What’s the NFL Schedule for the Upcoming Season?

The NFL schedule for the upcoming season has been announced! Check out the full schedule here and start planning your NFL Sundays!

Introduction

The NFL schedule for the upcoming season will be released soon. In the meantime, here’s a look at some of the most important dates and events on the calendar.

Regular Season

The NFL regular season will begin on Thursday, September 10th and end on Sunday, December 29th. There will be 256 games in total, with each team playing 16 games. The regular season will be followed by the playoffs, which will take place from January 9th- January 20th.

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 begins.

Preseason games are typically played by backups and reserves, giving newer players an opportunity to prove themselves and make the team. However, some starters do play in preseason games, especially later in the preseason, to ensure they are in game shape and familiar with their playbook.

The NFL preseason typically begins in early August and ends in late August or early September. The specific dates of the NFL preseason schedule are announced in April, after the regular season schedule is released.

Regular Season

The regular season starts tentatively on September 10th, 2020 and will end December 27th, 2020. Each of the 32 NFL teams will play 16 games throughout the course of the season. There are 17 weeks in the NFL regular season schedule, and bye weeks have been scheduled for all teams except the Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Rams, who have each been given a bye week during one of the first two weeks of the season.

Playoffs

After an exciting regular season, the NFL schedule for the upcoming season has finally been released. The playoffs will start on Saturday, January 5th and will end with the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 3rd. Let’s take a look at the schedule.

Wild Card Playoffs

The NFL season is coming to an end and the playoff picture is beginning to take shape. Here’s a look at the schedule for the Wild Card Playoffs, which will take place on January 6-7.

Saturday, January 6
AFC: No. 4 Baltimore Ravens at No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers, 4:35 p.m. ET (NBC)
NFC: No. 3 Chicago Bears at No. 6 Philadelphia Eagles, 8:15 p.m. ET (NBC)

Sunday, January 7
AFC: No. 3 Indianapolis Colts at No. 6 Houston Texans, 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS)
NFC: No. 5 Seattle Seahawks at No. 4 Dallas Cowboys, 4:40 p.m

Divisional Playoffs

The four divisional winners from each conference (the two conference champions from the Wild Card weekend) will advance to the Divisional Playoffs. These games will be played on Saturday, January 12th and Sunday, January 13th. The matchups for this round are as follows:

AFC:
1. New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens
2. Indianapolis Colts vs. Buffalo Bills

NFC:
1. Chicago Bears vs. New Orleans Saints
2. Philadelphia Eagles vs. Seattle Seahawks

Conference Championships

The Conference Championships are the last step before the Super Bowl. The date for the Conference Championships is conference-dependent; generally, they occur one week after the Divisional Playoffs. The two conferences currently represented in the Conference Championships are the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

####NFC Championship
The NFC Championship game is played between the winners of the NFC’s two Divisional Playoff games. The game is held at a site that is predetermined by a set of guidelines established by the NFL. These guidelines give preference to teams with the best won-loss records, followed by teams with better playoff records, and finally, teams that have not hosted a particular round of playoffs in recent years.

####AFC Championship
The AFC Championship game is played between the winners of the AFC’s two Divisional Playoff games. The game is held at a site that is predetermined by a set of guidelines established by the NFL. These guidelines give preference to teams with the best won-loss records, followed by teams with better playoff records, and finally, teams that have not hosted a particular round of playoffs in recent years.

Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important game in the NFL season. It is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is played between the winning teams from the NFC and AFC conference championships. The NFC team plays at home if they are the reigning Super Bowl champions. The game is usually played on a Sunday in February and is rotated between different cities around the country.

This year, the 54th Super Bowl will be played on February 2, 2020, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. The game will be broadcast on Fox.

Conclusion

The National Football League released its full schedule for the upcoming season on Wednesday, and there are some fantastic matchups in store for fans of the sport.

The regular season will begin on Thursday, September 10th with a matchup between the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers. This game will be televised on NBC.

Throughout the 17-week regular season, there will be many other great games to watch. Some of the other matchups that stand out include:

-Week 1: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears (Sept. 13th, NBC)
-Week 2: Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints (Sept. 20th, CBS)
-Week 3: Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs (Sept. 27th, CBS)
-Week 4: Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams (Oct. 4th, Fox)
-Week 5: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Chargers (Oct. 7th, ESPN)
-Week 6: Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers (Oct. 12th, Fox)
-Week 7: Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals (Oct. 14th, NBC)
-Week 8: Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs (Oct. 27th, NBC)