The date of the NFL schedule release has become one of the busiest and buzziest days on the football internet, and the 2026 grand release May 14 was no exception.
Teams had the liberty of posting their highly-anticipated schedule-release videos 30 minutes prior to the official announcement of each team’s 17-game slate, which gave fans a head start on figuring out which ones were the most creative and which ones made them laugh the hardest.
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Here is a look at every team’s 2026 schedule-release video (in alphabetical order).
Return to office? Not for the Cardinals, who went with a Zoom-adjacent animated sketch.
Nostalgia always plays, evidenced by the Falcons’ spoof on “This is SportsCenter” commercials.
Channeling Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, Baltimore wideout Zay Flowers crashed the wedding of Ravens fans Sierra and Zach – and gave everybody in attendance Ravens tickets.
Behind the scenes? Josh Allen goes in the pitch room.
Let’s hope the Panthers’ offense is as explosive as this video.
Rome “Bob Ross” Odunze paints a picture of the schedule.
A “Street Fighter”-inspired video.
Who needs improv lessons? Not the Cowboys.
Never a bad idea to lean on a franchise legend, especially if that legend is Peyton Manning.
Talk about bulletin-board material.
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Call him Brian “Crash Out” Cushing.
Indianapolis went with a “Simpsons” video to roast their upcoming opponents.
The Jags brought out the shears for quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
Rob Riggle hosts a 90s-inspired infomerical.
Did Fernando Mendoza and Kirk Cousins just become best friend in this “Stepbrothers” spoof?
The Chargers made their scheudle release in the video game “Halo” after similar ideas with “Minecraft” and “The Sims” in recent years.
Napoleon Dynamite would be proud.
“Mr. Ross wants to see you.” No, not owner Stephen Ross. Rick Ross.
A foodies’ roast of the upcoming opponents.
The “Paw-triots.”
Local New Orleans meteorologist Margaret Orr forecasts the upcoming campaign.
Jameis “Winston van Gogh.”
An aesthetically-pleasing take on the schedule.
A board room scene featuring star players.
How yinz doin’? A perfectly Pittsburgh take on the schedule.
A fragrance commercial as a schedule-release video? Sure.
Tampa “Baywatch” features the big boys and Bert Kreischer.
The man-on-the-street video is back and better than ever (OK, maybe not as good as the original).
The science fair featuring Bill “The Science Guy” Croskey-Merritt.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NFL schedule release video 2026: Watch every team’s video for new season
