this year, both teams made it a little bit more interesting.

6:57I love that it is going to be a team. Both teams that I expect to actually be quality teams this year. Teams that I expect to be good and know their identity by the time they face off in this game. it's Vic Fangio and his protege Christian Parker on the other side in an overhauled Cowboys defense against one of the better teams we've seen just dominant over the last decade or so in the Philadelphia Eagles and a Cowboys team that's trying to prove it's made of some real stuff like this is poetry man I love this in the in the in like the meaty window of Thanksgiving what do you think about them using one of the games of the year Mahomes Allen in that Thanksgiving night spot there, Patrick.

7:34Patrick Claybon:Well, because it gives you a backstop. It gives you a backstop in the event that things don't necessarily go right in the Cowboys-Eagles game. Let's say that one of them falls off the face of the earth, and it's like, oh, we're subject to these teams once again. You have faith in the fact that that's going to be the first time that we get Lions and Bears. To me, that should be the middle game. You start the day with the Cowboys and the Eagles. Not how it works, though. They have the little parade in Detroit. You got to keep the tradition. But you do get the Ben Johnson. If you mess up the Thanksgiving meal, you know, you order pizza and the pizza always satisfies.

8:08So this is this is on theme. I have a theory about all this. Wait, what's the theory? OK, in terms of that, the Christmas is a little extra, that the holiday games are a little extra. We'll get to the Christmas. These TV deals are up this year and it's just like, show us what you got. You know, they haven't finished those contracts out. And it's like, we got to juice this thing at whatever levers we have to pull. You would think they would do that just every year. Maximize, maximize, maximize. But it's not always that way. Sometimes you have some teams in these spots that aren't like the primium of primetime teams.

8:43And I think they like went over the top just trying to get those numbers as big as possible for those contracts.

8:50Patrick Claybon:Yeah. The theory that they enjoy money, I think, is one that we could lean into and kind of do some analysis on that. The trouble is projecting which which of these teams, because there's going to be a worse to first. There's going to be a first to worst team. There's going to be teams that go through all sorts of circumstances, injuries and all that. And so I would hope that the schedule makers would base it on football. But I think so. But these are these are football and these are franchises that are great year after year on Christmas and Christmas Eve. We've got Texans at Eagles on Amazon Christmas Eve.

9:29Happens to fall into Thursday, so that's just the TNF broadcast. But despite it being on a Friday, they go triple header Christmas. Packers, Bears, always awesome. Two of the best games, obviously, last year. Bills, Broncos, that actually ended up being the most streamed game of all time was the middle window game, and it wasn't even that great a game. It was the Vikings who were out of it at the time, although it was a spicy performance by that defense. But they go Bills Broncos in that spot, and then it's a triple header now. Potentially the game of the year. We're doing a show on the Fast Channel, Patrick, and they were like, well, what's your matchup of the year?

10:10And I was like, I'm not going to overthink this. The best two teams in the NFL last year were the Rams and the Seahawks. So that, to me, is the matchup. And now it's on Christmas night on Fox, Rams-Seahawks. This is what I'm talking about when I'm talking about Like they are going about as hardcore as they can with the holidays.

10:25Patrick Claybon:And where it can, you know, we had to come down to a play last year to ultimately determine, I think, who would go on and win the Super Bowl. And now we get these teams fresh off of back-to-back-to-back streaming games, one on Christmas Eve, two on Christmas Day. Then we get back to broadcast TV. You know, if you want to go grab your tuner and get that game on Fox to wrap up Christmas, I think that's the perfect gift to open up to the American public. Well, the overarching theme that just wasn't the case a few years ago was, OK, now Thanksgiving is a four out of five day NFL or five out of six day NFL slate.

