What does Cardinals’ Jonathan Gannon look for in a schedule? [Video]

For Arizona Cardinals fans and the people who cover the team, the NFL’s annual schedule release parlays rather quickly into way-too-early record predictions and overall thoughts on the season ahead.

For head coach Jonathan Gannon, though, it’s much more measured.

“Honestly, Week 1. And then from a health standpoint, when is the bye? And then I look at games that don’t fall on Sundays. From there, how many two-day trips do we need to take? We kind of look at that and we start putting our brains together here. We sat down this morning and kind of ripped through (the schedule). … Nothing’s in stone, but you start throwing thoughts up on the board and on paper. It’ll maneuver its way here the exact schedule. … You’re always going to have to adapt a little bit, but I like how it’s set up.

“I’m excited about the preseason,” he added. …