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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who's No. 1? Colts take themselves out of the running for best schedule-release videos
In what has become a yearly tradition in the social media age, the NFL teams released videos Wednesday to help reveal their schedules for the upcoming season. (Matt Slocum / Associated Press) Some make us laugh. Some make us scratch our heads in bewilderment. Some make us feel good about ourselves for picking up on a timely pop culture reference that only the most hip members of our society would recognize and that may be irrelevant in weeks. Advertisement All of them, however, make us ready for some football ... in about four months. In what has become a yearly tradition in the social media age, all 32 NFL teams released videos Wednesday to help reveal their schedules for the upcoming season. Read more: Meet the Chargers content team winning the schedule release 'Super Bowl' And one team took it back just hours after it was released. The Indianapolis Colts' video seemingly poked fun at Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill's run-in with the law. The video featured a dolphin swimming while wearing Hill's No. 10, drawing a siren from a Coast Guard boat helmed by an officer crossing his arms with a look of disapproval. Advertisement The Colts said in a statement that the Minecraft-inspired production "exceeded our rights with Microsoft and included an insensitive clip involving Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill. We sincerely apologize to Microsoft and Tyreek." Hill responded in good humor on X: "Should've left it up @Colts , this was funny," with a shrug emoji. Getting more creative and quirky by the year, these videos aim to entertain as much as inform. Clearly, they don't just exist to provide the dates and times for a particular team's 17-game schedule. Sometimes, the schedules seem to be afterthoughts. Read more: Inside the 2025 NFL schedule: 13 things to know about this season's games Advertisement While some are short and to the point (thanks, Texans and Dolphins), many others require a decent chunk of the viewers' time (nearly 11 minutes of former head coach Jon Gruden — really, Buccaneers?). To help sort through it, below is an extremely subjective list of this year's top five best schedule-release videos. In the interest of preventing any kind of home-field advantage, the Rams and Chargers were excluded from consideration. Both are worth checking out: Also, some honorable mentions worth checking out include the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Tennessee Titans and Cincinnati Bengals. Advertisement On to the top five ... 5. Buffalo Bills This is nothing fancy, and that's what makes it brilliant. A miscommunication between general manager Brandon Beane and quarterback Josh Allen leads Beane to enlist NBA legend Allen Iverson for the Bills' schedule-release video. A confused A.I. eventually holds up a paper copy of the schedule for just 3 seconds. 4. Las Vegas Raiders An homage to the old-school "This is SportsCenter" commercials on ESPN, this one comes in at nearly 7 minutes long — but it needs all that time to squeeze in the Easter eggs, current and past Raiders, celebrity cameos, subtle trash talk (Penn & Teller really nail the Chiefs), inside jokes, live animals, cultural references and more. It even has a blooper reel at the end. Advertisement 3. Denver Broncos While the Broncos may never top their spoof of "The Office" from a few years back, this one is pretty great too. For reasons that aren't particularly clear (or important), the video is set at a rodeo that features children representing the Broncos' opponents, trying (and failing) to ride sheep. The real star is the announcer, who provides brutal commentary ("Duval? More like 'Do Fall' for the Jaguars) for each failure. 2. New York Giants In this spoof of a reality TV commercial, the Giants present their 2025 opponents as the fake show's cast members. The Chiefs are represented by a woman who speaks about her new hairstyle ("I was due for a blowout," a reference to the team's lopsided Super Bowl loss) and her love for zebras (a reference to the perception that NFL referees show preference to the Chiefs). The Chargers are depicted as an air-headed surfer dude ("I like to keep my feet in the clouds and my head in the sand. Wait, I think I got that backwards.") Advertisement 1. Seattle Seahawks A perfectly executed send-up of the loud, hyper, over-the-top TV ads that have driven generations of kiddos to beg their parents to purchase hunks of plastic shaped like muscular heroes and ferocious monsters. What child (or, let's be real, adult toy collector) wouldn't want a Devon Witherspoon, Marshawn Lynch or Steve Largent action figure with weapons that include "a functioning flame thrower" and a "football finale missile ray"? "All figures and playsets sold separately," the team's X account states. "Also none of this is real." That's a shame. Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Who's No. 1? Colts take themselves out of the running for best schedule-release videos
Some make us laugh. Some make us scratch our heads in bewilderment. Some make us feel good about ourselves for picking up on a timely pop culture reference that only the most hip members of our society would recognize and that may be irrelevant in weeks. All of them, however, make us ready for some football ... in about four months. In what has become a yearly tradition in the social media age, all 32 NFL teams released videos Wednesday to help reveal their schedules for the upcoming season. And one team took it back just hours after it was released. The Indianapolis Colts' video seemingly poked fun at Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill's run-in with the law. The video featured a dolphin swimming while wearing Hill's No. 10, drawing a siren from a Coast Guard boat helmed by an officer crossing his arms with a look of disapproval. The Colts said in a statement that the Minecraft-inspired production 'exceeded our rights with Microsoft and included an insensitive clip involving Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill. We sincerely apologize to Microsoft and Tyreek.' Hill responded in good humor on X: 'Should've left it up @Colts , this was funny,' with a shrug emoji. Getting more creative and quirky by the year, these videos aim to entertain as much as inform. Clearly, they don't just exist to provide the dates and times for a particular team's 17-game schedule. Sometimes, the schedules seem to be afterthoughts. While some are short and to the point (thanks, Texans and Dolphins), many others require a decent chunk of the viewers' time (nearly 11 minutes of former head coach Jon Gruden — really, Buccaneers?). To help sort through it, below is an extremely subjective list of this year's top five best schedule-release videos. In the interest of preventing any kind of home-field advantage, the Rams and Chargers were excluded from consideration. Both are worth checking out: Also, some honorable mentions worth checking out include the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Tennessee Titans and Cincinnati Bengals. On to the top five ... 