{"id":670244,"date":"2026-05-15T02:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670244\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:25:09","slug":"halo-infinite-jabs-a-simpsons-gag-and-a-haircut-how-nfl-teams-dropped-2026-schedule-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670244\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo Infinite jabs, a Simpsons gag and a haircut: How NFL teams dropped 2026 schedule dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

NFL<\/a> teams tapped into their creativity Thursday night while rolling out a variety of takes revealing their schedules for this season<\/a> with a mixture of art, video games<\/a>, movie references and yes, even \u201cThe Simpsons.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also made sure to poke plenty of fun at upcoming opponents, themselves and offseason flubs.<\/p>\n

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The Indianapolis Colts pointed the finger at themselves in their Simpsons\u2019 cartoon<\/a>. First, they referenced the long drought since their last win in Jacksonville<\/a> along with Homer Simpson disappearing into the hedge for the team\u2019s road game against the Jaguars.<\/p>\n

The video also had Bart Simpson writing repeatedly on the chalkboard: \u201cWe will not include Tyreek Hill in these videos.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York Jets went with a \u201c football is ART<\/a> (craft blend)\u201d approach mixing uniquely named daubs of paint colors to mix and draw out their opponents by the date.<\/p>\n

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Their season opener against the Titans features colors \u201cDolly Denim\u201d and \u201cBachelorette Blush\u201d for a team in a town known for Dolly Parton and bachelorette parties. Playing the Dolphins uses spray tan, del boca vista, major key and finkle \u2014 a reference to the Ray Finkle character in the 1994 movie \u201cAce Ventura: Pet Detective” \u2014 and raspberry beret and minnetonka blue for the Vikings.<\/p>\n

New Orleans used a \u201cseason forecast\u201d approach<\/a> that included people such Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel. The Los Angeles Rams tapped the movie \u201cNapoleon Dynamite\u201d for \u201cA Dynamite schedule\u201d<\/a> reveal.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers went with a nod to the TV show \u201cBaywatch” protecting Tampa Bay<\/a>, while Las Vegas used Kirk Cousins and rookie Fernando Mendoza in the Raiders’ take<\/a> on the 2008 movie \u201cStep Brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pittsburgh went long with a video lasting more than 4 minutes, 36 seconds that leaned into local style<\/a>, customs, food and \u201cPittsburghese\u201d with \u201cReady to yinzify your DNA, n’at?” Actor Billy Gardell, a Pittsburgh native, walks a new security guard through it all with the schedule buried at the end.<\/p>\n

Video game style<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Chargers went even longer using Halo Infinite for a reveal video lasting 6:12 and they opened with a post asking if they should make their schedule release video with the game spelling out \u201cNO\u201d with the words \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Chargers reminded Baltimore of the Ravens backing out of their trade with the Raiders for Maxx Crosby. <\/a><\/p>\n

They also made an apparent reference to Patriots coach Mike Vrabel’s offseason<\/a> in the headlines with a mention of “Next Photo Dump 1 Mile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smells like a champion<\/p>\n

The reigning Super Bowl champion<\/a> Seattle Seahawks had actor Josh Lucas introducing the schedule in the form of a cologne commercial,<\/a> with opponents having their own signature scents such as \u201cSubstation\u201d for the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n

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Short but sweet<\/p>\n

Jacksonville took advantage<\/a> of perhaps the most famous offseason haircut with quarterback Trevor Lawrence<\/a> getting his long locks cut short on camera after introducing the Jaguars’ schedule that then plays out on the screen edited down to less than 2 minutes.<\/p>\n

Fan assistance<\/p>\n

The Tennessee Titans went back to the streets quizzing random people in their schedule reveal in a twist to the team’s 2023 schedule reveal. This time<\/a>, the Titans went with \u201cYou never know who you’ll see on the street\u201d set to the Who song \u201cWho Are You\u201d asking random people if they were a big name with a specific opponent.<\/p>\n

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Artistic reveal tease<\/p>\n

The Atlanta Falcons tapped the approach used by the social media account (at)ArtButMakeItSports to preview their schedule release. The Falcons had a thread Thursday morning using \u201cArt but make it our 2026 opponents\u201d featuring paintings<\/a> for each team.<\/p>\n

For the actual release, Atlanta went with a Falcons style \u201cThis is SportsCenter\u201d series of commercials.<\/a><\/p>\n

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AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NFL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL teams tapped into their creativity Thursday night while rolling out a variety of takes revealing their schedules…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1766,246941,5462,246937,246940,49,48,89183,85969,246938,1732,8494,11286,1769,1483,2210,1749,14624,159040,2694,1723,514,4847,2693,5457,246939,948,10032,1739,82,1741,246942,3947,10395],"class_list":["post-670244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-bachelorette-parties","tag-baltimore","tag-bart-simpson","tag-billy-gardell","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dolly-parton","tag-fernando-mendoza","tag-homer-simpson","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jacksonville","tag-jaguars","tag-kirk-cousins","tag-las-vegas","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-maxx-crosby","tag-napoleon-dynamite","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-raiders","tag-ravens","tag-ray-finkle","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-schedule","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-the-weather-channel","tag-trevor-lawrence","tag-tyreek-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}