How do they make the NFL schedule?

Per the NFL Operations website, the schedule is created by computers and 4 league officers. The league officers are Senior Vice President of Broadcasting Howard Katz, Director of Broadcasting Blake Jones, Manager of Broadcasting Charlotte Carey and Senior Director of Broadcasting Michael North .

From the NFL Operations website operations.nfl dot com :

"A formula determines each team's opponents every year, and a rotating schedule ensures that every team plays each of the other 31 at least once in a four-year period.

It takes hundreds of computers in a secure room to spit out millions of possible schedules - a process that sets the stage for the schedule-makers to begin the arduous task of picking the best possible one."