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00:00A big day in the nfl offseason calendar. It was schedule release day where every team around the nfl
00:07Found out the entirety of their 18 week schedule when they were playing during which day of the week
00:14We already knew opponents and where the games would be home versus away
00:19But we know exactly when each team is playing each and every week who's in prime time
00:26Who has a marquee matchup all of that great stuff
00:29We'll look at the nfl calendar some notable games here for the schedule in 2024
00:35We'll provide those live updates as we are underway in the opening round
00:40At vol holla golf club in louisville, kentucky for the second major championship of this golf season
00:46It's the 2024 pga championship both rory mcelroy and tiger woods on the course as we speak
00:53And we are a fando sponsored show and fando put out a pretty good odds boost this morning on rory mcelroy through the first three
00:59Holes to be at least far or better
01:01He's minus one right now on the third hole and just launch they drive right down the middle
01:06So if you see my eyes tilting over to the side, it's because i'm watching my boy
01:09Mr.
01:10Roars try to cash a ticket live which is rare ben cash and tickets live on air in the 9 a.m
01:15Eastern hour is kind of crazy. So it could be a beautiful start to the day, but it looks fantastic down at valhalla
01:21You know tournament conditions
01:22We're looking for maybe 15 to 20 under from the champion and a lot of really good players here
01:27So a good hour number two and a profitable hour number two about to be starting up
01:33I hope so. It's what our guide charlie. Hulme told us yesterday live for the 10th t-box
01:38At t-mobile's club magenta there at valhalla that the conditions would be conducive to scoring
01:45It might be a track meet this week in louisville
01:48And shout out to my co-host donny right side who tried to give me that tip of the odds boost on the lovely
01:53Fan duel sports book for rory to be even through his opening three holes of the championship our producer joe friso took it
02:00I could not get there
02:02Quick enough, but hey some things just happen to go that way
02:06All right
02:06Now to the unveiling of the 2024 nfl schedule
02:10We got some of those marquee games leading up to the full schedule released last night around 7 p.m
02:17Eastern we saw some very funny and creative social media videos. Shout out to the chargers
02:22I think the winners of the day in their sims
02:25themed schedule release
02:27But now we look at some of those marquee matchups and marquee dates each and every year around the national football league
02:33How about turkey day a turkey day triple header will start with a great nfc north matchup in detroit between the lions
02:41And the bears the cowboys will host a divisional foe in the new york giants and the packers
02:48lambo
02:49Thanksgiving night against the miami dolphins who make the trip up to maybe snowy green bay at that point of the year
02:57Should be a sensational triple header also to note donny
03:01The chicago bears will play that it's week 13, I believe which is the week of thanksgiving
03:08The bears will play all six of their nfc north divisional games in the final eight weeks
03:15Of the nfl schedule. They do not play a divisional opponent in their first 10
03:21Games of the year. It will be a strong back scratch for the bears
03:26Yeah, there's a lot of interesting quirks in the schedule now
03:28I haven't got a chance to go over every team
03:30But you know i'm going to be focused obviously on the eagles who have the final I believe four of five games at home
03:35To end the season so a front-loaded road schedule to start out
03:38You can't make a perfect schedule for every team and sometimes teams feel slighted
03:42But that's a really interesting one because as a fan base you love the divisional matchups. They're your rivals here
03:47You got a really good young football team
03:48You want that measuring stick game like right out of the gate against the minnesota vikings or you want that against the green bay packers?
03:54The detroit lions and you're not going to get that so that is an interesting quirk
03:57But that's a great game on thanksgiving. It used to be them. We would watch the lions game
04:02Like I can't believe that we're actually being you know
04:04Watching the lions because they lose every single year the joey harrington years and all that nasty stuff
04:09It's like just kick them off now
04:10It's coming back to us because the bears and the lions should be a fun one to watch
04:13Then you see that game number two the giants and the cowboys
04:16All right, turkey comes out. That's where you take your nap and they gave you a
04:21Banger at night though ben an absolute banger with that dolphins packers game
04:25So hopefully the trip the fan doesn't kick in bad enough to have you going to bed early
04:29But for myself, I think i'm on 8 20 on thanksgiving night
04:32Can't we be earlier ben? Can't just be earlier. It's late. It's really late
04:38You know, what do you do in terms of fasting on thanksgiving I guess it's actually probably a pretty easy day
04:43Yeah, yeah
04:44No, because we'll see and also coming from an italian-based family here
04:48The good part is is like I eat typically around let's just say around noon, right?
