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Here we go, our number two on a Friday. Our friend Albert Breer, senior NFL reporter Monday morning quarterback, will be joining us in a few minutes. NFL Schedule Release NFL Sometimes I sort of got going online last night. They they you jump through hoops sometimes just get all the schedules out. I had to go team by team by team. But I thought last year, remember the Patriots had the easiest schedule. And I do think it matters. I've always been a believer in that. At one point they were on a 10 game winning streak and the furthest west they went was New Orleans. Look at what they did to the Patriots this year. They start at Seattle, two weeks later at Jacksonville, month later at Chicago. Oh, there's the Munich game at the Chargers. Like, listen, we know the jets are dysfunctional in most years and Miami this year especially is bad. If you take out the jets and Dolphins games in division, I'm just going to read you the schedule for the Patriots. If you took out the jets and the Dolphins at Seahawks, Steelers at Jags, Bills, Raiders at Bears, packers at Lions at Chargers, Bills at Chiefs, Broncos mean that the Patriots have never been more thankful they're in a division with the jets and the Dolphins. That is a rough schedule. Rarely do you see a team that's in the super bowl and then you see their schedule come up and go, yeah, they started 0 and 4 at Seattle, at Jacksonville, at Buffalo. That is rough. That is rough. Albert Brer is joining us. And I've been saying this about the schedule. Today is for instance, people said Chicago had the roughest schedule. But if you look at starts off they get the Lions, packers at home late and then in the middle a dome and a warm weather team as the weather turns in Chicago, an old journalist told me there's two ways to write the same story. There are a lot of different ways to take tough games. How you parse them out. Denver, brutal. Chicago. There's no the toughest two game stretches. the very end of the season they get warm weather Dome teams coming into Chicago and the weather stinks. You during the break, you brought up something about San Francisco that I think is fascinating I. The NFL. So there's the Chicago schedule on the screen. So I mean, look at this. Now here's my take on this, is that, yeah, all those home games to start. I mean that, that is. They want Chicago to be good in the news. They did not front load the schedule. They made it very negotiable. You had a thought on what. But the NFL does punish those. It's not a ping pong lottery. They. What did they do to the Niners that you noticed? Yeah.
Albert Breer
So like, and this is something a couple of people pointed out to me was like how when you're coming back from Australia, that game's on Thursday, but it's actually a Friday game over there and now you're traveling back 18 hours or whatever the trip is to get back to San Francisco, you've got to re acclimate, you've got to reset. And on the other side of that, they gave the Rams an extra day where the Rams are going to play the following Monday night. The Niners are playing that Sunday afternoon, which is an interesting twist. And you hear a little bit about some of the things that were going back and forth and you go back to the owner's meeting and Kyle Shanahan was vocal his criticism of the league with this and that they're putting us in Australia and they're already taking a home game away of ours and taking that home game away and putting us in Mexico City. And so I think half jokingly, he suggested, well, why don't you put the Rams with us in Mexico City then
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
to even it out.
Albert Breer
So not only did they not do that, they gave the Rams the extra day of rest on the back end of the Australia trip.
Colin Cowherd
Yep.
Albert Breer
And oh, by the way, within a month after the Australia trip, the Niners also have their first game with the Seahawks and a game with the Broncos.
Colin Cowherd
So they got a little lippy.
Albert Breer
Well, I know this, that international thing is a big deal for the owners. The owners really care about that. So I, I do think there's a little bit of an element of not
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
wanting people complaining about having to go overseas.
Albert Breer
And it sucks for the players, it
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
sucks for the coaches, like for the executives.
Albert Breer
It's great. They go over there, they'll have three or four dinners, they'll get to meet
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
people, they'll see things, all that different stuff, like if you're in it, if you're a player or a coach, you're basically just going over there to play a football game the same way you
Albert Breer
would be if you were going to
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
Cincinnati or Nashville or Tampa or wherever else. You know, it's just a longer trip and there's all kinds of logistical hoops you have to jump through. You wouldn't have to jump through otherwise.
Albert Breer
And of course for all of those
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
guys, the mindset is how is this going to affect the bigger picture of our entire season?
Colin Cowherd
Listen, speaking of international games, there's nine. And some of these games would be the best game of the weekend. And I think your point is well taken is that the owners really care about this and owners are ultimately commissioners, bosses. I actually looked, I actually looked at the Christmas games and the Thanksgiving games. Easily the best slate in my lifetime.
Albert Breer
It's unbelievable.
Colin Cowherd
It's unbelievable. And first of all, the Christmas stuff is a direct hit at the NBA. That's obvious. But I will tell you this, that as well run as the NFL is and as intentional as they are, I don't think in my opinion they've necessarily done a great job on Thanksgiving through the years. They, they've a lot of times the day after Thanksgiving, there's more good college football games. I like. I thought Thanksgiving and Christmas were insane this year.
