Excitement Peaks as NFL Releases Full 2024 Schedule

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00:00 It is NFL schedule release day could be considered a national holiday on this Wednesday, May

00:10 15th.

00:11 We look back on what we know so far around the National Football League, some of those

00:15 marquee events and games we have brought you to start off this week.

00:19 And by the time we get to the end of tonight, all 32 NFL teams will have their exact schedule

00:26 released.

00:27 We're going to start to get some leaks on this Wednesday as well.

00:31 Donnie, there is nothing like the aura of the National Football League because they

00:36 can make a day where they tell us matchups.

00:39 We already know just on what day of the week and at what time make it seem like it's a

00:45 made for TV event with all the public attention and notoriety it demands.

00:50 That is why the NFL remains king.

00:53 Yes, and you can go over the schedules and pick out your wins and losses, which will

00:57 absolutely be wrong by the time those games actually get there because we don't know who's

01:00 actually going to be playing.

01:01 But it's fun.

01:02 The fanfare is great because you get that anticipation.

01:04 You want to see your opening game is you want to see who those primetime games are against,

01:08 who your hated rivalry where that's going to be.

01:10 And also the celebration of which home games are going to be stolen from your franchise,

01:15 which harms your franchise, which you know me, I love the Eagles.

01:18 They got a home game stolen from them against the Green Bay Packers, but also the Vikings,

01:21 Bears, Jaguars and Panthers also got home games stolen from them as well.

01:25 And the reason I say that is the NFL is a business.

01:28 They're all in it together.

01:29 If you're going to play overseas and make more money, of course, the NFL is going to

01:32 say yes.

01:33 But sometimes it is tough, though, like the Eagles.

01:35 Wouldn't you rather play Green Bay at home in your own building and play them in Brazil?

01:39 That's a massive win for Green Bay right there.

01:41 And then you take a look at the other game in London, the Jets and the Vikings here,

01:44 the Vikings at home, like the great advantage in a dome.

01:48 Now you play on the basically road for both teams here.

01:51 That's a massive win for the Jets.

01:53 Same thing for the teams that if you are playing on the road for an overseas game, that is

01:56 a huge win for your franchise.

01:58 If you give up one of your home games, that's a massive loss for your franchise in a game

02:02 that you should have home field advantage and don't have now.

02:05 And DRS, I do kind of joke about the NFL making the release of the schedule a made for television

02:11 event, but it is notable and significant.

02:13 And even when it comes to the betting odds, I have said a few times here this week on

02:17 this show.

02:18 When we start to get the games out for those marquee events, they're not going to post

02:22 a week 14 spread in a divisional game, but the first few weeks of the year, you'll get

02:27 those early looks.

02:28 I love to see how the odds makers compare insert X team in that environment against

02:33 their opponent.

02:35 You get the week to week evaluation, not just season long win totals or divisional prices

02:40 or that number to win Super Bowl 59.

02:43 It's another piece of significant data that you can use to estimate how your favorite

02:50 team, your least favorite team, your rival is set to perform and is expected to perform

02:56 in the 2024 NFL campaign.

02:59 And DRS is right.

03:00 As of this Wednesday morning, the five game international slate has been fully unveiled.

03:06 We knew about the Sao Paulo opener, the opening Friday night of the year in Brazil between

03:11 the Eagles and the Packers.

03:13 We have the three London games, the Vikings and the Jets on October 6th, that game inside

03:18 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium the following week.

03:21 It's the Jags and the Bears also at Tottenham and then at Wembley the following weekend,

03:25 the Patriots take on the Jaguars, the Munich game in Germany.

03:30 It's the Panthers and the Giants.

03:32 So those lines starting to come out as well.

03:36 Here's what we know so far.

03:37 Some of those notable games for the 2024 regular season, season opener, Chiefs and the

03:42 Ravens.

03:43 Kansas City will also get a second straight AFC North opponent week number two on that

03:48 Sunday against the Bengals, Packers and the Eagles in Brazil.

03:52 The Jets open up their campaign on a Monday night once again on the road in San Francisco

03:58 after we were done yesterday, DRS on TEL that first short week Thursday night football game

04:04 of the year on prime is an AFC East divisional duel enlisted as a pick them as of this moment

04:11 in Miami, the Dolphins host the bills.

04:13 Yeah, it's good to see because sometimes you get some of those Thursday night football

04:17 games as those are supposed to be the games that you give the teams that can't really

04:21 make it on the prime time, a prime time slate.

04:24 But now that you have different partners in the NFL, you're not buying into a scheme that

04:27 goes, hey, by the way, you want that Thursday night package.

04:29 You're going to get the worst football teams on the worst time slot here and the teams

04:33 that are going to be injured and unprepared and you might miss out on some superstars.

04:36 That's no longer the case.

04:37 I love that.

04:38 Take a look at that second week here, the bills and the Dolphins on Thursday night,

04:41 that divisional matchup that is going to be a massive game.

04:44 I love the fact that that's right off the bat.

04:46 And also the NBA does a great job with this.

04:49 Similar now to the NFL.

04:51 We want to see these marquee matchups right off of the bat.

04:54 And if you're looking at these first games from Thursday and Friday to Sunday, Monday

04:58 night, the next Thursday, the NFL is doing you right right now because they are fantastic

05:03 looking games right off the bat to get us excited.

05:06 Tom Brady will call his first game that opening weekend in Cleveland.

05:09 The Cowboys, a slight road favorite in the dog pound against the Browns.

05:13 And by the way, San Francisco, the Super Bowl favorites, nearly a touchdown favorite for

05:18 that opening Monday night.

05:21 [inaudible].

05:24 (upbeat music)

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