2:05: Thanksgiving schedule includes Titans and Lions, Seahawks and Cowboys, Cardinals and Eagles. Not bad, although Vince Young better have the Titans in playoff contention or could have another early afternoon snoozer.

2:06: Best Week 1 matchup has to be Browns at Cowboys. Cleveland is on national television five times, so they better win early in the year for the sake of the TV Networks and Derek Anderson. I think the Browns have to be at least 4-4 through eight games or the drumbeat for Brady Quinn is going to get loud.

2:08: We're going to hear a lot of tough/easy schedule talk today. It's fun, but it doesn't mean much. I'd love to see a comparison of the preseason strength of schedule rankings and what actually happens. A lot of these schedules that look tough today will be cake, and vice versa.

2:12: Jason Taylor will continue his international brand growing this season in Canada. Odd they are putting the Canada game on so late in the season (Week 14).

2:13: The Chargers get four East Coast trips, plus the game in London against the Saints. They actually fly straight from Buffalo (Week 7) to London (Week 8).

2:15: The Patriots open with the Chiefs, @ Jets, Dolphins, a bye, and @ the 49ers. I know I just said not to overreact to easy schedules ... but the Patriots will be favored heavily in those games. Playing the Jets in the Meadowlands is never a gimme, but the Patriots will have a chance to extend their record regular season game streak.

2:22: NFL.com has the whole shebang online, which steals the thunder from their show. And this blog. Which is getting seriously delayed right now by interrupting bosses!

2:31: The Cowboys have a popcorn-worthy opening month. In Cleveland, home for the Eagles, and then road games in Green Bay and Washington.

2:35: Biggest chance for a stinker Sunday night game before Flex scheduling starts: Seahawks @ Bucs in Week 8.

2:39: This is old news, but the Thursday/Sunday night openers (Giants/Redskins and Colts/Bears) are a little underwhelming. I've watched enough of the Bears by now, thank you very much. My guess is that the NFL doesn't like using their best games in Week 1 because they are going to get huge ratings if they put the Chiefs and Panthers on.

2:42: Fun stretch of games on paper for the Steelers late in the year: Chargers, Colts, Patriots, and Cowboys within five weeks.

2:45: Interesting note from the NFL Network: There are 29 division games scheduled in the last four weeks of the season, up significantly from 21 last year. The lack of good division races last year probably forced this. This doesn't mean teams won't be able to rest late in the year (although the Giants approach may change things as well), but it lowers the chances.

2:51: NFL Network only has one Saturday game, with eight games in seven weeks. It looks like they started a week earlier, and won't have a Week 17 game. The games look better quality than in the past. And there's no Bryant Gumbel this year either.

2:52: Chicago got five primetime games. The power of Bears Nation.

3:01: The mystery of Rich Eisen's disappearance is solved. He's at something called the NFL Sponsors summit, and interviewing Braylon Edwards from there. No doubt Eisen was more valuable to the league where they are making money than where they aren't (NFL Network).

3:02: Okay, the rest of work/life is encroaching too much, I have to get to some other things. I'll have some other schedule notes Thursday, but let me know what you think. The next pick of the Mock coming around 4PM.