11:02Right. It's Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. It's Saturday for college or rather. It's not even at that point. And then and then Sunday, Monday. And it's now it's because of how it falls on the schedule this year, partly, although I'm sure they're going to try to be loading up Christmas and Christmas Eve whenever they can. It's Christmas Eve, a banger of a game and a triple header on Christmas. And then it's just like one day off and then you have the Sunday slate again. I've noticed that the Christmas games, especially whether it's Eve or day, they have also picked home teams where you know that fans will, A, this will be like an entire, this will be the event of the holiday season for a lot of these fans.

11:40I think I really want like a snow game in one of these places on Christmas Day. I look at Packers Bears and I'm like, man, I hope it's a snow game. And you know that Mile High will be packed to the gills and Lumen Field too. I just, they could not have matched, I think, occasion with environment better. I don't know that they think that closely about it. I'm not sure about all the machinations of what happens with the schedule makers, but it's not just a formula. But I just think it's really cool. And I would also say like, just my advice to like the streamers or whatever, not that they care about my advice.

12:17Like, no gimmicks. Can we just not? They're giving us really, really good, good freaking football games. You don't like the jackets? They're doing the jackets. They're doing the steaks. How dare you, says the Netflix crew. I mean, they're not going to go away from them. They're getting the jackets and the steaks. I just want good football games. That's all I want. I think you're going to get them. I mean, as good a chance as possible. And it is crazy to just think how recently none of this was really happening on Christmas. Like the first, you know, that Broncos Rams game back in the day, like that was one of the first real Christmas games.

12:55Not the first. The Rams, by the way, while we're on the Rams, it is a crazy little slate there late in the season. And this is going to be happening for the teams that play on on Friday, which is Christmas. first of all they start the season in Melbourne you know then they go back to back primetime games after that at or hosting the Giants in week two I just since we're talking Rams I just thought this was interesting and then at Denver it has been confirmed from our research staff first team ever to start three straight games in primetime now tech what could go wrong and now technically the Australia game is on Friday afternoon in Australia, but it's primetime for us.

13:40And so for our purposes, three straight primetime games, and then four out of five, because they host the Bills in week five on Monday night football in a rematch of what was the kickoff game a few years back. And then you think like, okay, wow, they've really loaded up primetime early. But I mentioned the Friday Christmas game just in the back half of the season. They have the Wednesday game before Thanksgiving. And then the following week is one of the games of the year, Chiefs and Rams, Patrick, kind of a rematch of that famous, you know, the game that that changed football forever. It's just they are on every single day of the week.

14:16And it's just a lot.

14:17Patrick Claybon:Yeah, this is my Rams thought on more almost more days of the week than they have games that aren't after eight o 'clock p.m. And and I should have mentioned Saturday in week 17. what they do is they block out four games and I, four different games and they choose three out of the four, very likely Rams and Buccaneers will be a Saturday game in week 17 too. So that that's another day. I was just like that. That is just absolutely wild. All right. I think that's all we got for the Thanksgiving holiday games. I did want to run instead of Thanksgiving Eve, which I know you hate. What about, what about defrosting day?

14:57Patrick Claybon:Okay. Ooh, I like that. The frosting day is good. I like that. Remind everybody. Go ahead and put that bird. It's not that you can't say it, but just everyone's just starting to say it as if that's a thing we've always said. No one's ever said that. Have we ever said Thanksgiving Eve? No, it's the day before Thanksgiving. Yeah, it's the day before Thanksgiving. That's fine with me. Otherwise known as Wednesday. Right, Wednesday. And you mentioned that's going to be like the centerpiece for a lot of families, like these holiday types of games. I think that's going to be the centerpiece for my family to go to a Rams game.

15:25There's no school that day. There's no school the next day. We try to take my daughter to one game every year. Usually has to be on like a Monday or a Thursday because of our work schedule. So I'm excited for that one. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Okay, you have officially filled your Rams quota for the show. Okay, that's it. Week one is the other thing I go to first when we open the schedule. I will throw it to you, Patrick. Just look at the week one slate, and I can go through them all eventually, but I don't want to just read them off. And just what strikes your fancy that's happened in week one?