Albert Breer
So here's what they're looking to do, right. Like, and I had Ani Boaz tell me this last year. He's their VP of broadcasting. I talked to Han Schroeder about this yesterday and I think like part of what they're doing is there's a shift philosophically. It used to be that like you take like the 4 o' clock Dallas window on Thanksgiving and you would say, well, we don't need to put a big brand name team in there because that's going to get a huge rating otherwise anyway. So like let's just throw whoever in there and that game will be propped up by the window. Yeah, last year that shifted. Last year they said let's swing for the fences, let's try to break records. So if you look in the opener they put the Cowboys opposite the Eagles, and then on Thanksgiving they put Mahomes and the Chiefs opposite the Cowboys. And so the mentality had shifted a little bit to instead of using the window to prop up the game, let's
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
use the game to prop up the
Albert Breer
window and really try to break records and all of that different stuff. And so I think you see that all over the schedule here. You've got the super bowl rematch obviously
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in the kickoff game.
Albert Breer
And then like you said Christmas is unbelievable.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
Thanksgiving is unbelievable.
Albert Breer
Here's the other thing is these are
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
all going to be packages that they're going to be looking to sell when they get back to the negotiating table with the broadcast networks and with the streamers. And you already see it with what they're doing with Netflix. Right. Netflix has got like what you call a quote unquote, this special events package. Week one, week 18, Thanksgiving, even the two games on Christmas, a five game package. That's really the idea here is like how can we create something that's valuable for the networks for the streamers to bid on? And obviously this has been sliced up different ways, I think where it winds up hurting you a little bit, Colin, because remember, this is a zero sum game. Go and look at week 16 on Sunday. That's that Christmas weekend right now. And look, a couple games are going to fall out of the Saturday window. So this will change. But Right now the 1 o' clock window is 2 Fox games, 2 CBS games, and that is it. Yeah. And then the late afternoon window is one Fox game, one CBS game. Now one of those games is Niners, Chiefs. That's a huge game, obviously, but that's six games total on Sunday afternoon.
Colin Cowherd
Two more coming.
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It's really light, you know, sorry, Scott Hansen, but it's really light there. So like that's where all of this is like I, I think incurring a cost and they're going to have to figure out how to navigate that. But that's why they want to go to 18 games, because they want more inventory to deal with this sort of thing.
Colin Cowherd
Okay, so I, you know, the NFL bailed on something. I think they should have bailed on that. You don't have to put everybody on prime time once. And I think teams that are poorly run year after year, poorly owned, shouldn't be on TV. And the NFL's bailed on that. I was a little surprised maybe because of Brady's ownership. Fernando Mendoza, the Raiders feel bigger. I also think John Spy Tech. I think spytech had a great draft and off season. Yeah, Linder, I agree. I think they have, they went and found six starters. Even Naylor, the receiver from Minnesota, I think said love Naylor.
Albert Breer
I mean the Kobe Dean, Clay Walker. Yeah, good offseason.
Colin Cowherd
I mean, they went and found six good starters. I was shocked that the Raiders didn't have a prime time. I mean, I, I look at this schedule. I mean the Fox, I mean again, Raiders, Rams on Fox. But there's some games here that I think are, I'm Interested in.
Albert Breer
Yeah. And I, I always think the rookie quarterbacks are interesting. And I think you're right. Like, I, I probably would have looked at that and said, like, we get to November, December, Mendoza. I mean, at least history tells us Mendoza will probably be starting.
Colin Cowherd
Yes.
Albert Breer
And that's going to be of interest to, to people. So you could take a. In November or December and maybe throw it on a Thursday night. Right. Like, I thought that would have made some sense. But I mean, like, they're one of five teams. That's a crazy number. One of five teams did not get any primetime games. And again, I think this is like leaning back into that whole thing, like, and this is a bigger, you know, conversation about television and the way the contracts work and the fact that everybody is spending so much for the contracts and it isn't tiered as much as it used to be, where Monday Night Football costs less than Sunday Night Football. So you're okay giving maybe a less to ESPN in that scenario. They feel like they've got to give a really good product to everyone, to, to all the different broadcast partners. And so, you know, it's, it's interesting. We talked about the give and take a second ago. Right. So you know what the give and take is for this on this is, is that certain premier teams now are feeling the brunt of it and having to play all the midweek games. The Rams, and I've got this up now, like, right in front of me, the Rams schedule. So they play that Thursday, which is a Friday in Australia, then Monday, then they've got another Monday game, four weeks after that. So that's two short weeks in the first six weeks of the season. Then they don't actually have a buy because they don't have a full buy because they've got that Wednesday game, which was a buy in front of it, a Thursday after that, then they play on Friday again on Christmas. And so when you are taking teams, again, the five teams, the jets, the Titans, the Raiders, the Cardinals and the Dolphins out of the mix, that means you're, you know, putting more weight. You're putting it, you're putting a heavier burden on the premier teams.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
And there are eight teams.
Albert Breer
Yeah. That have six or seven primetime games, which is an incredible number. But that's a burden that those guys
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that all those teams have to take on.
Colin Cowherd
So I have had a player and an executive in the NFL in the last five or six weeks question Omar Khan, and really what's happening with the Steelers? They got worked in the draft on Makai Lemon, very embarrassing. This Aaron Rodgers situation's weird. He's in Pittsburgh. They don't know where he's at. That that's not good to get out. Now, in fairness to the Steelers, they are old school. They still spend more money than anybody on defense. I mean, we, they've been tone deaf for years. I mean, they went offense, but it's Mike McCarthy. We all said that's a safe hire. But I look at the Aaron Rodgers situation and I know Aaron, this is his personality. He gains. He likes control. He's going to do things on his watch now he gets surprised when the packers and the jets move off him. But this feels weird. What is going. I mean, by Aaron standards, it feels weird. What's going on?
