内容摘要：People write witness statements while Las Vegas police investigate an officer involved shooting that left two dead and three injured at the Las Vegas Athletic Club in Las Vegas Friday, May 16, 2025. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

People write witness statements while Las Vegas police investigate an officer involved shooting that left two dead and three injured at the Las Vegas Athletic Club in Las Vegas Friday, May 16, 2025. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

One would think the job has gotten somewhat easier the past couple of years as the league has come up with more broadcast windows, including making Christmas Day a permanent fixture.The trade off, though, is that this is the third year under the league’s broadcast deals that all of the games are up for bid for every network.

CBS remains the primary home of the AFC, with the NFC on Fox, but if there is a great NFC matchup during a week when CBS has the doubleheader, that game will end up on CBS. That is the case in Week 1 with Detroit visiting Green Bay in the 4:25 p.m. EDT spot.Hans Schroeder, the NFL’s executive vice president of media distribution, said this year’s rotation of the NFC North facing the AFC North and NFC East created a lot of favorable matchups to divide among all the network’s broadcast partners.“We love every schedule in May. Hopefully we love it in December, too,” said Schroeder, who is in his second year leading the league’s scheduling team. “We have a lot of great matchups, and the flexibility of those new TV deals that every game could go into any widow, I think that’s the key and to marry that with a team that is relentless in their effort, I think led to a fun and really great schedule.”

Even though the league announced the release date during the first round of the NFL Draft on April 24, theBecause some of the games started to be announced on Monday during network upfront presentations to advertisers, those matchups were locked in on Sunday night.

The biggest final-minute decision with the early announced games came with the Fox Week 16 Saturday doubleheader on Dec. 20. The league knew it wanted Packers vs. Bears and Eagles vs. Commanders, but it didn’t finalize the home teams until Sunday night.

If ever there was a year where the league could opt to move the Buffalo-Kansas City game from CBS to prime time, this was the one.Arsenal’s Alessia Russo, right, is tackled by Barcelona’s Irene Paredes during the women’s Champions League final soccer match between Arsenal and FC Barcelona at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Barcelona’s Patri Guijarro, top right, reacts during the women’s Champions League final soccer match between Arsenal and FC Barcelona at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)Barcelona’s Patri Guijarro, top right, reacts during the women’s Champions League final soccer match between Arsenal and FC Barcelona at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

Barcelona fans support their team prior the women’s Champions League final soccer match between Arsenal and FC Barcelona at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)Barcelona fans support their team prior the women’s Champions League final soccer match between Arsenal and FC Barcelona at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)