15:57Patrick Claybon:Yeah, we get a chance because week one is all about newness. It's all about the start. And I love all these teams, obviously. We just talked about all these teams that get to play on Thanksgiving. A lot of them play on Thanksgiving and Christmas last year. We've seen them play in Super Bowls, all that. I want to see what the Halfley Dolphins look like going on the road to take on the Las Vegas Raiders. This is the second time today you've laughed at me about this. Well, that's new. It's different. I'm laughing now because you're, you're, I like that, you know, they're, we're doing it on NFL channel and they want you to just go with the big hitters.

16:26And then you immediately think like half Lee versus cousins, but I'm with you. Cause week one to me is more about like what teams are new. I'm actually a little less interested in the teams. Like I know the Rams have a couple of new players, but like about teams that look similar to a year ago. So I'm with you. I like the 1 PM, like Spiro Ditas games in week one. Yeah. That's what I'm going to assign myself. Well, I got to give you that game. Can't call it in advance. You can't. Well, this case, you can. I will officially give Patrick. Thank you. Such a generous guy. It could be Mendoza. It might not be Cousins versus Willis.

17:02That's fine.

17:02Patrick Claybon:I hope that's Fernando. You know, I don't like this idea that, oh, well, he's going to get better by not playing. Like, whatever. So we already knew, you know, that the season was opening internationally in Melbourne. But I buried the lead here. That is Patriots at Seahawks for the opener. So for, I just thought the NFL wasn't going to go there, but they did go there. That's, I guess the kind of the biggest headline of the entire day is that that's how they're going to open it. What do you, what do you think about them going back to that Superbowl Jordan right off the bat? Well, first of all, it's really nice of you to not rub some dirt in my face right now for my premature victory lap earlier.

17:44Misremembering a prediction that I made. And then, you know, you do have a nice selective memory, Greg, but only for your wins. So that was what you did there. You, yes, you sent us a text bragging that you correctly predicted the kickoff game. I did not. Narrator's voice. You did not. You didn't even have like. Wasn't even in the same vicinity. Wasn't even the right category. I don't think any of us got it right. Cause I, I said bears. And I think, I think Patrick might've said cowboys. And so none of us got the first game, right? Maybe it was cause we thought this was distasteful. Who needs to see this blow out again, Jordan?

18:15Yeah. It's, it's interesting that, you know, the, the absolute embarrassment that the Seahawks handed the Patriots offensive line. I am really curious about what this is going to look like in, especially in the opener, because it is the freshest memory that NFL fans have of both of these teams. And then obviously the second one of the Seattle Seahawks hoisting the Lombardi trophy, that defensive line did not get worse. And I am actually not sure if the Patriots offensive line got any better. So we'll see. There's a lot of weeks, months to go before this kickoff game, but it's going to be it's and it's also, by the way, it's at Seattle.

18:52So you're like you're setting this up for another butt kicking and, you know, good luck. Good luck to everyone.

18:58Patrick Claybon:But you also have the the part where the Seattle Seahawks, they won the Super Bowl. They're trying to retool, be generally improved versus the team that got exposed that can directly address and has, I believe, directly addressed some of the aspects that led to the pantsing in the Super Bowl going up against them. And so, yeah, it's poetry. I mean, they replayed the game today. It's like, man, that is that is a beat down. It is, and yet I sort of forget because we were like in the bowels of the stadium, not even locked in at that point, that the Patriots had the ball driving down 12 after just scoring a quick touchdown and forcing a three and out with like nine minutes left in the game, which is if you just heard that alone, you're like, actually, like they have a chance in that game.

19:44And then Drake May throws an interception and the final score reflects not even accurately what a big beat down it was. The reason I guess you feel good about this if you're, you know, NBC and everything, it's like this could be A.J. Brown and Romeo Dobbs. And and that's exciting. The reason that it's a little awkward is just going going heavy on Vrabel after his offseason in week one. But I was curious if they would avoid that at all. And the answer is no, they still have five primetime games and they're going to Munich. And they're basically living in primetime in the post Thanksgiving window.