Albert Breer
I think there are two things. I think the first thing is like,
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I don't think ownership there wants to
Albert Breer
sink to the bottom of the league, which has colored a lot of the decision making there. And I, I think like a lot
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of football people would tell you that
Albert Breer
this is probably the point to rip the band aid off. In fact, you could have made an
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
argument for that a year ago. They were an older team a year ago, but they bring in Rodgers to
Albert Breer
take the last swing at it and it didn't quite work out to the level that they had hoped. So, okay, like now in 2026, you
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rip the band aid off and this
Albert Breer
would have been the year where it's
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like, okay, like maybe we hire a
Albert Breer
Chris Shula to be our head coach, go with a 30 something guy like we've always done, and we hit the reset button on the roster.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
Instead they go the other way, which I think telegraph they don't want to sink to the bottom of the league. So that meant bringing T.J. watt, Jalen Ramsey and Cam Hayward back. And if you look at what they did in acquiring veteran players, Michael Pittman, almost 30 years old. Jamel Dean, almost 30 years old. Rico Dowdle, a running back going into his year. Like those were their big time additions. So they've almost leaned further into what's
Albert Breer
an older roster that isn't built for
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Will Howard or Mason Rudolph.
Colin Cowherd
Yeah.
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So now they're leveraged in, like you said, on trying to win now with this group here. And Aaron Rodgers has, you know, quite a bit of, of leverage in this situation, looking at like where everyone is at. Maybe he doesn't want to play for 10 or 15 million dollars next year. Maybe he wants a little bit more than that. Does that make things awkward? I still think that piece of it has to be worked out. I think the likelihood is that he's there. But I mean, you already came for a cut rate last year, I think was 12 and a half billion dollars. You came for a lot less than what you're worth last year. Are you willing to do that again? Was there an expectation you would do that again? And if you want more, how much more? Like I think all of that, all of that plays into how this is going to play out over the course of the next couple of weeks before they get to their veteran mandatory minicamp.
Colin Cowherd
So it used to be you'd give a quarterback three years, maybe four, you know, and then you, then you know the Mannings, Peyton Manning famously had like a year four where he. A lot of interceptions and Eli was a little bit of a slow starter. That's not the league now usually by the second season. So you look at the draft. Caleb Williams hit, Drake May hit, Jaden Daniels one healthy hit. Bonix hit. I think Michael Pennix is on the clock this year. Two is there. They'll go to two of them very quick by bringing in Kyler Murray and that. We've seen this in the league. Sam Darnold's a great example. Baker Mayfield, Geno Smith in Seattle. We've seen quarterbacks who are talented go to places that have dysfunction upstairs and then they go to a well run operation. I view the Vikings as smart, well run operation. They got to get the gm but I, I mean to me the Signal is the JJ McCarthy thing. Publicly will say this, but it's over. Do you think it's a real competition?
Albert Breer
I do, but I think the context of it's a lot different. I think what is lost here to some degree is that they did want to create competition for him last year. And because Daniel Jones had a better opportunity in Indianapolis and because Sam Darnold had a better opportunity in Seattle, they
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weren't able to get either of those guys back.
Albert Breer
But they wanted both. They wanted one or the other back
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
and they wanted one or the other back in the room with JJ to compete with him.
Albert Breer
Now when that didn't work out, they went all in.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
They said, we're giving you all the reps, we're giving you all the work with your teammates. We're giving you a chance to build the confidence of everyone around you and,
Albert Breer
and we know how that worked out. Right. So now I think they're doing what
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
they intended to do last year, which is we're going to put the heat on you. You are off scholarship and we're going to see how you react.
Albert Breer
Yeah.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
And I think that it's probably a way of accelerating the process of evaluating him. Right in that, like, now he knows he's on the clock and now he knows that, you know, if he can't.
Albert Breer
And this is not like one of
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those situations where it's just like, we're bringing in somebody to push him.
Colin Cowherd
No.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
Like, Kyler's coming to win the job, you know, and so, yes, it's a competition, but the context of the competition is different than it would have been last year.
Albert Breer
If they had successfully worked that out
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last year where Darnold or Jones had come back, I think the idea would have been like, let's see if, like, let's let J.J. beat him out. I don't think that's what it is this year. I think this year it's let the best man win. We've got some veteran players on our roster and a really good core. We're not going to throw this year overboard in the name of quarterback development. We're just going to put the best guy out there. And if the best guy is J.J. mcCarthy, God bless, he becomes the quarterback. But there is no, like, there's no more, like, oh, yeah, we spent the 10th pick in the draft and him. So Ty goes to him. I like, I don't think that that's what it is at all anymore.
