Brian Scalabrini

The NFL has always been very intentional about its schedule.

There's five teams in the NFL that I don't know if they're going to be necessarily very good.

But if I ran the NFL, I would put them on television in the first month.

Cowboys, Giants, Raiders.

I think the Vikings with Kyler Murray is going to be really fun for the first four to five weeks.

I think Steelers with Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy.

So it's sort of a Labor Day special.

know, around Labor Day, you got about five teams that may not be great.

They're going to be pretty darn interesting for the first month.

And we also know simultaneously the Rams, the Seahawks, the Bills, the Ravens, the Niners are all going to be good probably by Thanksgiving and beyond.

I feel like the New York Giants this year remind me of the Bears last year, where they

I love the coach they hired, and I thought the quarterback was young and really promising.

I didn't know if I love the ownership.

I don't know if I love the general manager.

But if you recall last year, early in the season, coming off an ugly year,

The Chicago Bears got on two Monday night football games and had one of those Fox-Tom Brady games, the late Sunday games.

So the NFL knew it's a big market.

They've got a new coach.

We don't know if everything's solved, but let's roll with it.

And the Bears provided great late game theatrics.