Your Actually Wednesday NFL Schedule Release Open Thread

NFL News:

• Ahead of tonight’s schedule reveal at 8:00PM (“Only on the NFL Network!”), the International Games slate has been revealed. Remember that the “home team” surrendered a home stadium date in order to be guaranteed a Super Bowl hosting experience.
  • London Games:
    • Chicago Bears vs. Oakland Raiders, Sunday, Oct. 6, 1 p.m. ET, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
    • Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Oct. 13, 9:30 a.m. ET at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
    • Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m. ET at Wembley Stadium
    • Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Nov. 3, 9:30 a.m. ET at Wembley Stadium
  • Mexico Game:
    • Kansas City Chiefs vs. Los Angeles Chargers, Monday, Nov. 18, 8:15 pm. ET at Estadio Azteca
      • Estadio Azteca hosted games during the 2005, 2016 and 2017 seasons and there’s an agreement in place to continue playing games in Mexico City through the 2021 season.

• The Chargers are desperately trying to do anything they can to win over fans, and today they announced the powder blues will be their 2019 home uniform.
  • Family liar spokeperson & team bullshit artist president of business operations A.G. Spanos proclaimed,
    • “I’ve talked to our fans, and they love the uniforms and the colors,” Spanos said. “They love the lightning bolt. It’s truly iconic. It’s very special, and we have a great history. When you look at players like LaDainian Tomlinson, Dan Fouts, Junior Seau and on and on, I think it’s important to keep that tradition going.”
  • The accompanying photo caption to the story was clearly written by a Chargers lickspittle:

• Bears TE Zach Miller – he of the gruesome dislocated knee versus the Saints (where his TD catch that caused it was erroneously overturned by the refs) – announced his retirement Tuesday.
  • The Bears kept him on the roster so he could avail himself of their facilities for rehab.
    • He underwent a total of nine surgeries, and is now able to walk without a noticeable limp, but admitted that he still experiences discomfort after he jogs.

• The AAF has officially filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
  • Quoting ESPN, the league — under the limited liability corporation Legendary Field Exhibitions LLC — had $11,372,298.68 in assets and $48,366,188.90 in liabilities at the time of filing.
    • Some of those assets include player contracts, which the bankruptcy trustee will try to sell to the CFL.
      • Because the league set players free from their contracts to negotiate with the NFL – where few of them have options – but figured more would make the CFL so held those as collateral.
        • Which is another reason to root against the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup.

Finally, our old pal DrawPlayDave has his artistic take on Jay Cutler helping his wife clear her ducts.

Tonight’s sports:

• NFL:
  • Schedule release – 8:00PM | NFLN
• NHL:
  • Bruins at Maple Leafs – 7:00PM | NBCSN / CBC (Leafs lead 2-1)
  • Predators at Stars – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet (Preds lead 2-1)
  • Flames at Avalanche – 10:00PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet (Avs lead 2-1)
• NBA:
  • Pacers at Celtics – 7:00PM | TNT
  • Jazz at Rockets – 9:30PM | TNT
• MLB:
  • Red Sox at Yankees – 6:30PM | ESPN / TSN2
  • Blue Jays at Twins – 7:30PM | Sportsnet1

Well, now that that’s sorted out – GET WITH THE COMMENTS!