20:17The fact that it's in Seattle, I mean, there's going to be a banner, I assume, that they'll do. They'll probably do some ceremonial things as well that most teams who are repeating or hosting after a championship, they'll try to get in the other team's head a little bit pregame. So I understand the NFL really leaning into the storyline of these two teams were just in the Super Bowl. What an honor for the Seahawks. Week one, some other games that strike my fancy. To me, I like Bucks-Bengals. That's an early window game. You have the DJ Moore revenge game. Oh, no, you don't have that. I'm thinking of the two teams that DJ Moore was not on.

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20:59But you do have the Caleb Williams-Brice Young Bowl, recent number one overall picks. That's a fun week one. Bills at Texans. That's kind of been the worst matchup for Josh Allen throughout his career. You have Ravens at Colts. like Colts could be a team where you want to catch them early, perhaps before Daniel Jones is healthy. Who knows there any other week one thoughts jets at Titans. Come on.

21:27Patrick Claybon:Yeah. An opportunity where we see the improvement there. Week one though is Packers Vikings. It's a chance to see like, what if the Minnesota Vikings can win because of their quarterback and not in spite of their quarterback for the first time in a while since, since cousins has been there, You know, I don't want to, you know, cast Darnold dispersions, but that's that there's a reason that Sam Darnold was playing for the Seattle Seahawks. And so excitement to see there. And, you know, how are they going to rush Micah back? Bo Nix making a move in the pocket. Did Micah's knee? Are they going to have him chasing Tyler around in week one?

22:03Patrick Claybon:Interested to see. We haven't gotten to the Sunday night football schedule, but I didn't note that they put the Micah versus Packers matchup in week six on Monday night football and Sunday night football. So like a little bit of confidence there that Micah would be back. But there also was a report by Adam Schefter just on Thursday that they're thinking about starting the season on the PUP list for Micah, which would knock him out. Yeah. And it's tough because this is obviously it's an NFC North matchup, Packers Vikings in week one. So with either team, if you whichever team wins is going to have a very early advantage over the rest of the NFC North.

22:35So I think that's interesting. I wonder if maybe they thought he would be back in time. And then now, you know, the schedule is set. So maybe now not so much. I know they do this with quarterbacks at times. Broncos Chiefs is an example of this. The Monday night football game. I'm very excited about that one personally. Not only is that Joe and Troy, but also we pretty much are expecting Patrick Mahomes to be back at that point. We assume Bo Nix will be back, although there's some mixed signals coming out of that building. Seems like every couple of weeks. That one to me is going to be outstanding.

23:05Well, then putting the Chiefs and we talked about this, you know, because this game was revealed a little earlier this week. Them putting the Chiefs in primetime in week one and then doubling down and doing it again in week two is notable to me. I mean, the Chiefs-Colts is a game in primetime in week two. I believe it's a Sunday night football game. So that could either be Daniel Jones versus Patrick Mahomes or it could be Riley Leonard versus Justin Fields. do you think Anthony Richardson has any chance to slide in there?

23:40Patrick Claybon:No, I don't. I think he should. I think that there should be an opportunity for the guy. Isn't that weird that there's a chance Riley Leonard and Justin Fields is the week two Sunday night football game? Just, I don't know. I understand having the Chiefs in there. The Colts seem like an interesting choice. But I think, as you mentioned, with regards to the holiday schedule and the opener and other things, I don't necessarily think the Colts schedule kind of factored into things. You just had to put the Colts in. Just throw them somewhere. Not to diminish the folks in Indianapolis, but there's some games in here that are like, wait, what?

24:12Patrick Claybon:And that's one of them. They were sort of like, maybe they were like the free space team just to get the math equation. Yeah, the Colts, let's talk about the primetime games, have two primetime games. There are five teams with no primetime games. The Dolphins, Jets, Titans, Raiders, and Cardinals have no primetime games. Now, this does not include necessarily like a Saturday afternoon game or it does not include the international games. For instance, the Browns and the Saints are next closest to the bottom here with only one primetime game each. Browns have a Steelers Thursday night game. The Saints and the Falcons play each other.

