As we were counting down one of the NFL’s manufactured tentpole events — Wednesday’s schedule release — we brought your attention to remarks made by the league’s vice-president of broadcast planning and scheduling Mike North, who often serves as the face of the NFL’s scheduling team.
“For teams like Buffalo, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Green Bay, Dallas [and] Pittsburgh,” North had noted on a recent episode of the “It’s Always Gameday in Buffalo” podcast, “you’re talking about probably six, seven, eight, nine [or] 10 nationally televised games — when you factor in some of these other windows and the doubleheaders.