The NFL Schedule Release Was Actually Kind Of Fire?

The NFL has the reputation of never allowing any semblance of fun under any circumstances no matter what. And they very much deserve it. That title was earned not given. But for a night that truly does not matter at all, the Grinch managed to grow its heart several sizes larger than normal, let its hair down and actually tried out this “fun” all the kids are raving about. Every team released some sort of well produced video for their schedule release announcing, making a relatively benign event something actually enjoyable.

There are teams like the Chargers, who clearly spent this offseason revamping their social media team because they’ve been crushing Twitter as of late.

The Chargers twitter hasn’t been this fire since some random guy used to own the handle and would tweet about PF Changs and other random shit.

I feel bad for the Texans, who thought they really crushed this timely Game of Thrones video.

Little did they know the Falcons were going to come along and Reek the fuck out of them.

But the Falcons weren’t the only ones to dominate another team with a similar concept. A few teams went vintage video game, because nostalgia rules.

But anyone who went the video game route got absolutely DUSTED by the Carolina Panthers, who for my money had the best video out of anyone.

That ruled so goddamn hard.

Then you had the self-aware teams. Everyone can appreciate self-awareness. It’s not forced. It’s not contrived. You’re not going to piss anyone off with these types of videos. So naturally they came from teams in the midwest.

Similar thinking to the teams who went full-fledged with the team nostalgia.

Nostalgia plays 100 out of 100 times. You can’t fuck up with nostalgia. The best highlight reel of yesteryear will make fans believe anything is possible in the upcoming season. Which feels like the point of a schedule release, right? Like if I’m a Raiders or Bears fan right now I’ve already started booking hotels for Miami in February. If only a team like the Cowboys had a storied history with memorable players and moments so that they, too, could have fallen into this category.

But nope. Now we have Jerry Jones doing ASMR as a part of humanity’s history. Like no matter what else we as a species accomplish, we’ll also have that on the resumé. Oh well. Can’t go 32/32 I suppose.