24:51I think it's a Monday night game pretty early in the season. Saints are also in Paris. And then the Colts, despite, you know, having a great start last year, are the next lowest on the list with only two primetime games. And so the majority of the league does go three and up. But yes, the Rams have the most with seven. It's the Bills, Cowboys, Packers, Chiefs, and Seahawks next with six. And some of the teams that are at five, like they could get flexed into them or it's not including some of the windows. Like the Patriots, for instance, only have five, but they have like the Munich international window.

25:28That could be another Saturday thing. They get flexed in. And so those are kind of the teams that the NFL feel are like the primetime teams. Is there anything that stood out to you with the primetime schedule in general, Jordan? Well, the fact that it was so front loaded for just a couple of teams, it typically is. But for some reason to me, it feels a little bit more exaggerated this year. Maybe that has something to do with the Super Bowl being back in Los Angeles as well. It just sort of was a end to end fit for the league to do something like that with the Rams who are going to be, you know, going for a Super Bowl this year.

26:03But I really like a lot of this slate. The one that I'm really excited about actually is the week 12 Patriots versus Chargers in Los Angeles. That's going to be one where, you know, maybe we free up Greg to maybe attend that one. That would be fun to see his two beloved teams. And that's on Sunday night. And I I'm excited about that because by then we'll know are the Chargers going to be for real this year or not with with all those guys on the offensive line. of line coming back from injury. And by then, we'll also kind of really know and understand what this Patriots team is actually going to be and look like after a lot of questions, both on and off the field this year.

26:36Yeah, a couple of things stand out about the Sunday night schedule to me. You got the Ken Walker revenge game versus the Seahawks. That's week seven. That's a good one. That's a week after the aforementioned Micah Parsons, Kenny Clark, Rashawn Gary revenge game in week six. In general, the Sunday night football games aren't that surprising. They get the cream of the crop. Eagles 49ers. Can you have a revenge game when you won a Super Bowl with a team and then went out and got a good contract? He seemed a little salty that they didn't really value him this offseason when he talked about it. Salty.

27:11But I don't know if it's really a revenge game. Is a revenge game a thing?

27:15Patrick Claybon:Well, yeah. I think people talk about it. It's a sliding scale. It does. If you have an opportunity to agitate people who you feel have slighted you, I think you take advantage of that. It's something you talk about. Does it grant and imbue players with certain powers that, you know, allow them to be more successful? I don't know, but it's certainly something fun to talk about. How about sneaky one on here is Baker Mayfield versus Kevin Stefanski. Oh yeah. That's that. Our research department just snuck that one in there. Cause it's kind of getting overlooked. Remember they, Baker Mayfield came out on social media earlier this off season and said some very strong comments about Kevin Stefanski and, And that's going to be spicy, in my opinion.

27:55Unfortunately, the schedule makers didn't agree enough. They just put that at 1 p.m. I want to call dibs on that game. It's a week eight game.

28:02Patrick Claybon:There is a Baker primetime game that jumps out to me because that week nine game, the Bucks and the Bears on Sunday night, where I think there's big wildcard implications in that one. The games that aren't necessarily like, oh, you know, that's a game to mention. But I think when all's said and done, I think we look back at that one and we learn a lot about these teams. How about you get your first Trey Hendrickson versus the Bengals in week seven? That also doubles, of course, as Joe Burrow versus Lamar Jackson, the best in-division quarterback matchup potentially of all time. Made the case for that last year on the show.

