Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I’m pulling for the Pistons and Timberwolves tonight so that I’ll have two Game 7’s to write about on Monday.

In today’s SI:AM: 📅 Full 2026 NFL schedule 🤔 How the schedule was made 😋 11 best games

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Week 1 is 17 weeks away

The NFL schedule is finally here: 272 games in a span of 18 weeks stretching from Sept. 9 to Jan. 10. ( You can see every team’s schedule here .)

The schedule hype is always way overblown because you know every game each team will play as soon as the previous season is over. The NFL just likes to make a big deal out of revealing when those games will be played. To that end, here are the most notable bits about when games have been scheduled.

The opener

The season will begin on a Wednesday this year, and the reason why is fairly interesting.…