An update: Did somebody at the NFL hear me? The league just announced the schedule will be released Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Eastern) on NFL Network.

Still why all the mystery? Here’s what I wrote earlier:

There’s plenty of speculation that the NFL will release the exact contents of the 2012 schedule Tuesday.

However, it’s only speculation because the NFL isn’t saying.

Mike Florio of PFT quotes the NFL’s Greg Aiello as saying the release will be “soon.”

Then Florio writes, “which is at least more informative than ‘at some point before September.'”

Given the interest in all things NFL, why wouldn’t the league be promoting the heck out of a schedule show. People definitely would watch.

I’d bet NFL fans would watch a show announcing the exact date the schedule is going to be announced.

Doesn’t make sense to me.