Brady in retirement & paper boy Josh Allen: The best & worst! of NFL teams’ 2023 schedule releases

The NFL has officially released its schedule and fans across the country watched as their favorite teams has special ways of showing their supporters what they can look forward to.

In addition to posts showing fans their exactly what they can be looking forward to, their creative departments shine with interesting videos.

Some teams evoke television shows, like the Chicago Bears. Others invite celebrities and other famous athletes, such as the Tennessee Titans. 

From a fake retirement home for New England Patriots players to letting the Buffalo Bills live their dreams in different jobs, the NFL gets wacky when they drop their slate of games.

Here, DailyMail.com takes a look at the best and the worst of the 2023 NFL Schedule release videos.

The NFL officially released its schedule of all 32 teams for the 2023 season on Thursday night

Buffalo Bills: Making Dreams Come True 

General manager Brandon Beane set up the idea that the Bills wanted to make their players dreams come true – and just to drop their ideas in a bucket.

From Josh Allen wanting to be a paper boy, to the offensive line pranking Bills reporter Steve Tasker, to RB Damien Harris playing a video game on the stadium jumbotron, Buffalo was able to make all their wishes come true.

Meanwhile, hints as to who they were playing were scattered throughout the stadium as people passed by. 

New England Patriots: Brady comes home for his retirement

Devin McCourty, the recently retired Patriots legend in the defensive secondary, was seen being dropped off outside the ‘Patriots Retirement House’ by his twin brother Jason.

With New England legends like Rob Ninkovich and Andre Tippett in the sketch, the Patriots had themes for each opponent on their schedule.

At the end, there’s a ring on the doorbell, with McCourty opening it as the ‘rookie’. He immediately beams when he ‘sees’ former teammate Tom Brady at the door asking if there’s ‘room for one more’ on the day it was revealed the greatest quarterback of all time would be honored at their Week 1 game against Philadelphia. 

Tennessee Titans: A country music showcase with a wrestler’s flair

At a legendary downtown Nashville honky tonk, we see WWE superstar Sheamus overseeing a bar of rowdy patrons.

With various decor on the walls – from records to writing to even bar napkins – the schedule is slowly but surely revealed.

At the end, country music star Keith Urban performs for the audience to their delight as Tennessee fans get ready for their season. 

Los Angeles Chargers: An anime video with a billion Easter eggs

After last year’s viral success of an anime theme for their schedule release, the Chargers decided to run it back and dropped an equally amazing anime video.

This time, the cameos were aplenty as Stephen A. Smith and Mina Kimes of ESPN, Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe of Fox, and Pat McAfee were shown in the creation.

Not to mention the boatload of Easter Eggs covering each team from the Titans (with mayo and a half-eaten banana for Will Levis), to the Vikings (a banner reads ‘Mentioned in a Lizzo Song’), and even a subtle jab at the Knicks (with a Times Square sign reading Trae Young: King of Broadway).

This video is worth watching and re-watching to find every single hidden gem and to truly appreciate the artwork.

New York Jets: Nice… we’ll take it

Trevor Rainbolt, a guy who has made his living and his fame on TikTok by becoming phenomenal at the game ‘GeoGuessr’ was tasked with getting the schedule opponents correct.

The catch was: Rainbolt could only see half the image of a city of one of the Jets opponents, the picture was in black and white, and he was only shown the picture for 0.1 seconds.

Nevertheless, he was able to get them all right – ending each correct guess with his signature catchphrase of ‘Nice… we’ll take it’.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The dangers of Artificial Intelligence

Any fears that AI could replace comedy writing were immediately dissuaded after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers released a weird, humorless video with their mascots.

Both of Tampa’s mascots appeared, with a script written by artificial intelligence providing the cringiest dialogue you could imagine for a pirate.

But the sketch seems aware of how unfunny it is: with the title ‘Extremely Hilarious and Pirate Themed Schedule Release Skit’.

Chicago Bears: The Bears spoof ‘The Bear’

FX’s hit show ‘The Bear’ focuses on a young chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop.

The Chicago Bears took this idea and ran with it by putting together a video with this exact theme featuring former Bears player Charles Tillman and WWE star Seth Rollins.

In a contrast from the gritty television show, there’s an element of humor in this video as meal tickets display the opponents the Bears will face this season.

The Tennessee Titans again: People in Nashville should learn their football

Finally, the Titans struck gold again by asking random passersby on Nashville’s famous Lower Broadway to name their opponents by guessing the logo

Guesses range from the Cowboys (for the Colts), the Red Horses (for the Falcons), the Cowboys (for the Colts, again), the St. Louis Rams (for the Saints), and Lightning McQueen (for the Chargers).

We dare you to watch this and not crack at least a small laugh.