MOCKSLATE

Pro football, explained

How NFL schedules actually get made, and what sixty seasons of them reveal. Every article here is built from verified game data, 1966 to present: home and road records, primetime history, holiday traditions, and the scheduling formula itself. Browse by topic, follow a series, or start from your team.

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Team Deep Dives8 of 32

One article per franchise, all 32, built on the same verified dataset: home and road records from 1966 forward, decade by decade, with primetime and holiday history woven in. Each entry stands alone; together they form a complete census of how every NFL team has performed where.

Thanksgiving & Holiday Games4

The NFL owns Thanksgiving, and the holiday schedule around it keeps growing. These articles cover the tradition's full history: why Detroit and Dallas host every year, how Christmas became a football day, and what six decades of holiday games reveal about the teams that play them.

Primetime History9

Monday night, Sunday night, and the games the whole country watched. These articles trace primetime football through the verified record: rivalries built in night windows, franchises that thrived or struggled under the lights, and how the NFL's showcase slots evolved across six decades.

Fan Community Guides6

Team-by-team guides to where NFL fans actually gather online: the creators worth following, the podcasts worth hearing, and the communities worth joining. Every listing is individually researched with a recency check — active voices only, no stale aggregator lists.

Formula & Mechanics1

How league schedules actually get built: the formulas, constraints, and release rituals that turn a blank calendar into a full season. These articles cover the machinery across sports — who plays whom, when the schedule drops, and the rules working quietly behind every slate.

Scorigami2

Every NFL final score that has ever happened, and the ones that never have. These articles come straight from MockSlate's Scorigami count: the league's list of different final scores since 1920, the most common results, the scores that happened only once, and each new one as it arrives.

Schedulegami3 of 32

One article per NFL team on the primetime matchups that have never happened: which opponents it has never faced on Monday, Sunday, or Thursday night, how many of the 93 possible matchups are still missing, and the games on this season's schedule that close them. Every number comes from MockSlate's live schedulegami count.

Gamis2

Rushigami and Catchigami apply Jon Bois's Scorigami idea to one player's box score: a rushing or receiving line no NFL player had put up in any game since 1999. These articles explain how each tracker works, who creates the most new lines and how rare they have become.

How scheduling works

The formulas, rules, and constraints behind every schedule.

Release dates

When schedules drop — history, patterns, and what to expect.

History & traditions

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Holiday slates, broadcast eras, and how we got here.

Team guides

Opponents, matchups, and scheduling history, team by team.

Data & rankings

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Best, worst, most — the numbers behind the slate.

Fan community

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The people covering the games — podcasts, channels, and fan communities.

Browse by team

Every team’s articles live on its team page, next to its schedule data and quizzes.