When Do The NFL Start?
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The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins on the weekend following the Labor Day holiday (i.e., the first Sunday in September).
When does the NFL regular season start?
The NFL regular season begins on the first Thursday of September and runs for 17 weeks until late December or early January. The playoffs then take place, culminating in the Super Bowl, which is usually held in early February.
How long is the NFL regular season?
The regular season is seventeen weeks long, with each team playing sixteen games and having one bye week. The bye week is a week during the regular season where a team does not play a game. Bye weeks are staggered so that no more than two teams have a bye in any given week.
When do the NFL playoffs start?
The 2020 NFL playoffs are scheduled to begin on Saturday, January 4, 2020. The Wild Card round will be played on that day, followed by the Divisional round on Sunday, January 5. The Conference Championships are set for Sunday, January 12, and the Super Bowl will be played on Sunday, February 2.
How long is the NFL playoffs?
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the National Football League (NFL) champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and four teams from each conference advance to the Divisional Round of the playoffs. This is a brutal slugfest where anything can happen.
The playoff schedule is as follows:
-Wild Card Weekend: The four lowest-seeded division winners and two wild card teams (based on overall record) play each other.
-Divisional Playoffs: The two surviving clubs from Wild Card Weekend compete against the 1 and 2 seeds in their respective conferences.
-Championship Games: The winners of each Divisional Playoff game face each other in conference championship games, with the higher seed hosting.
-Super Bowl: The NFC champion plays the AFC champion in the Super Bowl, scheduled for early February.
What is the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important American football game of the year. It is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is played between the winner of the American Football Conference (AFC) and the winner of the National Football Conference (NFC). The game is usually played in early February.