Colin Cowherd
Yeah. All right. Albert Brer, Monday morning quarterback. That. That stuff on the Niners that you brought out is funny, and I think it's accurate. Is. Listen, I'll give you one. Last night, I just said this last hour is. The NFL told teams we're not going to edit your social media. We trust your judgment. Right. And some teams did really funny stuff. I. I did not. But they do not like friendly fire. I thought the Charger social media team taking a shot at Variable, they don't like that. You know, they're. They're there. There's. I saw little tweets last night about. And I thought. I don't. I don't think that smart. I don't love it.
Albert Breer
The Chargers have a history with it, though.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
They took shots.
Albert Breer
Harrison Bucker, they took a shot at DeSean Watson. They took shot at Tyree Kill. Those are all sensitive situations, right?
Colin Cowherd
Yeah, I. I don't know.
Albert Breer
I'll tell you which one was good.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
The Titans one was awesome.
Colin Cowherd
Oh, it was great.
Albert Breer
I don't know. Great.
Colin Cowherd
No, I think. Listen, social media is funny. I always say you can get fired for a post, you're not going to get a job promotion for a post. I'd be very careful. We've seen companies go sideways and. But I, I just, when I saw those, I thought, I don't know if the league loves that, but maybe.
Albert Breer
Yeah. I will say this, though.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
For the char.
Albert Breer
The Chargers, it was subtle and I do think to some degree now the Vikings had a little reference in there. If you looked for it like, and I'm not talking about the fake reference, there was a. See the comments. Like, like, thing on the, on, on, on, on. On their reference to. I like. I, I do think, like, if no one had touched it, then the story would have been that no one touched it.
NFL Analyst (possibly a co-host or guest)
And so I think in that way,
Albert Breer
the Chargers kind of bailed everybody else out because now the league doesn't have to answer that question.
Colin Cowherd
You're one step ahead of me. Albert is always. That's funny. Good seeing you, bud.
Albert Breer
Good to see you, Colin.
Colin Cowherd
Yeah. Yeah. Kyle Shanahan goes to the league meetings. He's complaining about the trip. And the Rams get an extra day off and they have to play an early game on Sunday that. Listen, sometimes you just gotta zip it. Not every meal should be shown on social media, not every opinion, not every mood. We need to see on social media.
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Colin Cowherd
Copyright 2025 MBI not every schedule to me jumped out to me I thought the Rams and the Seahawks are good teams. Pretty tough schedules. Not overbearing, not unfair. You know they were just naming Rams Schedule is what a what a Super bowl first place level team is going to play. Same with Seattle. Nothing jumped out to me Denver early, San Francisco late. Not having the Raiders on tv. That, that was interesting. Chargers, I think the league knows the Chargers and the New York Giants are going to be good. And I thought the Chicago Bears schedule, don't kid yourself. Chicago is a. Especially because the weather is cold. LA is a huge market, but the weather is nice in the winter. So your TV numbers are down. I think they call them HUD numbers. Chicago, it gets cold, people stay indoor, stay indoors. They watch the Bears. Same in Philadelphia. Those markets matter and the NFL knows it. So I thought Chicago. Of all the teams, I was told they had a brutal schedule. I didn't see it. I thought it was incredibly workable. Here's J. Mac with the news.
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You know, a fun NBA topic all offseason is going to be, what do the warriors do? Well, Colin, Steph Curry apparently is not going anywhere. There's a report now that he does not want to retire anytime soon. And he wants to play at least 20 seasons in the league. He currently next season will be his 18th. So this was his 17th. It just ended 18th next year. So that'd be three more seasons. Colin, he only played 43 games due to injuries. Yeah, when he was healthy he was awesome. Yeah, but Jimmy Butler's coming off the Achilles. You got Draymond Green. We don't know what his future is. Steve Kerr just came back. Warriors are weird. I keep hearing the LeBron and Warrior. I'm not buying that at all. Just none of that makes any sense. Why would you have LeBron, Draymond? I don't know. I'm not sure what to make of this Warrior situation. You know, for a couple years now I've been saying I don't want to see Curry on a playing team, get him to a contender. But everybody's like, you're crazy. They're not moving.
Colin Cowherd
No, I think, I think basically Kerr signed a two year contract. He wants to be, he wants to. The swan song of Curry's contract. But again, they moved Kaminga to Atlanta, so they don't have that trade chip. You know, I just, I think they're average. And, and they, and I listen go look at their record last year against playoff teams. It was dreadful. It was like a bad Eastern Conference team. So. But you know, this is, you know, it's a very insular franchise. Like they're, they kind of do what they do, but the NBA is not the NFL. You can't go. There's no exits off this interstate. Like they're just. It's the reality. One of the great things about the NFL, it's the League of Hope, Patriots awful Patriot, Super Bowl. You can't do that in the NBA. You need multiple drafts. I mean, as good as Wemby was, he didn't improve the spurs one game the first year. I mean, as good as Cooper flag is mavericks were like 30 games under 500. That's not the way the NFL works.
Jason McIntyre
I mean, Wemby's in year three. He could go to the Finals. Drake May did it in year two, but yeah. So by and large, the warriors don't have a quick path to the top.
Colin Cowherd
I mean, they're in the west, right? And their Hail Mary was getting lucky in getting a top four pick. And can they figure it? You know, could they land?
