What Week Is It In The NFL?
It’s NFL season, and that means it’s time to start keeping track of what week it is in the league. Here’s a quick guide to help you keep track of the action.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) regular season usually runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas. Each team plays 16 games during this time. The playoffs follow, culminating in the Super Bowl, usually held in early February.
This can be a confusing time for people who are not familiar with the NFL schedule. This guide will help you understand what week it is in the NFL so that you can keep up with your favorite team.
What Week Is It In The NFL?
It is Week 3 of the NFL season. The teams are starting to settle in and we are beginning to see who the contenders are and who the pretenders are. This is the time when the good teams start to separate themselves from the bad teams. It is also the time when the playoff picture starts to take shape. Let’s take a look at what Week 3 has in store for us.
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 starts.
Preseason games are sometimes called “practice games” because they exist primarily to allow coaches to evaluate their talent and make necessary cuts to the roster. Coaches generally do not give much playing time to their starters in preseason, and most preseason games are won by backups and third-string players.
The NFL preseason generally lasts about four weeks, with each team playing four exhibition games. The first week of the preseason is typically lighter on marquee matchups than the rest of the exhibition season, as many teams choose to rest their starters for at least a portion of their first game.
The last week of the NFL preseason is known as “cutdown weekend,” because it is when all 32 teams must reduce their rosters from 90 players to 53 by 4 p.m. ET on the Sunday following that weekend’s slate of games.
Regular Season
The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins on the weekend following the first Monday of September (i.e., the weekend after Labor Day in the United States). The regular season ends on December 31. Each team plays 16 games during the regular season. Most weeks, each team plays one game on Sunday, one game on Monday, and has a bye week.
Playoffs
The NFL Playoffs are upon us! Here’s a look at the playoff schedule and how things stand heading into Wild Card weekend.
The first round of the playoffs, otherwise known as Wild Card weekend, is set to begin Saturday, January 4th. The first game of the day will feature the Indianapolis Colts taking on the Houston Texans at 4:30pm ET. This will be followed by the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Dallas Cowboys at 8:00pm ET.
On Sunday, January 5th, the Baltimore Ravens will take on the Los Angeles Chargers at 1:00pm ET. The day will conclude with the Chicago Bears vs. the Philadelphia Eagles at 4:40pm ET.
Conclusion
There are seventeen weeks in the NFL regular season, which is the longest professional football season of any kind in the world. The season begins on the Thursday night of the week after Labor Day, and ends on New Year’s Day. Each team plays sixteen games, spread out over seventeen weeks. There are bye weeks built into the schedule, which means that each team has one week off during the season.
