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How the NFL Built (and Rebuilt) the 2022 Schedule

An offseason of superstar trades, plus Tom Brady’s retirement and unretirement, led to a busy year for those who put together the 272-game puzzle.

The people charged with putting together the 272-game NFL schedule you’re leafing through right now digested the Tom Brady news on March 13 the same way you did on that fateful night—with a mixture of shock and excitement, and anticipation for what might come next in the wildest offseason of them all.

The difference is, from there, it really was time for Onnie Bose, Howard Katz, Mike North, Charlotte Carey, Blake Jones and Nick Cooney to get back to work.