Why Is The NFL Season Opening Up Like This?
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | all right i i i do have a question for you guys |
| 0:03.6 | because we talk about this a lot how |
| 0:08.0 | everything in the nfl seems like it's always evolving and changing stony we talked about |
| 0:14.6 | opening day and yeah it just feels weird, it's official now. |
| 0:22.4 | The NFL will have their opening game in Seattle on a Wednesday night. |
| 0:31.6 | Wednesday now. |
| 0:33.1 | On Wednesday night, Seattle opens up because normally the Super Bowl champion opens up on Thursday. |
| 0:38.9 | Correct. |
| 0:39.5 | Except they couldn't do Thursday because Thursday was booked because they're playing a game in Australia at 10.30 in the morning on Friday, which is really 8.30 here local time in Detroit. |
| 0:53.0 | So you had to move Seattle back a day. |
| 0:56.3 | So Seattle's going to actually kick off the season on a Wednesday night. |
| 1:01.7 | Well, why? |
| 1:02.4 | Are you confused? |
| 1:03.5 | I'm not confused. |
| 1:05.1 | I just wonder what's a difference. |
| 1:07.3 | You keep the Thursday, I don't know if you can call it a tradition, |
| 1:11.1 | but you have the Thursday night opener at the home of the defending Super Bowl champion. |
| 1:15.2 | Keep that at Thursday. |
| 1:16.4 | Right. |
| 1:17.2 | And then play the Australian game on Friday. |
| 1:19.9 | Because I guess the time difference and they had to get those teams back. |
| 1:24.4 | Right. |
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