2026 Schedule Release: Hot & Cold Starts

(0:00) 2026 Schedule Release: What’s the first thing Simms looks for? (4:45) Seahawks: manageable schedule for the champs (11:05) Rams: holy $h!t hard start, holy $h!t hard finish (15:10) 49ers: soft return after Australia (17:40) Eagles: could Philly be a dumpster fire? (22:50) Bears: first time they’ll have a target on their back (26:50) Patriots: favorable schedule for a team that was just in the Super Bowl (30:10) Broncos: they hit the Holy Sh!t category, one of the toughest starts of any team (33:25) Chiefs: early BYE could be perfect timing (38:15) Bills: two stretches of 4 of 5 on the road will be tricky (41:05) DraftKings: New Head Coaches Week 1 Odds (43:00) Cardinals: Arizona could start 0-13 (46:00) Lions: should be 4-1 entering BYE week (47:45) Cowboys: early travel could get tricky despite them being better (49:20) Commanders: opening stretch is brutal (50:35) Ravens: early schedule sets up really nice for them (51:55) Jets: still not easy, but better than it’s been (54:45) Colts: could be 0-3 to start, and they need to make it happen this year (56:10) Jaguars: did Trevor Lawrence really cut his hair? (58:15) Primetime schedules are all loaded (1:01:05) Thanksgiving Schedule looks like a playoff schedule (1:04:45) Christmas Day Schedule stacked as well

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