NFL Schedule REACTION: International Matchups | Leaked Games | MORE! 👀
Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
4.2 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Mike Renner and JP Acosta react to the NFL matchups that have been announced so far for the 2026 season! From International games to Week 1 and Thanksgiving; the guys give their thoughts on all the notable matchups. Mike and JP also discuss Week 1 matchups they want to see and break down the hardest/easiest schedules.
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(00:00) Intro
(1:04) International Matchups Announced
(10:45) Other Schedule Leaks
(17:53) Who Should The Seahawks Play?
(22:02) Week 1 Matchups We Want To See
(26:33) Hardest Schedules This Season
(35:09) Easiest Schedules This Season
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into today's episode of pushing the pile. |
| 0:13.1 | Mike Renner, J.P. Acosta, coming to you for the next hour talking, 2026 NFL schedule. |
| 0:18.7 | Now, haven't had the full release yet. |
| 0:22.8 | That comes tomorrow, Thursday night. |
| 0:29.6 | We will see all 17 games, all 17 or 18 weeks now of the NFL season, the schedule for that. |
| 0:34.7 | But what we have now is a few leaks. We got some leaks. We got the international games. |
| 0:38.3 | We got some big storylines to talk about who has the hardest schedule, who has easiest schedule we're going through it for the next hour jp we had a big week though |
| 0:43.0 | on the pot you got engaged i had a kid but we're back here talking to the people about football once |
| 0:49.2 | again we're back we had a of course like said, big weekend for both of us. Congratulations. |
| 0:55.0 | Healthy and happy baby. Congratulations to you and your wife. But I'm excited to be back. excited to talk about some football. Excited to talk schedule. |
| 1:03.0 | All right. Let's start with the international games because we have those released so far. The Australia game, the Brazil game, the three London games, Paris, Spain, |
| 1:12.1 | Germany, Mexico City, the NFL is worldwide now. Before we get into the games themselves, |
| 1:17.2 | what are your thoughts on this expanded international schedule? Are you a fan of what used to be |
| 1:23.9 | like the one or two London games now turning into a fully fledged world tour. |
| 1:29.0 | It feels sort of like the NFL is preparing fans and teams for the eventuality of a team |
| 1:35.5 | internationally or at least an international division of the NFL. |
| 1:39.3 | I don't know if that's going to be anytime soon. |
| 1:41.5 | It could be closer to 2030 that is 2028, but it feels like they're |
| 1:45.6 | preparing for an international division, especially in London. As a Jaguars fan, I'm sort of used to |
| 1:51.7 | like all my team going to London every year to play overseas. I think it's pretty cool for the |
| 1:57.0 | international fans there. The game is expanding worldwide rapidly. |
| 2:07.4 | I'm very curious in how the Australia game goes week one, because this is the boldest thing that the NFL has ever done when it comes to their international expansion. |
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