Hand them the trophy for best NFL schedule release video because the Chargers just did it again.

Every year in May, the NFL treats its schedule release like a middle-school art project done on a social media budget.

But then the Chargers show up, kick the door off the hinges and remind the entire league that nobody knows internet culture and comedy better than they do.

This year’s masterpiece came wrapped inside the universe of the popular video game, Halo. It was complete with futuristic landscapes, Easter eggs hidden like cheat codes, and of course, savage shots fired at their 2026 opponents.

The jokes were enough to make NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reach for his aspirin.

The biggest grenade, by far, landed squarely in New England.

When the Chargers video reached their Week 12 matchup against the Patriots, the same team that knocked them out of the playoffs in January, the video transformed into a full-blown parody of the ongoing Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini scandal that has swallowed football gossip circles for weeks.

A billboard reading “Next Photo Dump 1 Mile,” referenced the ongoing release of photos by our very own Page Six team as the drama and gossip continues to unfold. Even we got a shoutout in the video when a pop-up notification appeared on the screen reading, “NY Post sent you a message.”

Now that’s cold-blooded.

But the Chargers didn’t stop there. They roasted Keon Coleman’s obsession with cookies, mocked the Ravens for backing out of the Maxx Crosby trade after a failed physical and took aim at the Raiders’ quarterback circus featuring Fernando Mendoza, Kirk Cousins and Tom Brady lurking in the film room.

When it came to the Chiefs, the Chargers unloaded the entire clip. There were “Free Rashee Rice” shirts, jokes about imprisoned superfan “ChiefsAholic,” references to biased referees, and of course, Donna Kelce’s home remodel which actually became a game location later in the season.

But, honestly, nobody was safe in this video. Not Puka Nacua, LeBron James predicting the Rams would draft Ty Simpson. Not the 49ers’ electrical substation jokes. Not the Dolphins cutting Tua Tagovailoa. Not even Bo Nix limping through Denver.

At this point, it’s safe to say that the Chargers’ schedule release video isn’t just content. It’s an annual event. The Seahawks may be the reigning NFL champions, but the Chargers are the defending champions of NFL internet culture. Somehow, they managed to raise the bar again, while the rest of the league is still trying to keep up.

The full Chargers’ 2026 schedule release video is below:

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— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) May 14, 2026

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