Jason McIntyre
And they botched that with Wiseman. Remember, he was their top five.
Colin Cowherd
He didn't play much in college. I'll give him a little out. Wiseman didn't resurface elsewhere. He played very little in college. He was incredibly raw. If you remember, that was a terrible draft.
Jason McIntyre
It was bad.
Colin Cowherd
And so it's like, okay, they were kind of stuck. I think that was the Ant draft, wasn't it? Like, I mean, Ant was the one guy that you knew could play.
Jason McIntyre
They could have had lamelo ball, if memory serves. I mean, I don't have it off the top of my head.
Colin Cowherd
He's too silly for their franchise, but
Jason McIntyre
he's a good young player. They have no good young players. Don't give me pods. I know, I know. We were loving pods for a couple years.
Colin Cowherd
He's a good 14, 15 point a game guy.
Jason McIntyre
He's the fifth best guy on the team. I don't know. Anyways. All right, let's move on. Colin, couple good NFL stories. This one's not great. I am putting my hat in the ring for the Green Bay packers to be a potential team of destiny next year. However, we just got word that Micah Parsons, you know, Guta Kunst, the gm, is saying, hey, he could be ready for the start of the season. Now Adam Schefter is saying it's likely he'll start the season on the PUP list, missing the first four weeks. Now we look at the packers schedule, and that's not the end of the world because the first four weeks they were given kind of a very light slate. Micah Parsons, a major game changer. And I will remind people, through about 12 weeks last year, they were one of the best, three or four best teams in the league.
Colin Cowherd
So let me Throw this at you. There was one show in the country, you're part of it. That with a mica trade we said settle down, come back in a year. One year from that trade. Micah was hurt last year. Mike is not ready this year. And the Cowboys defense is a different looking defense.
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Oh, this took a turn. What are you saying?
Colin Cowherd
That as I said the day it happened, do not judge trades in the moment. You want to win the press conference, come back in a year and see what Dallas gets for the picks. Quinn and Williams, Kenny Clark, Rashawn Gary over shown healthy. Caleb downs. They don't get Caleb downs if they don't make the trades right like they they're able to operate now. They probably would have had the Caleb Downs pick but not the later pick. The bottom line is Dallas has dramatically improved their roster defensively, moving off Micah and having the flexibility to make trades. Green Bay lost Jeff Halfley, Micah got hurt and now he's not ready. And Micah is a great player. And I understood both teams view but there was this sense it was a horrible move by. What are you doing?
Jason McIntyre
Well, let's see. We. We'll see what happens with the Cowboys. But if you, if you drill down on the end of the packers schedule, this is what I love. So not only do they have a soft opening which will be favored in all four games, I think they'll be favored in Tampa and probably at home against the Bears. Hell, probably the first six at home against the Cowboys. Look at the last three. Miami coming to cold weather. Green. Green Bay. Okay. Houston Texans coming to gold weather. Green Bay. Detroit Lions coming to Green Bay.
Colin Cowherd
Green Bay got a schedule break.
Jason McIntyre
I, I'm another team with a buy before the Rams too. Look at that.
Colin Cowherd
Yeah, I. Green Bay, you and I agree got a real break in schedule. I'm just saying the mica trade there, it was a landslide of opinions. It was a dreadful trade for the Cowboys. And I said it's like judging a draft. On the Monday after the draft you can judge. Like I thought the jets and the Browns, Cleveland did really well. But you don't know if guys stay healthy, you got to judge your trades. It's the same with Kobe and Shaq. When they chose Kobe over Shaq, you knew Shaq going to Miami with D. Wade would have a success for two or three years. But Kobe eventually got Pau Gasol and kind of the Lakers won that trade eventually.
Jason McIntyre
Eventually.
Colin Cowherd
I think Dallas won the mica trade eventually.
Jason McIntyre
Well, one of my things to look at is the quarterbacks you're facing I don't know who's starting for the Vikings. I don't know who's starting for the Falcons. Malik Willis is in a new spot. The jets have Geno Smith look at the quarterbacks at packers face. I'm just telling you this is a 12 win team. Okay Colin, you gotta. People gotta watch out like Bryce Young.
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Jason McIntyre
Nobody's afraid of Bryce Young. Tyler Schuck the bye week before the Rams. This schedule is really nice.
Colin Cowherd
First of all, Kyler Murray is going to end up being really good.
Jason McIntyre
He don't scare anybody. Okay? Let's be real. By the way, your guy Caleb Williams somebody was just. Wait, He's Collins top three guy and he completed like 58% of his passes
Colin Cowherd
or the best, best quarterback in the league. In the fourth quarter the go look at the line of Green Bay at Minnesota. Go look at the line.
Jason McIntyre
Is that Green Bay minutes week one. I haven't seen it. What do you have the line? There's no way the Vikings are favored. No way.
Colin Cowherd
Dude, look at the line. You've got it all posted as a W. It's a dub.
Jason McIntyre
Just put it in the win column. Final story now this one I find to be crazy. Okay, we haven't talked about Shador Sanders a lot lately. I mean we don't even know what's going on in Cleveland. But Deion Sanders says he'd like to speak to Brown's new head coach, Todd Monkin about his son Shedeur. Deion plans to travel to Cleveland and sit down with Monkin because he's bothered by some of the negative talk about his son coming out of NFL circles last year. Listen to this, Colin.
