The NFL schedule release on May 14 featured videos from all 32 teams. USA TODAY Sports ranked the top five videos, highlighting the best performances.
The NFLās annual roast ā otherwise known as the schedule release ā took place via social media May 14 as the 2026 slate for all 32 teams became official.
Every team, as has become tradition, created a video to celebrate the occasion. All deserve praise and required hard work from scores of individuals who deserve praise. But like the game of football, some teams fared better than others, and there can only be one winner.
USA TODAY Sports ranked the top five videos from this yearās batch of videos. But first ā¦
Four teamsā submissions were worthy of an honorable mention tag.
The Chicago Bears, for their Rome āBob Rossā Odunze sketch. The Los Angeles Rams channeled āNapoleon Dynamiteā for their bit of nostalgia. Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence chopped off his patented blonde flow and that alone deserves recognition. And the Indianapolis Coltsā āSimpsonsā video was impressive.
Now onto the top five.
The reigning Super Bowl champs kept the momentum going with a spoof of those oddly sultry fragrance commercials. They featured Seahawks players, Marshawn Lynch, play-by-play announcer Steve Raible and celebrity fans Josh Lucas, Joel McHale and Pierson Fode. Each fragrance referred to a different opponent and poked fun at them.
A little low for the Chargers, who often take the top spot. But for the fourth straight season, their video existed in an alternate reality, this one in the Halo video game. The points deducted from running the same play over and over again doesnāt distract from the teamās uncanny ability to have the best burns year in and year out. And the level of dedication it takes to create this type of project is more than worthy of a top-five ranking.
Nostalgia plays when it comes to the schedule-release video, and if thereās one piece of media that is universally beloved, itās āThis is SportsCenterā commercials. All of the jokes ā Matt Ryan losing his temper, a āBijanā Robinson pronunciation mishap ā hit. Kevin Stefanski plays a heck of a straightman.
The man-on-the-street (Broadway, to be exact) style is back! Tennesseeās video from 2023 was one of the best schedule-release videos ever produced, and going back to the well three years later was more than appropriate. The format change ā the admin approached individuals who ālooked likeā players of the opposing team for a certain week ā was a fun wrinkle that allowed the theme to continue without it feeling too similar.
Did Fernando Mendoza and Kirk Cousins just become best friends?
Getting buy-in from the two quarterbacks is one thing, but to actually execute upon the āStepbrothersā spoof is another. No notes, because this video hits all of the right ones.
More: Watch every NFL team's schedule release video for 2026 season
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Chargers, Raiders make top 5 NFL schedule-release videos list for 2026
USA TODAY Sports ranked the top five schedule release videos, showcasing the best performances from various teams.
The schedule release videos are a tradition that allows teams to creatively celebrate their upcoming season and engage with fans.
The NFL schedule release occurred on May 14, 2026.

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