04:5211 30 to like 12 30 is my range well on thanksgiving usually that doesn't work
04:56But an italian family that bad boy's out there around one o'clock. So we're good to go here eat earlier
05:02So it doesn't affect me one bit a lot of food a lot of pie a lot of good stuff. Let's go
05:06I thought the right side family was spanish
05:09No italian. Oh, well, my wife is italian. So yeah, i've i'm quarter italian
05:15The wife is I think I want to say 50 italian. So we got some italian up
05:20I think that's good. But as you've said often, yeah, the wife doesn't watch the show
05:24So it's fine now we go from thanksgiving to christmas a double header on a wednesday if you give the nfl an inch
05:33They will take a mile. It is a great double header on christmas
05:37However already for this upcoming season in 2024
05:42Both games will be streamed exclusively
05:45on netflix first game up chiefs in pittsburgh against the steelers at
05:51Akersha what a great game that is and then the afc division around rematch from the postseason
05:57between the ravens and the texans this one in
06:01Houston houston a two and a half point underdog for that christmas game
06:05Kansas city nearly a touchdown favorite lay in six and a half as those early odds are out
06:11But I want to ask you drs how you feel often a critic of some sports scheduling as it comes to tv networks
06:19Of having both of the christmas day games on netflix
06:24I don't like it
06:24And here's the reason why like we're getting too far in these streaming services because it's just tough to keep a track of now
06:29Granted i'm not going to miss any of these games. I basically have a subscription to every one of them including netflix
06:34So it's not that big of a deal but just in the landscape like I am a you know
06:38Remote control fiddler over here ben which means like if there is a down moment here or a commercial
06:43I like to change the channel and if you're just with the family which again on christmas probably people will be around
06:48I'm not going to be like down in my basement with multiple tvs watching a show here in the nfl game. We'll be together
06:54But like to check in on other things like let's just say an nba game is playing on christmas day
06:58Which it is let me just check the score
07:00You sort of have to get out of netflix then go back into netflix and also yeah
07:05We always get angry at this streaming services are so far behind the live product
07:09You know, one of my joys typically is here watching football
07:12It's basically watching with america through social media, but they're two to three minutes back
07:16And if you're following beat writers, they're three and four plays ahead of you here
07:19And also, how do you get down on those bets?
07:21I like okay
07:22I'm expecting a turnover in this spot when literally they just scored a touchdown and you have no idea what's going on here
07:27So there are some down things to that, but you can watch it. It's okay. I'm not in love with it though
07:33Listen, here's my only thing I have netflix
07:35It's not going to be an issue for me to watch these football games
07:39Most people I think have netflix if they have any of the screaming services
07:43But this is where things are really going and I find it ironic because we're basically getting cable packages now just different streaming
07:51We're getting a cable bundle from max and netflix and apple tv as they will give us a vastly reduced price
07:58For those three streaming services all in one you guys aren't being creative. You are not being ironic
08:04It is cable just under a different name in the nfl this year
08:09Donnie will stream games on prime each and every week for thursday night football
08:14Netflix peacock and if you want sunday nfl ticket, it's on youtube
08:19TV so some of the casual fans or some fans around the national football league that do not have
08:25All of these streaming networks are put at a disadvantage and the nfl is virtually saying hey get with the times
08:32The nfl will never starve for an audience the nfl generates and dominates audience, but it's still
08:39Just a sign of the times I guess
08:41yeah, and are we getting to subscription-based services where it's like you just have to subscribe to your team and that's what you get and
08:46You got to it's it's wild where this is going because it's apparent that the general public will pay for it
08:52And the nfl is going to be like, you know what then we'll do it
08:55Yep, absolutely. So more marquee matchups around the national football league comes your way up next
09:01So we have showed you the marquee matchups for those significant early season games around 2024 in the national football league
09:08Those holiday broadcasts as well. But last night every nfl team all 32 organizations
09:16Unveiled the entirety of their schedule. That's weeks 1
09:20Through 18 when are the bye weeks when exactly on a sunday slate are you playing?
09:26Perhaps do you have a short week thursday night football game? Are you traveling back-to-back weeks?
09:32What are those miles that you are logging all of that drs?
09:36Is significant because it does really paint the path to your win total. Do you have the rest advantage or disadvantage?
09:44Are you traveling a ton to how you can stack up the wins?
09:49What is baked into a spread for any week in the national football league and some of those odds are out?
09:56That's my favorite thing about the schedule release. Also the fun social media videos that we have
10:02Yeah, it's always nice because the football season is 365 for us now
10:05It's almost like every single month we have something to look forward to in football season outside of the games themselves
10:10Whether the combine free agency you're getting tagged otas the draft the schedule release
10:15It keeps us involved here
10:16And as we're in the month of may now getting excited for the season because it's tangible now
10:21We always do the opponents now. We know where they're at
10:23So if you're a fan base much like the people will go out and say, okay
10:25Where's our away games that we're going to go to let's plan our tailgates for the home games here
10:30How does this set up here? Is it a great home schedule? Is it a tough road schedule here?
10:33it's fun to see it play out and also it's probably that last bit of
10:37I waited to make my seasonal win totals projection until I see the actual schedule coming out
10:42Then you hit that little lull until you get the training camp and the injuries come up
10:46So it's that last bit of information that you needed just to get you recharged for football season
10:50And now we can see where these big time games are at
10:53Listen I highly highly highly recommend the great work that our guy our lead nfl
10:58Analyst warren sharp for the sports grid network does with his team at sharp analytics
11:03If you just scroll through his twitter page
11:05You will find out everything that you need to know how many games are in prime time who has the toughest schedules?