Colin Cowherd
Oh boy.
Deion Sanders
I think it's vital that as a coach not today. I could tell him a few things about grown how to get him going that wasn't asked of me a year ago. I don't understand it. I anticipate and I, I can't wait to have that conversation with Coach Monkey.
Colin Cowherd
Why? Why would Kevin Stefanski, a superior coach, go ask Deion Sanders who has a losing record in college for his opinion on shoulder.
Jason McIntyre
Maybe that's why Stefanski got the hell out of Dodge. Okay, you think this is like okay, so my kids play youth sports. I don't go talk to the coach. No, coaches want to talk to parents. You think of the NFL. Todd Monkin gives a rat's behind about what Deion thinks about his son. And fairness, this is one of the most insane takes.
Colin Cowherd
Well, I had to double check to make sure it wasn't AI, but if you listen to Deon, Deon said last year, nobody asked me. So Kevin Stefanski was the coach last year, a two time NFL coach of the year. When he got let go by the Browns, every team interviewed him. So Deion says last year that didn't ask me. Now, Todd Monken's never been a head coach. So maybe Deion's making a point is, hey, I've been a head coach. You haven't. Last year Stefanski considered a very good coach. How do I know that? The minute he was let go, he was on the top of everybody's list until John Harbaugh got let go, right? Like he was the number one guy. Why would I say, oh, I need to talk to Deion Sanders who's won about 30% of his games and is a defensive guy. Like, why would I, why would I talk to him?
Jason McIntyre
Even the logic, like, what gets him going? Dude, you're in the NFL. If you, if I need to know what gets you going, you're probably not built for the NFL. Nobody, this is staggering.
Colin Cowherd
Nobody in the NFL looks at Deion Sanders is a great coach or somebody that's going to impart great offensive wisdom now as a star. And he's funny and he gets attention and he's interesting. But like, it's like Colorado does not look like a well coached team. I do think Deion has made them kind of fascinating. Not as much now as two years ago, but I think the Dion experiment, you can certainly argue, you know, it sold a lot of tickets, it was interesting. I watched, I'm not bad mouthing the experiment, but I mean they're, they're not, they don't beat good teams. They don't look, you know, they, they're not what you would call, I mean there are college coaches, Kurt Signetti, Nick Saban, you know, like, like that. You could see an NFL team saying, hey, let's go meet for lunch, let's talk about that. Like, I could see certain college coach like Marcus Freeman, brilliant guy. Marcus Freeman is in town. He calls the coach of, you know, John Harbaugh, hey, let's go. Can I have lunch? I want to talk about, I could see Harbaugh going, it's Notre Dame. He's smart. Let's go have lunch. Let's chop it up.
Jason McIntyre
So Colin, your son gets a job in media relations. I don't, he's struggling. Are you going to call the company, be like, hey, I got some ideas on how to get my son started. Like that sounds insane.
Colin Cowherd
I have a company if any dad or mom started asking me questions, I'd move off the employee. I'd be like, get me out of here.
Jason McIntyre
Check, please.
Colin Cowherd
Check, please. Get me out of here. J. Mac with the news.
Albert Breer
Well, that's the news.
Colin Cowherd
And thanks for stopping by.
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So I think a lot of fans have felt that the NFL for years has chosen to overexpose the Dallas Cowboys. But they're still a huge brand. We all know that. I think they're still number two, number three, they could be number one, but I don't think with this current schedule, they were overexposed. I think the Cowboys are one of the eight or nine most interesting teams. They have two star receivers, a star quarterback. I mean, they move the chains, might, you know, they have an offensive coach. They'll be one of the top five total offenses probably in the NFL. So I think they're one of the top eight or nine most interesting teams. And there were exactly five teams that had more primetime games this schedule release and four more that had as many games. So it puts them in a group of nine teams getting the most TV exposure. I think they're on the bottom end of that eight or ninth most interesting team. I don't think they're as fascinating, you know, as the Chicago Bears. I think the Rams are More interesting to watch. You know, the Chiefs with Mahomes, Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia is always a circus. But I think Dallas is much more interesting than most teams in the league. Especially most of their really interesting players are offensive guys. So I looked at the schedule, though, and you know what? My takeaway on Dallas's schedule is that for years there are certain athletes that I'm seeing as, like, harder on or less enamored with than the general consensus in the media. Baker Mayfield, Cam Newton, Carmelo Anthony, Austin Reeves. And I've always said about Dak, my favorite part of Dak is his intelligence and his maturity. I don't think aesthetically he throws a pretty ball. You know, he, he, I. He went in the fourth round for a reason. His college coach, Dan Mullen, came on our show once and said, no, we didn't think. It's not much to look at. But the truth is, when I looked at Dallas's schedule, what jumped out to me is of the 17 games, I think Dallas has the better quarterback in 13 now. I think Lamar Jackson is more explosive. I think Sam Darnold and Matt Stafford at home are really good quarterbacks. Jordan loves go either way. When Jordan's hot, he's better. He's often not. Now he faced Dak in a playoff game years ago and just was unbelievable. So. But I think my ultimate respect for Dak Prescott is when you look at the schedule, and this is a way to look at your schedule, try to be as objective as you can as a fan. How many games do you have the better