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Nfl kickoff6/18/2023 ![]() Patrick Mahomes has become must-see TV and the last time we saw him he was winning arguably the best Super Bowl that we've ever played. North: "The truth of the matter is, you, me and nine friends could probably line up against Kansas City on (season) kickoff (day) and fans are still going to want to watch. On the season-opener between the Lions and Chiefs, when it could have been an opponent like the Bengals, Bills, Eagles or an AFC West foe for Kickoff Weekend. We hit a number of topics, and I've included his responses below. He and a team of great people - and hundreds of thousands of computer simulations - finally landed on the schedule Monday afternoon and got the approval from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Thursday afternoon ahead of the official release, I spoke with Mike North, the NFL's vice president of broadcast planning. There are more variables than ever: no longer does the road team decide whether a game is broadcast on CBS or Fox on Sunday afternoons, and for the first time ever teams can play multiple short-week games. It happens every year, and the league has to balance when stadiums are available versus travel issues combined with competitive inequities and the needs of various broadcast partners. The 2023 NFL schedule has finally been released to the public, which means the league office gets to hear from 32 different fan bases about how their team got screwed and their rival is the favorite of the league.
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