11:12Week one through five who has a very difficult home stretch like the pittsburgh steelers who have by far the most difficult schedule
11:19In the final six seven weeks of this nfl campaign
11:22The baltimore ravens have the most difficult schedule to start off the year weeks one through five the opener to start the season debut
11:30In kansas city also with road games at dallas home games against the raiders and the buffalo bills
11:36It is a gauntlet for the flock to start as they look to get back to their second consecutive afc title game
11:42Let's talk a couple of narratives as well here to start off 2024
11:47Russ will make his return
11:49Quickly to the mile high city. The steelers are on the road week number two
11:55Against the denver broncos. How about the stefan digs game in houston as he welcomes in his former team?
12:02Maybe with some bad blood against the buffalo bills our superbowl 58 rematch
12:08Week number seven sunday slate in san francisco
12:11It's the 49ers taking on the chiefs the bears and the commanders week number eight week 12
12:18It's the chargers and the ravens. That's the harbaugh
12:22Bash great job by the la chargers social media team in their schedule release video
12:27but I love week 12 because it was the harbaugh brothers having a pillow fight in their childhood bedroom and
12:34We have the game between kirk cousins and his former team doesn't happen until week 14
12:40But the falcons hit the road to minneapolis to take on the vice
12:43Yeah, a lot of intrigue. I mean each and every week we love talking about the nfl games
12:47But as we said, it's fun to finally see these games come into fruition that bills texans game
12:51I mean the texans are in some big money moments this year and expecting big things for cd stroud and that revamped offense
12:57Which was quite good last year. That should be a fun one
13:00But I do take a look at that week seven matchup here, right?
13:03You always want to get back at the team that beat you in the superbowl last year now granted
13:08Well, the philadelphia eagles were maybe the hottest team in football to start the season
13:11They went and played on a monday night football game and got revenge
13:14But revenge didn't mean anything because they beat the chiefs there
13:17The chiefs went on the window of the superbowl and away you go at that point
13:20But it's nice that san francisco has them in their own building to sort of get back a little revenge and extract that
13:25We'll see if that takes place. But of all those games that are listed
13:28I think everybody could probably agree that chiefs 49ers game is going to be awesome
13:32It's going to be incredible donnie
13:35I was already looking forward to seeing how the schedule makers would treat the houston texans and the atlanta falcons
13:41Both teams enter this offseason and 2024 with optimism and now expectation
13:47And when you look at houston, they are in prime time four times as are the atlanta falcons the teams in prime time
13:54Most frequently the new york jets the san francisco 49ers the dallas cowboys
13:59They will each play six prime time games in all six four game green and aaron rogers
14:06In the first 11 weeks of the nfl season get ready buddy to learn
14:12Aaron rogers including that opening monday night on the road in san francisco
14:18Against the 49ers. I cannot wait for the opening weekend of the year and that game in prime time sunday night football
14:26Matthew stafford back in the motor city
14:29Once again the playoff rematch between the lions and the rams and the fan dual sports book has these week one lines
14:36Already out detroit a three and a half point home favorite
14:39I mean feels like we're going to be exhausted after week one, right because you have the extra friday night game
14:43So we're going to be on a bender from thursday friday
14:46And then of course we got football on saturday with college football sunday an unbelievable card
14:50Everybody's going to be excited sunday night football monday night football by tuesday
14:54We're like man
14:55We got to do this for still a couple more months
14:57But that's the anticipation and the wait for it's going to be a lot of fun to see how it plays out
15:01But again, the nba does a very good job of this the same way that the nfl does
15:05Give us the marquee games that we want right off of the bat
15:08And I love that also keep in mind on this
15:10Sort of a tough scenario when you're one of the better football teams
15:13The nfl does like to put you on in the biggest spotlight moments
15:16We saw how profitable those games have been on christmas where it's like, okay
15:20I don't care if that's on a wednesday
15:21We're going to make sure we have those and we can sell them to in you know off programming on like netflix
15:26But for the ravens to go back to back on the road on christmas, that's not right man
15:30Like the nfl I understand like they're a big draw and that's a big football game
15:34But if you're a ravens player sure you get paid a lot of money
15:37You got to show up when the games are but that's a tough scene at least give them the ravens
15:40The home game in their own building on christmas, but they got them on the road again, which is kind of tough
15:46Two and a half point road favorite the flock though will be a big feature on that christmas day slate
15:52It was a statement game for baltimore last year winning in san francisco speaking of the niners
15:57They are the superbowl 59 favorites in front of the chiefs
16:02But we can see how much the odds makers love sam fran booked as a favorite in every game last year
16:08That included the superbowl loss to kc
16:11They're a point and a half favorite already in the rematch week number seven
16:15Nearly a touchdown favorite for that season opener against the jets