5. Buffalo Bills This is nothing fancy, and that's what makes it brilliant. A miscommunication between general manager Brandon Beane and quarterback Josh Allen leads Beane to enlist NBA legend Allen Iverson for the Bills' schedule-release video. A confused A.I. eventually holds up a paper copy of the schedule for just 3 seconds. 4. Las Vegas Raiders An homage to the old-school 'This is SportsCenter' commercials on ESPN, this one comes in at nearly 7 minutes long — but it needs all that time to squeeze in the Easter eggs, current and past Raiders, celebrity cameos, subtle trash talk (Penn & Teller really nail the Chiefs), inside jokes, live animals, cultural references and more. It even has a blooper reel at the end. 3. Denver Broncos While the Broncos may never top their spoof of 'The Office' from a few years back, this one is pretty great too. For reasons that aren't particularly clear (or important), the video is set at a rodeo that features children representing the Broncos' opponents, trying (and failing) to ride sheep. The real star is the announcer, who provides brutal commentary ('Duval? More like 'Do Fall' for the Jaguars) for each failure. 2. New York Giants In this spoof of a reality TV commercial, the Giants present their 2025 opponents as the fake show's cast members. The Chiefs are represented by a woman who speaks about her new hairstyle ('I was due for a blowout,' a reference to the team's lopsided Super Bowl loss) and her love for zebras (a reference to the perception that NFL referees show preference to the Chiefs). The Chargers are depicted as an air-headed surfer dude ('I like to keep my feet in the clouds and my head in the sand. Wait, I think I got that backwards.') 1. Seattle Seahawks A perfectly executed send-up of the loud, hyper, over-the-top TV ads that have driven generations of kiddos to beg their parents to purchase hunks of plastic shaped like muscular heroes and ferocious monsters. What child (or, let's be real, adult toy collector) wouldn't want a Devon Witherspoon, Marshawn Lynch or Steve Largent action figure with weapons that include 'a functioning flame thrower' and a 'football finale missile ray'? 'All figures and playsets sold separately,' the team's X account states. 'Also none of this is real.' That's a shame.
USA Today
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Tyreek Hill responded after the Colts took down and apologized for their schedule release video
Tyreek Hill responded after the Colts took down and apologized for their schedule release video Tyreek Hill has spoken, and he's not mad at the Colts. In recent years, the NFL's schedule release has turned into a made-for-social-media event for every team. Social media staffs across the league put in tons of work to raise the bar creatively each year — and the jokes can even push the boundaries of what's acceptable from an actual team account. That's what led to the Colts removing their highly produced Minecraft-inspired video. The video apparently violated a Microsoft licensing agreement, and it mocked the Week 1 incident that saw Hill detained by police before a Dolphins game. The Colts reached out to Hill's agent Drew Rosenhaus to apologize, but Hill didn't seem to have any problem with the video at all. He took to Twitter/X on Thursday to say that the Colts should have left the video up. Hill thought it was funny. Still, the Colts issued a public apology for the video. You would have thought all these issues would have been considered during the production process, but good on Hill for laughing off the video.
Time Out Dubai
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out Dubai
A Minecraft Movie takes over McDonald's UAE at JLT
Want to play your favourite game IRL? Swing by McDonald's at Jumeirah Lake Towers to do exactly that. You'll step inside the world of Minecraft – blocks, colours, chaos and all. With A Minecraft Movie now running in theatres, McDonald's is offering fans the opportunity to interact with their favourite characters and games in real life and immerse themselves in the Minecraft world until Sunday May 4. As part of the collaboration, the restaurant will turn into a pixel-packed playground and serve two limited edition Minecraft-inspired meals – one for the adults and one for the little ones. Expect vibrant block-style décor, interactive gaming zones and the chance to get stuck into real-life versions of classic Minecraft challenges. You can test your speed with Mine the Puzzle, a timed race to complete a Minecraft-themed puzzle, or steady your hands with Build & Break, basically real-life Jenga. There are plenty of fun photo ops with life-sized characters like Grimace, who will be around for a selfie or two. What's more, when you spend Dhs50 or more and you'll be able to play the Unlock the Block game, giving you a shot at winning prizes from the exclusive Merch Cabinet. As for the food, the limited-edition A Minecraft Movie Meal is available only during the takeover, featuring dishes like the Spicy Big Tasty, Spicy Magma Sauce and an A Minecraft Movie McFlurry®. Every meal comes with one of six special collectibles, each tucked alongside a matching card and a code that unlocks an exclusive Minecraft skin. Families visiting with younger fans can also pick up a special edition Happy Meal, filled with toys based on characters from the film – or, if you prefer, a storybook version of the adventure to bring home. Keen to take the little ones out for some fun? This is where to head. Order now:
USA Today
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Shop the pixel-perfect new Minecraft Crocs collaboration today
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