quarterback? That will go a long way in telling you the outcome of your games. And if you have the better quarterback and you believe the better coach, that's how you become New England or Kansas City in a dynasty. So, I mean, I don't think a ton of Brian Schottenheimer. I don't think he's an elite coach. But I look at Dallas's schedule, I'd be happy with it. It looks like an eight or a nine win schedule. And I don't think they're overexposed. I think there are years they have been overexposed. They have, you know, six primetime games. The Giants game is a legit early season prime timer. So is the Packer game, the Eagle game, the Seahawk game, and the Jaguar game. They got a Thursday game against the Buccaneers, the. But it's Baker Mayfield and it's Dak Prescott. And those Thursday games are weird because, like, the Sunday window is still key and Monday's huge and you want to take care of Netflix. The truth is, yeah, it's Amazon. You want to give them some good games, but Thursday is kind of the least attractive in my opinion. It's the one window. If the NFL is really sitting there, they want to take care of their broadcast partners on Sunday afternoon, Fox, cbs, Monday Night Football matters. They hey, new guys in town. Netflix, Amazon. Thursday games, though they're not because no practice, less prep time for older players. They're not the best played football games in my opinion. So I guess you could argue the cowboy butt game is a stretch, but it's Baker and Dak I'm going to watch here. Was Albert Breer on the schedule and the new way the NFL schedules are
Albert Breer
created, there's a shift philosophically. It used to be that like you take like the 4 o' clock Dallas window on Thanksgiving and you would say, well, we don't need to put a big brand name team in there because that's going to get a huge rating otherwise anyway, the mentality had shifted a little bit to instead of using the window to prop up the game, let's use the game to prop up the window.
Colin Cowherd
Yeah, you look at that Dallas schedule. I, I, you know, it. It's a consistently tough, not brutal schedule. And I think Dax, the better quarterback in most of these games, I mean, he's better than Jackson Dart. He's better right now than CJ Stroud in terms of consistency.
Jason McIntyre
Okay, so Dak is not better than Lamar Jackson. We would agree.
Colin Cowherd
Right, right, right.
Jason McIntyre
Would you go with a push with CJ Stroud because Dak is on the road in that one.
Colin Cowherd
Well, against an elite defense. I know, I think C.J. i've got to watch some games. I thought it was pretty ugly last year.
Jason McIntyre
Okay.
Colin Cowherd
I think Jordan Love and Dak is hard. I think Jordan is more gifted, better arm, but he's inconsistent. Dak, I kind of tend to get the same guy every Sunday.
Jason McIntyre
Jalen hurts twice. You, you really think Dax better?
Colin Cowherd
Yeah, I trust Dak to throw a ball over the middle of the field.
Albert Breer
Okay.
Jason McIntyre
And so Dak versus Brock Purdy.
Colin Cowherd
I mean, I think Dak's more talented.
Jason McIntyre
I mean, every analytics advanced stat says Brock's better last two years, but whatever. Sam Darnold.
Colin Cowherd
Sam Darnold just raised a Super bowl cup and was brilliant all season.
Jason McIntyre
Stafford.
Colin Cowherd
Stafford's better.
Jason McIntyre
Trevor Lawrence.
Colin Cowherd
Trevor's more talented.
Jason McIntyre
Jaden Daniels.
Colin Cowherd
Hey, you and I are, you and I are both on the. What is going on? I mean, I don't, I think Jaden's more talented, but that he wasn't good last year. Pre injury Barry.
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Date: May 15, 2026
Episode Theme: NFL Schedule Insights, Team Exposure, and What Makes a Dynasty
In this hour, Colin Cowherd is joined by Albert Breer (senior NFL reporter for Monday Morning Quarterback) to analyze the newly released NFL schedule for 2026. The discussion centers around teams left off primetime, the unintended consequences of new schedule philosophies, reactions to international games, and broader themes about league parity and quarterback evaluations. The segment also touches on viral social media moments from teams, the realities of dynasty-building in modern football, and some NBA and college football asides. The tone is sharp, conversational, and sports-media-savvy.
(03:05 – 14:38)
Schedule Complexity & Fairness:
"The Patriots have never been more thankful they're in a division with the Jets and Dolphins. That is a rough schedule." — Colin (05:01)
Chicago & Weather-Dependent Scheduling:
"They want Chicago to be good in the news...they made it very negotiable." — Colin (05:54)
International Games & Owner Priorities:
"The owners really care about that. So I do think there's a little bit of an element of not wanting people complaining about having to go overseas." — Albert (07:31) "[For players and coaches,] you're basically just going over there to play a football game the same way you would if you were going to Cincinnati or Nashville... It's just a longer trip and there's all kinds of logistical hoops..." — Albert (08:05)
Primetime Game Strategy Shift:
"Instead of using the window to prop up the game, let's use the game to prop up the window and really try to break records." — Albert (10:06, 47:13)
(11:48 – 14:48)
Phasing Out Unwatchable Teams:
"You don't have to put everybody on primetime once. And I think teams that are poorly run year after year...shouldn't be on TV." — Colin (11:48)
Raiders Snubbed Despite Big Market:
"I was shocked that the Raiders didn't have a primetime." — Colin (12:27) "I always think the rookie quarterbacks are interesting... history tells us Mendoza will probably be starting." — Albert (12:47)
"That's a burden that all those teams have to take on." — Albert (14:46)
(06:05 – 07:16, 12:59 – 14:38)
Rams play Thursday in Australia (which is technically Friday there), then have a quick turnaround, while getting extra rest compared to the Niners.