28:41But then what really stood out to me is that's a week 17 game, too. that is a really fun I believe primetime game in week 17 we're checking these things we're doing it that one I think does qualify as a revenge game too because of how openly disappointed Terry Hendrickson was about how the Bengals operated during that sort of brief contract period that is a New Year's Eve Thursday night game Patrick will be seated fireworks

29:14Patrick Claybon:or he might turn the volume down yeah yeah um that that would be a no volume game uh and you know sitting may be optional i would like to sit you also that's a good prompt what's your no volume game oh yeah right you also mentioned earlier in the week the bills open their stadium on thursday night football um you also have a caleb versus drake may on thursday night football That's a pretty fun one. And then the close, I really noticed, to the TNF season. Back when Amazon first got this package, I got the feeling that they did not have the best slate. I think they got the feeling that they did not have the best slate.

29:53I think they have made efforts to even out the slates. This is how Thursday night football closes.

30:02You have Chiefs-Rams in there at some point. Then you close with Flores versus the Patriots, which for me is delicious. 49ers and Chargers, Texans-Eagles, and then, as I mentioned, Ravens-Bengals. That's just a great closing slate, I feel like, for Thursday Night Football. Texans-Eagles may be my no-volume game. Why? I just love it. I already love it. I don't even know. It's setting something in my soul alight.

30:32Patrick Claybon:I know they have their glorious feeds on Amazon. is there just a stadium no commentary feed no no you can get the maybe take us to nrg state get the spanish language let us hear you can get the next gen feed which has lots of cool stuff on it yeah if it was just sam all about it it's it's not just sam um but yeah that that drake may versus bears i mean and caleb williams and class of a couple years ago 2024 i love that How about the disrespect? The Broncos go to the AFC Championship only three primetime games. The Chargers only had three times. I mean, I'm saying quote unquote only. That's okay.

31:10But it's a little surprising, for instance, that the Panthers and the Falcons have the same amount of primetime games as the Broncos and the Chargers. So not quite as many big spots for them. The Panthers' exciting highs were so fun that, I mean, I feel like you have to take that into account at least. they got and this does show some growth from them a thursday night game a sunday night game and a monday night game so they are represented on each and every night another thing about the

31:39Patrick Claybon:broncos notes like those primetime games are more games for the other team the other team is being featured and they're oh no let's be honest the kansas city chiefs is a monday night football matchup okay for the broncos the super bowl champions are on the road at the denver broncos they play at the Steelers on you know it's an Amazon it's a Friday game it's the Friday the Black Friday game where it's more probably more of a Steelers focused thing and then it's the revenge game where people are going to tune in to see Josh Allen in that one is that a Broncos game? On Christmas is that more of a Bills game on Christmas but I'm glad you brought that up and then they also have the rematch of the AFC championship game like give the Broncos give the Broncos a layup for a primetime game Well, then we're not given layups in primetime anymore.

32:25It's like it's all gas all the time. And there is no disrespect. And this is why I guess we should categorize these things a little differently. Just the way it fell. They got a Black Friday game. They have a Christmas game. Those happen to be Friday, not during primetime. And then they have what is very likely a Saturday game that week 17. Three out of four games will be on Saturday. So they're in a lot of solo windows, the Broncos. And I take it back. No disrespect to the Broncos.

32:52Patrick Claybon:And that's the solo window versus like the reason prime time is important to me is because it's the only game that's on at that juncture. OK, I don't know. I like Patrick's point because they want you to think by putting them in the solo window. There's no disrespect there. But when you dig into the layers, I would just like to see the Broncos be the marquee focus of a team. I think so. You know, Netflix, the Steelers one. Yeah, they got that. I don't know, man, because Aaron Rodgers is going to find some way to make that week about him. and it's just going to be just a vortex moving toward that news cycle.

33:24I just, you know, God forbid the Broncos get more attention, you know? The farewell game. I don't know if you guys have any other major thoughts about this schedule release. We're going to have months to talk about it. While you think about that open-ended question, it's just been bugging me this whole time that I didn't say all the week one game. Browns-Jags? I'm getting ready for that. I do like these teams when they're at their absolute freshest and newest. We get the Commanders and Eagles. A little less Commanders and Jaden in primetime in big spots this year, which is not a huge shock, but they did get a London game, of course, against the Colts and some primetime games with Jaden Daniels.

