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Depot After Dark: Old School Schedule-Making, Bijan Robinson On Arthur Smith, Cool Super Bowl Bios

Related Topics: Val Pinchbeck, Bijan Robinson

A Steelers Depot daily segment. A quick hit of some Pittsburgh Steelers-related stories that may not require a complete article but nuggets worth mentioning and passing on to you guys.

Your Depot After Dark for May 15.

Old School Schedules

In honor of schedule release day, here’s a look at how the NFL used to create the schedule. There was no powerful algorithm that spit out the complete schedule. There was just a guy—one guy—Val Pinchbeck.

As this video from The 33rd Team outlines, Pinchbeck was in charge of creating the entire schedule, using a board on his wall to map everything out.