Although we broke the story hours before every other blog in the region, nay, the nation, you still need to watch this!
So this was my first year tracking and posting all of the Birds’ schedule leaks as they crept out of various corners of the internet. It was fun, arduous, but fun. We had the schedule structure minus times on some regular Sunday slate games early, and I’ll hang my hat on it. But… as has become tradition on schedule release day, every team put out their own video with different spins on revealing their full season schedules. Some were funny, some were downright dumb, and some were just L’s (looking at you Saints, Kellen Moore deserves better!)
But one was the audio/visual equivalent of unzipping your pants and dropping it on the table for all to see:
(You’ll need to hit the link; the Birds want you to watch on their YouTube, which is completely fair)
Absolute cinema. No notes. 10/10
Petty in the classiest way possible (amazing use of the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Come fucking try and take it.
Go Birds.