34:10It's an early game, but I'm very much looking forward to Week 13 Jags at Bears. These are two sophomore head coaches, two guys who kind of took the league by storm in their initial season, and two teams where, you know, there's a very high ceiling for both of them, but you never know. What if the league catches up? You just don't know. Greg, as you look at this week once, and I'm going to steal the reins from you here.

34:36Patrick Claybon:Please. Because I looked back, September 7th, 2025, the New England Patriots, who were the AFC representative in the Super Bowl lost to the Las Vegas Raiders who were Travis Schmockery. Yeah. What week one game on that schedule do you think could be an absolute lie? The result would be non-indicative of anything worthwhile over the course of the season to the extent that that was. Oh, that is a really good question. I love this prompt. I do too. I think Tua Tunga-Vailoa comes out week one in Pittsburgh. It's not like it's the craziest upset ever. Yeah. but him and Stefanski take it back to McDaniel and to a, they don't go to 70, but they get to like 42 and it's just, they're playing this, they're playing this quick strike offense.

35:22The Steelers look old and everyone's like, holy cow, are the Falcons going to be amazing? It's like, no, they're going to go seven and 10, but that was a great week. One game. I got mine. Okay. New Orleans saints at Detroit lions, because I would think the saints are going to come out and try to make a big pop, especially in the passing game against that secondary immediately, really test to see whether Detroit's fixed its pass rush, fixed its secondary. And that could be a little bit of an upset. However, down the stretch, I trust the Detroit Lions to be a great football team. And the thing about these week one games, sometimes you come out with like a little schematic advantage people haven't seen before.

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41:26Yeah, I feel for him. I always say, I think that when we see initial timelines, the swelling before surgery is often actually not taken into account. I mean, Patrick would probably be more of an expert. How are you doing, by the way? Great.

41:40Patrick Claybon:Having recently had a cleanup done, albeit mine comes about 22 years after the initial The swelling finally went down. Yeah, but I think the silver lining we can take out of this is they're being proactive for Malik's long-term health, not necessarily having mobility where he would like to with regards to scar tissue from the previous surgery. And instead of saying, hey, let's work through this, get you back out there, play football, football guy. It's a long-term approach, which is good for all parties involved. I understand that we would like to see Malik neighbors play football as soon as possible, but the timeline needs to be the timeline.

42:16Patrick Claybon:and I'm glad they did it now. And the Giants shouldn't have any urgency this season anyway. They need to build blocks. They need to build a progression into what their new identity and their team is actually going to be for the longer haul. And I just don't think there's any urgency here, and there shouldn't be. There's one guy up there in East Rutherford that's like, hey, maybe we can win now. I don't know necessarily what my job is right now. I can fix him. The front office, yes, does not want to start slow. And look, they got the Cowboys on Sunday night week one. Then they're in Los Angeles against the Rams week two.

42:48And then on paper, one of the easier two game homestands of the season in the NFL Titans and Cardinals back to back three and four, but that Titans game, I mean, you're saying there's no pressure to him. You know that the giants do not want to be losing to Brian Dable and the Tennessee Titans in week three. Now that's a revenge game in revenge.

43:10Patrick Claybon:I think for the number one overall pick where people weren't paying attention, they would think Jackson Dart was the guy that was taken number one overall, considering the amount of discussion with regards to these guys. Maybe, maybe Cam. I also love that Robert Sala is hosting the Jets in week one, just those, you know, in terms of the Tennessee Titans. That's, that's a fun little matchup. Yeah. One thing about the neighbor's injury that we maybe never hit on the show either was after the fact, it was also reported as a meniscus and ACL repair. So it was, it was just a big cleanup there. That was the off-season ride-along presented by Toyota.

