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If you were patiently waiting for the NFL Schedule for it to be released, you won’t have to wait much longer and that’s because it seems that the release date has already been set. According to the Sports Business Journal, NFL teams were told in a memo that the 2024 schedule will be released on Wednesday, May 15, making it the latest release of the schedule since at least 1990.
If you want complete coverage of the lineup launch, here’s everything you need to know:
Date: Wednesday, May 15 | Time: 8 p.m. ET
TELEVISION: NFL Network
CBS Sports Headquarters: We’ll have full coverage at CBS Sports headquarters starting at 8pm ET on May 15th.
The 2024 release will mark the fifth year in a row that the lineup has released in May, so you can probably plan for that to happen the rest of the time. Before 2020, the NFL schedule was typically released in April, but the date was moved to May during the pandemic. The NFL liked the May release date so much that they decided to keep it.
The later release date means the league doesn’t have to finalize the schedule until after the draft, which allows the NFL to potentially put some of the league’s newest stars in primetime. For example, the Bears have probably become a much more attractive team to schedule makers now that they have Caleb Williams.
It’s unclear why the NFL delayed releasing the schedule so long this year, and the league offered no explanation in the memo it sent to teams.
While we won’t know the exact schedule until May 15th, we already know several things about this year’s game slate and you can check them out below:
- Thursday night opening in Kansas City. The defense Super Bowl The annual champion hosts the opening game of the season, which means that barring something unforeseen, the Chiefs will be the home team in Thursday night’s opener. Their home schedule consists of the Broncos, Chargers, Raiders, Ravens, Bengals, Texans, Saints and Buccaneers, so the NFL will have plenty of interesting games to choose from, including a possible AFC title rematch against Baltimore. The Bengals and Texans would also be considered attractive options. The NFL generally tries to avoid putting divisional games in the opener, so the Chargers, Raiders and Broncos likely won’t play in Kansas City in Week 1.
- NFL will play in Brazil for the first time. Not only are their four European games scheduled for this year, but the NFL has scheduled a game in Brazil for the first time. The Eagles will be the home team in the Week 1 game against the Packers, which will stream exclusively on Peacock on Friday, September 6.
- The international series will also feature games in London and Munich. The NFL will play four games in Europe this year, with three games in London and one game in Germany. For the slate of games in England, the Bears, Vikings and Jaguars will each serve as the home team for one game. As for the game in Germany, the Panthers will be the home team in the second game of the NFL regular season in Munich.
- History-making Christmas doubleheader. For the third time in 75 years, the NFL will play on a Wednesday this year and that will happen because Christmas will fall on a Wednesday in 2024. The NFL will play be giving us a double game on December 25th.
- All home and away opponents for all 32 teams. While we don’t yet know the time and dates for any games this year, we do know who each team will play and you You can check the home and away opponents of all 32 teams by clicking here.
You can check our full list of everything we know here.
The release of the NFL schedule has become a major offseason event for the league and this year is no exception.
