Has the NFL Regular Season Started Yet?

The National Football League regular season typically begins on the last Thursday in August. This year, the NFL regular season began on September 10th.

Introduction

The National Football League (NFL) regular season typically runs from early September to late December, with each team playing 16 games. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 NFL season is set to begin on Thursday, September 10.

While no final decisions have been made about how the season will proceed, the NFL has released a schedule for the first four weeks of the season. The league is also reportedly considering delaying the start of the season by two weeks and playing all games on Sundays and Mondays to limit potential exposure to the virus.

Regardless of when it begins, the 2020 NFL regular season promises to be an exciting one. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.

What Happened in the Preseason?

The National Football League (NFL) preseason is the period each year during which NFL teams play several not-for-the-record exhibition games before the regular season. Beginning with the featured Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in early August, five weekends of exhibition games are currently played in the NFL preseason. The start of the preseason is intrinsically linked to the end of the previous season, including the end of the Super Bowl and related playoff games. The preseason generally begins at least one week after most major professional and collegiate American football leagues have begun their regular seasons.

How Have Teams Looked in the Preseason?

Although it’s still preseason, we are able to get bits and pieces of how teams look. The starters usually don’t play more than a series or two, but that’s enough to give us a general idea. Here’s how some of the top NFL teams have looked thus far in the preseason.

The New England Patriots have looked dominant as usual, with Tom Brady leading the way. The defense has also looked very good, led by perennial All-Pro linebacker Dont’a Hightower. The Patriots look like they will once again be one of the top teams in the league.

The Green Bay Packers have also looked very good in the preseason. Aaron Rodgers has looked sharp as usual, and the young receiving corps has also looked good. The Packers look like they will be one of the top contenders in the NFC once again this season.

The Philadelphia Eagles have looked good in the preseason as well. Carson Wentz has looked very good in his limited action, and the Eagles’ defense has also been very good. The Eagles look like they could be a surprise team in the NFC this season.

What to Expect in the Regular Season

The National Football League (NFL) regular season typically begins in September and ends in December. Each team plays 16 games during the regular season, which is split evenly between home and away games. The NFL playoffs are held in January, with the top six teams from each conference qualifying. The Super Bowl, the league’s championship game, is typically held in February.

Conclusion

It is now week four of the NFL season and things are starting to heat up. All teams have now played three games, so we are starting to get a feel for who the good teams are and who the bad teams are. We are also starting to see which players are going to have big seasons and which ones are going to struggle.

The first two weeks of the season were mostly about teams getting their feet wet and figuring out what they needed to work on. We saw some big wins, like the Green Bay Packers demolishing the Seattle Seahawks, and we saw some close games that came down to the wire.

Now that we are in week four, we are beginning to see some separation between the good teams and the bad teams. The Packers look like they might be the best team in the league, while the Seahawks look like they might be one of the worst. This is still early in the season, so things could change, but it is definitely starting to look like there are some good team and some bad teams in the NFL this year.