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44:24I don't know why they're not, you know, they're not listening. I keep giving up. I keep teeing them up to use the vernacular of what this blueprint is. Sprint rebuild, guys. Yeah, I like this. I am. I have one foot in both camps in terms of the running back conversation. Overall, I think every player should get paid what they would like to get paid just as a personal belief, but in terms of the team building infrastructure, I can understand why the league doesn't shift dramatically toward paying a position that it would prefer to draft quite frequently year over year in the middle rounds or upper middle rounds of the draft.

44:56At the same time, I believe you should pay outliers. And Devon A. Chan is an outlier player. He contributes in the run game, you know, passing game after the catch. He's behind one of, I think, a little bit of a sneaky, good offensive line, at least a couple of players who could really continue to be something special for them. I like it. I like it for them. And he's one of their, like I said, I joke about it, is their weight-bearing wall. They're trying to be better than expected in a year where they're having to reset a ton through the draft. And they've already checked a lot of boxes and getting him extended was one of them.

45:28$32 million guaranteed. It's a four-year,$68 million extension. The devil will kind of be in the details. It is probably more like a two-max, three-year deal in terms of the guaranteed money. and yeah, running backs don't make as much as other positions, but they do make significantly more, Patrick, and it's nice to see, than five years ago. It has caught up where if you're a James Cook, Devon H.N. level player, these contracts that they both signed are actually quite similar. You do get paid like a starting defensive lineman, not an elite edge or anything like that, but you do get a much more representative salary than when we kind of hit the bottom of this position six, seven, maybe even five years ago.

46:13Patrick Claybon:And you'd like for it to go up. You had a couple of first-round running backs in the past few years. Obviously, Jameer and Bajan are going to get paid, and so that's going to bring the number up. But the team had 5 ,000, right around 5 ,000 yards last year, and A-chan had almost 500 receiving, 1 ,300. When a guy is doing that much of your offense production, you should be paid accordingly, and I'm glad he got closer to that, I don't think, you know, for a guy that's five, nine, well south of 200 pounds carrying what he does for that team. I think it should be more. But, you know, and he will be a big part of the Mike McDaniel return to Miami.

46:51That's week 16 when the Chargers head to the Dolphins. That will not be a revenge game for those two men, because I think they were productive together and helped each other. Devon A. Chan and Mike McDaniel. How about the Dolphins, though, starting on the road back to back weeks? Almost no teams get stuck with that. It's like you really got to give the team with, on paper, maybe the hardest schedule in the league, the Dolphins, two straight road games. I know one's in Vegas, which is a winnable game, and then one's in San Francisco, but it's not nice. Start down the road two straight weeks. You know, always compete.

47:21But when I used to be in the content writing minds for these schedules, we would do hardest schedule, easiest schedule. And I would try not to do the strength of schedule, which it's hard to predict. It's not that meaningful. but I did look for stuff like that you know starting the year for with a couple straight road games was never fun I know you get back but you want to start well yeah the Bengals want to start

47:44Patrick Claybon:well I wonder what the story is this year going to be about them trying extra hard at the start that's going to be fun Joe you got everything you ever wanted we're playing in the preseason I mean they treated this offseason like they were on the hot seat and I applaud them for that and they have struggled at the starts of the season that's what all like all last offseason That's all we heard. This year, the Bengals, they open with the Buccaneers, one of my favorite week one games. Let's just go out and assign one week one game to everyone. I'm taking Bucs, Bengals. You've got Raiders, and who do they play?

48:16The Finns. You just talked to me. The Finns' disrespect continues. The Raiders. Already erased them from his memory. I wanted Bears-Panthers. Okay, you got Bears-Panthers. They open with the Bucs week one. They're at 1 p.m., the Bengals, for the first eight weeks of the season. Pretty surprising. But then they're at Houston, at Pittsburgh, home for Jacksonville. That's the first quarter of the season. It's pretty challenging. Certainly no gimmies there. And maybe a game or two where you're an underdog. Just saying. Watch out, Zach. That's it for our schedule release. I'm just waiting for it. Spectacular.

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