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The Arizona Cardinals will unveil their 2026 regular-season schedule on Thursday night, likely featuring few prime-time games. A potential intriguing matchup could be against the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Arizona Cardinals will release their 2026 regular-season schedule Thursday night, and they won't likely have many prime-time games. They are not a particularly popular team. They are not particularly intriguing. They aren't expected to be competitive.
However, if they do get a prime-time game, there is one possibility that has a few fun storylines.
The one matchup that could have some intrigue is against the Las Vegas Raiders.
A Raiders-Cardinals Thursday night matchup would make sense, but it needs to be later in the season.
No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza might not start the season as the starting quarterback, as the Raiders signed Kirk Cousins. However, Mendoza will take over at some point.
Jacoby Brissett is expected to be the starting quarterback to start the season, but as the Cardinals are not expected to be very good, it would make sense at some point to see them make a move to rookie Carson Beck, drafted in the third round.
Now, here's the pitch.
A Raiders-Cardinals Thursday night game in November would give you these storylines:
A game that would otherwise only air in Arizona and Nevada on Sunday now has some intrigue for a national audience.
For as uninteresting as the Cardinals will be on a national stage, this possibility actually might be interesting.
The Arizona Cardinals will announce their 2026 regular-season schedule on Thursday night.
The Cardinals are not considered a particularly popular or competitive team, which typically limits their prime-time game opportunities.
The Las Vegas Raiders are mentioned as a potentially intriguing matchup for the Cardinals if they secure a prime-time game.

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We will see if it happens.
The schedule release is Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.
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