Overview
- The 2026 reveal, which multiple outlets say will land between May 12 and May 14, remains days away while every team’s home and away opponents are already public.
- International fixtures are set, including Week 1’s Rams vs. 49ers at Melbourne Cricket Ground, a second 49ers game in Mexico City, and a Saints game in Paris.
- Sharp Football Analysis rankings dominate coverage, with Arizona projected as having the toughest slate, Miami the second‑hardest, and Cincinnati and Cleveland among the easiest.
- Team previews link slates to off‑season shifts, from Baltimore moving on from John Harbaugh to hire Jesse Minter to Miami’s reset under GM Jon‑Eric Sullivan, coach Jeff Hafley and quarterback Malik Willis.
- USA TODAY’s prime‑time and holiday lineups are framed as predictions, and teams are preparing their schedule‑reveal videos as fans wait for the league to post dates and times.