Mike North & Max St. John: The Creators of the 2026 NFL Schedule

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🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Ross is joined by the NFL's Vice President of NFL Broadcast Planning & Scheduling Mike North and Manager of Scheduling Max St. John to break down what changed this year, why they made a commitment to eliminate Monday-Sunday-Thursday stretches, the predictive analytics behind which teams get primetime slots, why the data says rest disparity mostly doesn't matter, and more! Download the DraftKings Sports Book App and use code ROSS! Connect with the Pod Website - https://www.rosstucker.com Become A Patron - https://www.patreon.com/RTMedia Podcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/RossTuckerPod Podcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rosstuckerpod/ Ross Twitter - https://twitter.com/RossTuckerNFL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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