Caleb Harris
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 the release date is already set. The NFL announced that the 2024 schedule will be released on Wednesday, May 15, making it the latest calendar release 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 much this year, but at least one report suggested it had to do with the league trying to finalize the bidding process for the Christmas doubleheader. Right now, Netflix seems to be the favorite to get these two games.
While we won’t know the exact schedule until May 15, we do know the home and away opponents for all 32 teams. The 2024 schedule will include a rematch of last season’s two conference title games, plus a rematch of Super Bowl LVIII.
Check out some of the main games on the schedule:
- Chiefs at 49ers (Super Bowl LVIII rematch)
- Lions at 49ers (NFC title game rematch)
- Ravens at Chargers (Harbaugh bowl)
- Falcons at Vikings (Kirk Cousins revenge game)
- Raiders at Saints (Derek Carr revenge game)
- Steelers at Broncos (Russell Wilson revenge game)
- Broncos at Saints (Sean Payton back in New Orleans)
- Rams at Lions (Matthew Stafford returns to Detroit after losing playoff game to Lions)
- Eagles at Giants (Saquon Barkley returns to New York)
- Bills on Texans (Stefon Diggs faces Bills)
- Bears at Commanders (Caleb Williams vs. Jayden Daniels if both are starting)
It won’t be a surprise if any of the games listed above get a prominent spot on the schedule. If you want to check each team’s home and away opponents, you I can do this here.
We also know several other important facts about the 2024 schedule, and you can check them out below:
- Chiefs will face Ravens in Thursday night’s opener. The defense Super Bowl The champion will host the first game of the year, and for the second year in a row, that game will be played in Kansas City. The opening of 2024 will display the Chiefs facing the Baltimore Ravens. It will be a rematch of January’s AFC Championship, which the Chiefs won 17-10.
- 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.
If you want some more information about the upcoming season, you can see our full list of everything we know about the 2024 schedule here.
The release of the NFL schedule has become a major offseason event for the league and this year is no exception.