"Not only did they not [even things out], they gave the Rams the extra day of rest on the back end of the Australia trip." — Albert (07:10)
49ers and Rams subject to scheduling quirks due to complaints at owners’ meetings (hinting at subtle league punishments for teams vocal about international assignments).
(10:23 – 11:48, 43:03–49:05)
TV Inventory & Strategic Bundling:
"The idea here is…how can we create something that's valuable for the networks for the streamers to bid on?" — Albert (10:23)
Burden on Premier Teams:
(14:48 – 17:56)
Mixed Direction in Pittsburgh:
“They've almost leaned further into what's an older roster that isn't built for Will Howard or Mason Rudolph.” — Albert (16:55)
Aaron Rodgers’ Leverage and Uncertainty:
“Are you willing to do that again? Was there an expectation you would do that again? And if you want more, how much more?” — Albert (16:59)
(17:56 – 21:05)
“It used to be you'd give a quarterback three years, maybe four...That's not the league now usually by the second season.” — Colin (17:56)
“We're not going to throw this year overboard in the name of quarterback development. We're just going to put the best guy out there.” — NFL Analyst (20:27)
(21:05 – 22:56)
“They do not like friendly fire. I thought the Charger social media team taking a shot at Variable...I don’t think that smart.” — Colin (21:38) “I always say you can get fired for a post; you're not going to get a job promotion for a post.” — Colin (22:05)
(28:09 – 38:59)
Warriors’ Future:
“They have no good young players...the NBA is not the NFL. You can't go, there's no exits off this interstate.” — Colin (29:04)
Packers’ Schedule Break & Micah Parsons Trade:
“It was a landslide of opinions—it was a dreadful trade for the Cowboys...you've got to judge your trades in time.” — Colin (32:03)
Deion Sanders & NFL Coaching Boundaries:
“Why would Kevin Stefanski...go ask Deion Sanders who has a losing record in college for his opinion on Shedeur?” — Colin (36:13) “If any dad or mom started asking me questions, I'd move off the employee.” — Colin (38:50)
(43:03 – 49:05)
"How many games do you have the better quarterback? That will go a long way in telling you the outcome of your games." — Colin (44:19)
“My favorite part of Dak is his intelligence and his maturity...I don’t think aesthetically he throws a pretty ball.” — Colin (43:42)
“Dax, the better quarterback in most of these games...I'd be happy with [Dallas's] schedule.” — Colin (47:40)
On schedule asymmetry:
“The Patriots have never been more thankful they're in a division with the Jets and Dolphins.” — Colin (05:01)
On international game burdens:
“It sucks for the players, it sucks for the coaches, like for the executives... it's just a longer trip and there's all kinds of logistical hoops.” — Albert Breer (07:49, 08:05)
On philosophy shift in TV windows:
“Instead of using the window to prop up the game, let's use the game to prop up the window.” — Albert Breer (10:06, 47:13)
On NFL social media teams going viral:
“You can get fired for a post; you're not going to get a job promotion for a post.” — Colin (22:05)
On judging trades/dynasties:
“It's like judging a draft on the Monday after the draft...You’ve got to judge your trades in time.” — Colin (32:03)
On Deion Sanders offering advice to Browns:
“If any dad or mom started asking me questions, I'd move off the employee. I'd be like, get me out of here.” — Colin (38:50)
On Dak’s overlooked consistency:
“How many games do you have the better quarterback? That will go a long way... That’s how you become New England or Kansas City in a dynasty." — Colin (44:19)
| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | Key Participants | |------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 03:05 | NFL schedule deep-dive: Bears, Niners, Patriots | Colin, Albert, panel | | 06:05 | 49ers/Rams international trip "punishments" | Albert Breer | | 08:24 | Primetime games & holiday TV package strategies | Colin, Albert | | 11:48 | Teams left off primetime & why | Colin, Albert | | 14:48 | Steelers, Aaron Rodgers situation | Colin, Albert | | 17:56 | Young QB competition timelines | Colin, Albert, Analyst | | 21:05 | Social media & league image discussion | Colin, Albert, Analyst | | 28:09 | NBA: Warriors future, Curry's career | Colin, Jason | | 30:05 | Packers' schedule, Micah Parsons trade | Colin, Jason | | 35:15 | Deion Sanders-Browns/Shedeur Sanders tangent | Colin, Jason | | 39:09 | Building NFL dynasties – Dak Prescott case | Colin, Jason, Albert | | 47:13 | TV strategy: "Use the game to prop up the window" | Albert Breer |